diff --git a/headers/posix/limits.h b/headers/posix/limits.h
index 542f540ade..ea59ad9840 100644
--- a/headers/posix/limits.h
+++ b/headers/posix/limits.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #define OFF_MAX			LLONG_MAX
 #define OFF_MIN			LLONG_MIN
 
-#define ARG_MAX			 		(32768)
+#define ARG_MAX			 		(128 * 1024)
 #define ATEXIT_MAX			 	(32)
 #define CHILD_MAX				(1024)
 #define IOV_MAX					(1024)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 #define	SYMLINK_MAX				(1024)
 #define	SYMLOOP_MAX				(16)
 
-#define _POSIX_ARG_MAX	  		(32768)
+#define _POSIX_ARG_MAX	  		(128 * 1024)
 #define _POSIX_CHILD_MAX		(1024)
 #define _POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX	(255)
 #define _POSIX_LINK_MAX	 		(1)