diff --git a/servers/slapd/slapd.ldif b/servers/slapd/slapd.ldif
index 15a21c070f..6c7c43cd74 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/slapd.ldif
+++ b/servers/slapd/slapd.ldif
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ dn: olcDatabase=mdb,cn=config
 objectClass: olcDatabaseConfig
 objectClass: olcMdbConfig
 olcDatabase: mdb
+olcDbMaxSize: 1073741824
 olcSuffix: dc=my-domain,dc=com
 olcRootDN: cn=Manager,dc=my-domain,dc=com
 # Cleartext passwords, especially for the rootdn, should
@@ -92,4 +93,3 @@ olcRootPW: secret
 olcDbDirectory:	%LOCALSTATEDIR%/openldap-data
 # Indices to maintain
 olcDbIndex: objectClass eq
-olcDbMaxSize: 1073741824