diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/component.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/component.cc
index 1adab4e67f..171778cb83 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/component.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/component.cc
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ void Component::construct(Genode::Env &env)
  * Default stack size for libc-using components
  */
 Genode::size_t Libc::Component::stack_size() __attribute__((weak));
-Genode::size_t Libc::Component::stack_size() { return 32UL*1024*sizeof(long); }
+Genode::size_t Libc::Component::stack_size() { return 96UL*1024*sizeof(long); }