diff --git a/include/limits.h b/include/limits.h
index 9ad60f72d..428111e48 100755
--- a/include/limits.h
+++ b/include/limits.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
 #define NGROUPS_MAX          0	/* supplemental group IDs not available */
 #if _EM_WSIZE > 2
-#define ARG_MAX          16384	/* # bytes of args + environ for exec() */
+#define ARG_MAX          262144 /* # bytes of args + environ for exec() */
 #else
 #define ARG_MAX           4096	/* args + environ on small machines */
 #endif