diff --git a/source/blender/include/BIF_mainqueue.h b/source/blender/include/BIF_mainqueue.h
index 48df45bf3bf..e2eaeea4dca 100644
--- a/source/blender/include/BIF_mainqueue.h
+++ b/source/blender/include/BIF_mainqueue.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #ifndef BIF_MAINQUEUE_H
 #define BIF_MAINQUEUE_H
 
-#define MAXQUEUE 256
+#define MAXQUEUE 4096
 
 unsigned short	mainqtest		(void);
 unsigned short	mainqread		(short *val, char *ascii);