diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 3acdac06b..6dbe41c84 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+14 September 2010: Wouter
+	- increased mesh-max-activation from 1000 to 3000 for crazy domains
+	  like _tcp.slb.com with 262 servers.
+
 13 September 2010: Wouter
 	- bug#327: Fix for cannot access stub zones until the root is primed.
 
diff --git a/services/mesh.h b/services/mesh.h
index f1020a17b..62596c1f2 100644
--- a/services/mesh.h
+++ b/services/mesh.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct timehist;
  * Maximum number of mesh state activations. Any more is likely an
  * infinite loop in the module. It is then terminated.
  */
-#define MESH_MAX_ACTIVATION 1000
+#define MESH_MAX_ACTIVATION 3000
 
 /**
  * Max number of references-to-references-to-references.. search size.