diff --git a/src/functions.js b/src/functions.js
index e1284986..6f1d035a 100644
--- a/src/functions.js
+++ b/src/functions.js
@@ -1724,6 +1724,15 @@ const functions = (() => {
         if (!Array.isArray(arg2)) {
             arg2 = [arg2];
         }
+        const size = arg1.length + arg2.length;
+        if(this.options && size > this.options.sequence) {
+            throw {
+                code: "D2015",
+                stack: (new Error()).stack,
+                value: size
+            };
+        }
+
         return arg1.concat(arg2);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/jsonata.js b/src/jsonata.js
index 34477704..ad59f6b0 100644
--- a/src/jsonata.js
+++ b/src/jsonata.js
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ var jsonata = (function() {
         var result;
 
         var focus = {
+            options: environment.base.options,
             createSequence: environment.base.createSequence
         };
         switch (expr.value) {
@@ -600,6 +601,7 @@ var jsonata = (function() {
      */
     function evaluateWildcard(expr, input, environment) {
         var focus = {
+            options: environment.base.options,
             createSequence: environment.base.createSequence
         };
         var results = focus.createSequence();
@@ -913,10 +915,12 @@ var jsonata = (function() {
         var groups = Object.create(null);
         var reduce = input && input.tupleStream ? true : false;
         var focus = {
+            options: environment.base.options,
             createSequence: environment.base.createSequence
         };
         // group the input sequence by 'key' expression
         if (!Array.isArray(input)) {
+            options: environment.base.options,
             input = focus.createSequence(input);
         }
         // if the array is empty, add an undefined entry to enable literal JSON object to be generated
@@ -995,6 +999,7 @@ var jsonata = (function() {
         }
         var result = Object.create(null);
         var focus = {
+            options: environment.base.options,
             createSequence: environment.base.createSequence
         };
         Object.assign(result, tupleStream[0]);
@@ -1532,6 +1537,7 @@ var jsonata = (function() {
                 var focus = {
                     environment: environment,
                     input: input,
+                    options: environment.base.options,
                     createSequence: environment.base.createSequence
                 };
                 // the `focus` is passed in as the `this` for the invoked function
diff --git a/test/implementation-tests.js b/test/implementation-tests.js
index 102334f0..11070c14 100644
--- a/test/implementation-tests.js
+++ b/test/implementation-tests.js
@@ -1121,6 +1121,16 @@ describe("Tests that include infinite recursion", () => {
                 code: "D2015",
             });
         });
+
+        it("prevents appending large sequences", function() {
+            const options = {
+                'sequence': 1000
+            }
+            const expr = jsonata('$append([0..600], [0..600]) ~> $count()', options);
+            expect(expr.evaluate()).to.eventually.be.rejected.to.deep.contain({
+                code: "D2015",
+            });
+        });
     });
 });