diff --git a/src/common/header/common.h b/src/common/header/common.h
index a70a6346..6435afb6 100644
--- a/src/common/header/common.h
+++ b/src/common/header/common.h
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ extern qboolean userinfo_modified;
 /* NET */
 
 #define PORT_ANY -1
-#define MAX_MSGLEN 1400             /* max length of a message */
+#define MAX_MSGLEN 32768            /* max length of a message */
 #define PACKET_HEADER 10            /* two ints and a short */
 
 typedef enum