diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc_terminal/plugin.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc_terminal/plugin.cc
index 50838f46a8..fbc65b4fa8 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc_terminal/plugin.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc_terminal/plugin.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern void (*libc_select_notify)();
 
 namespace {
 
-	typedef Genode::Thread_deprecated<4096> Read_sigh_thread;
+	typedef Genode::Thread_deprecated<8192> Read_sigh_thread;
 
 
 	/**