diff --git a/libs/libc/netdb/Kconfig b/libs/libc/netdb/Kconfig
index 3478001e62f..507f665e79d 100644
--- a/libs/libc/netdb/Kconfig
+++ b/libs/libc/netdb/Kconfig
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ config LIBC_GAISTRERROR
 
 config NETDB_BUFSIZE
 	int "gethostbyname/gethostbyaddr buffer size"
-	default 128
+	default 256
 
 config NETDB_MAX_IPADDR
 	int "Max number of IP addresses per host"