diff --git a/include/opendht/network_utils.h b/include/opendht/network_utils.h
index d781eb0d23fa01e144691f5675998354063c9747..238b876f1c2b90c27f89989be162985351f5d8e3 100644
--- a/include/opendht/network_utils.h
+++ b/include/opendht/network_utils.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace dht {
 namespace net {
 
 static const constexpr in_port_t DHT_DEFAULT_PORT = 4222;
-static const constexpr size_t RX_QUEUE_MAX_SIZE = 1024 * 16;
+static const constexpr size_t RX_QUEUE_MAX_SIZE = 1024 * 64;
 static const constexpr std::chrono::milliseconds RX_QUEUE_MAX_DELAY(650);
 
 int bindSocket(const SockAddr& addr, SockAddr& bound);