Index: lucene/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/hunspell/HunspellStemmer.java
===================================================================
--- lucene/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/hunspell/HunspellStemmer.java	(revision 1406601)
+++ lucene/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/hunspell/HunspellStemmer.java	(working copy)
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@
  * conforms to the algorithm in the original hunspell algorithm, including recursive suffix stripping.
  */
 public class HunspellStemmer {
-
-  private static final int RECURSION_CAP = 2;
-  
+  private int recursionCap = 2;
   private final HunspellDictionary dictionary;
   private final StringBuilder segment = new StringBuilder();
   private CharacterUtils charUtils = CharacterUtils.getInstance(Version.LUCENE_40);
@@ -54,6 +52,17 @@
   }
 
   /**
+   * Constructs a new HunspellStemmer which will use the provided HunspellDictionary to create its stems
+   *
+   * @param dictionary HunspellDictionary that will be used to create the stems
+   * @param recursionCap recursion cap
+   */
+  public HunspellStemmer(HunspellDictionary dictionary, int recursionCap) {
+    this(dictionary);
+    this.recursionCap = recursionCap;
+  } 
+  
+  /**
    * Find the stem(s) of the provided word
    * 
    * @param word Word to find the stems for
@@ -197,7 +206,7 @@
       }
     }
 
-    if (affix.isCrossProduct() && recursionDepth < RECURSION_CAP) {
+    if (affix.isCrossProduct() && recursionDepth < recursionCap) {
       stems.addAll(stem(strippedWord, length, affix.getAppendFlags(), ++recursionDepth));
     }