diff --git a/netutils/thttpd/config.h b/netutils/thttpd/config.h
index 5eade0d47e6..b63320c7d9f 100644
--- a/netutils/thttpd/config.h
+++ b/netutils/thttpd/config.h
@@ -144,8 +144,12 @@
 #    define CONFIG_THTTPD_IOBUFFERSIZE 256
 #  endif
 
+#  ifndef CONFIG_THTTPD_MINSTRSIZE
+#   define CONFIG_THTTPD_MINSTRSIZE 64
+#  endif
+
 #  ifndef CONFIG_THTTPD_REALLOCINCR
-#    define CONFIG_THTTPD_REALLOCINCR 128
+#    define CONFIG_THTTPD_REALLOCINCR 64
 #  endif
 
 #  ifndef CONFIG_THTTPD_MAXREALLOC
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@
 #  endif
 
 #  if CONFIG_THTTPD_IOBUFFERSIZE > 65535
-#    error "Can't use uint16 for buffer"
+#    error "Can't use uint16 for buffer size"
 #  endif
 
 /* A list of index filenames to check. The files are searched for in this order. */
diff --git a/netutils/thttpd/httpd_alloc.c b/netutils/thttpd/httpd_alloc.c
index 009dc6541e9..6f132f16620 100755
--- a/netutils/thttpd/httpd_alloc.c
+++ b/netutils/thttpd/httpd_alloc.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void httpd_realloc_str(char **pstr, size_t *maxsize, size_t size)
   size_t oldsize;
   if (*maxsize == 0)
     {
-      *maxsize = MAX(CONFIG_THTTPD_IOBUFFERSIZE, size + CONFIG_THTTPD_REALLOCINCR);
+      *maxsize = MAX(CONFIG_THTTPD_MINSTRSIZE, size + CONFIG_THTTPD_REALLOCINCR);
       *pstr    = NEW(char, *maxsize + 1);
     }
   else if (size > *maxsize)