diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index b4363f6..8ef9a70 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef CPPHTTPLIB_RECV_BUFSIZ
-#define CPPHTTPLIB_RECV_BUFSIZ size_t(4096u)
+#define CPPHTTPLIB_RECV_BUFSIZ size_t(16384u)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef CPPHTTPLIB_COMPRESSION_BUFSIZ