diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 73e2d3cfa..25a032294 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 17 January 2018: Wouter
 	- For caps-for-id fallback, use the whitelist to avoid timeout
 	  starting a fallback sequence for it.
+	- increase mesh max activation count for capsforid long fetches.
 
 16 January 2018: Ralph
 	- Get ready for the DNS flag day: remove EDNS lame procedure, do not
diff --git a/services/mesh.h b/services/mesh.h
index 6946eb5fa..a2622844b 100644
--- a/services/mesh.h
+++ b/services/mesh.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct respip_client_info;
  * Maximum number of mesh state activations. Any more is likely an
  * infinite loop in the module. It is then terminated.
  */
-#define MESH_MAX_ACTIVATION 3000
+#define MESH_MAX_ACTIVATION 10000
 
 /**
  * Max number of references-to-references-to-references.. search size.