diff --git a/src/strings.c b/src/strings.c
index e1d23e3..84bec92 100644
--- a/src/strings.c
+++ b/src/strings.c
@@ -2782,7 +2782,7 @@
 	semsg(_(e_out_of_memory_allocating_nr_bytes), arglen);
 }
 
-#define MAX_ALLOWED_STRING_WIDTH 6400
+#define MAX_ALLOWED_STRING_WIDTH 1048576    // 1 MiB
 
     static int
 get_unsigned_int(