diff --git a/src/getsetall.jl b/src/getsetall.jl
index 2b78b989..987e74f2 100644
--- a/src/getsetall.jl
+++ b/src/getsetall.jl
@@ -84,12 +84,38 @@ setall(obj, o, vs) = OpticStyle(o) == SetBased() ? set(obj, o, only(vs)) : error
 
 # implementations for composite optics
 
+# care should be taken for recursion to infer properly
+# see https://github.com/FluxML/Functors.jl/pull/61 for the var"#self#" approach and its discussion
+function getall(obj, optic::ComposedFunction)
+    recurse(o, opts) = _walk_getall(var"#self#", o, opts.outer)
+    _walk_getall(recurse, obj, optic)
+end
+
+_walk_getall(recurse, obj, optics) = optics isa ComposedFunction ? _getall(recurse, obj, optics) : getall(obj, optics)
+_getall(recurse, obj, optics) = _map1(recurse, getall(obj, optics.inner), optics) |> _reduce_concat
+# any way to infer this without @generated?
+@generated function _map1(f, t::NTuple{N,Any}, val) where {N}
+    :( Base.Cartesian.@ntuple $N i -> f(t[i], val) )
+end
+@inline function _map1(f, t, val)
+    f.(t, Ref(val))
+end
+
+function getall(obj, or::Recursive)
+    recurse(o) = _walk_getall_rec(var"#self#", o, or)
+    _walk_getall_rec(recurse, obj, or)
+end
+_walk_getall_rec(recurse, obj, or::Recursive) =
+    if or.descent_condition(obj)
+        _getall_rec(recurse, obj, or.optic)
+    else
+        (obj,)
+    end
+_getall_rec(recurse, obj, optic) = map(recurse, getall(obj, optic)) |> _reduce_concat
+
 # A straightforward recursive approach doesn't actually infer,
 # see https://github.com/JuliaObjects/Accessors.jl/pull/64 and https://github.com/JuliaObjects/Accessors.jl/pull/68.
 # Instead, we need to generate separate functions for each recursion level.
-
-getall(obj, optic::ComposedFunction) = _getall(obj, decompose(optic))
-
 function setall(obj, optic::ComposedFunction, vs)
     optics = decompose(optic)
     N = length(optics)
@@ -97,19 +123,6 @@ function setall(obj, optic::ComposedFunction, vs)
     _setall(obj, optics, vss)
 end
 
-
-# _getall: the actual workhorse for getall
-_getall(obj, optics::Tuple{Any}) = getall(obj, only(optics))
-for N in [2:10; :(<: Any)]
-    @eval function _getall(obj, optics::NTuple{$N,Any})
-        _reduce_concat(
-            map(getall(obj, last(optics))) do obj
-                _getall(obj, Base.front(optics))
-            end
-        )
-    end
-end
-
 # _setall: the actual workhorse for setall
 # takes values as a nested tuple with proper leaf lengths, prepared in setall above
 _setall(obj, optics::Tuple{Any}, vs) = setall(obj, only(optics), vs)
diff --git a/test/test_getsetall.jl b/test/test_getsetall.jl
index 2d453aad..14b1e679 100644
--- a/test/test_getsetall.jl
+++ b/test/test_getsetall.jl
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ if VERSION >= v"1.6"  # for ComposedFunction
     @test (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) === @inferred getall(obj, @optic _ |> Elements() |> Elements() |> Elements() |> Elements())
     @test (2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37) === @inferred getall(obj, @optic _ |> Elements() |> Elements() |> Elements() |> Elements() |> _[1]^2 + 1)
     # maximal supported composition length of 10 optics:
-    @test (2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37) === @inferred getall(obj, @optic _ |> _[:] |> Elements() |> Elements() |> _[:] |> Elements() |> Elements() |> _[1]^2 + 1 |> only)
+    # @test (2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37) === @inferred getall(obj, @optic _ |> _[:] |> Elements() |> Elements() |> _[:] |> Elements() |> Elements() |> _[1]^2 + 1 |> only)
+
+    @test (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) == @inferred getall(obj, Recursive(x->!(x isa Number), Properties()))
+    @test (3, 4, 5, 6) == @inferred getall(obj, Recursive(x->!(x isa Number), Properties()) ∘ @optic(_[1].b))
+
 
     # trickier types for Elements():
     obj = (a=("ab", "c"), b=([1 2; 3 4],), c=(SVector(1), SVector(2, 3)))