diff --git a/libraries/libldap/getdn.c b/libraries/libldap/getdn.c
index 5c3e042ed9..d48add09f7 100644
--- a/libraries/libldap/getdn.c
+++ b/libraries/libldap/getdn.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ ldap_dnfree( LDAPDN *dn )
  * and readable as soon as it works as expected.
  */
 
-#define	TMP_SLOTS	256
+#define	TMP_SLOTS	1024
 
 int
 ldap_str2dn( const char *str, LDAPDN **dn, unsigned flags )