diff --git a/appl/rsh/rsh_locl.h b/appl/rsh/rsh_locl.h
index 8a9e0b77a..794d536d3 100644
--- a/appl/rsh/rsh_locl.h
+++ b/appl/rsh/rsh_locl.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ extern des_cblock iv;
 #define USERNAME_SZ 16
 #define COMMAND_SZ 1024
 
-#define RSH_BUFSIZ 10240
+#define RSH_BUFSIZ (16 * 1024)
 
 #define PATH_RSH BINDIR "/rsh"