diff --git a/utils/Spiff/line.h b/utils/Spiff/line.h
index 930cbe2e209..28dcf0bbde2 100644
--- a/utils/Spiff/line.h
+++ b/utils/Spiff/line.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #ifndef L_INCLUDED
 
-#define _L_MAXLINES	100000
+#define _L_MAXLINES	300000
 
 /*
 **	oh god, is this an ugly implementation.