diff --git a/src/os/posix/osapi.c b/src/os/posix/osapi.c
index 5a73f141e..9f6a30092 100644
--- a/src/os/posix/osapi.c
+++ b/src/os/posix/osapi.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * Defines
  */
 #ifndef PTHREAD_STACK_MIN
-#define PTHREAD_STACK_MIN 8092
+#define PTHREAD_STACK_MIN (8*1024)
 #endif
 
 /*