diff --git a/payload_generator/generate_delta_main.cc b/payload_generator/generate_delta_main.cc
index 7f7b2b8..9a8e27d 100644
--- a/payload_generator/generate_delta_main.cc
+++ b/payload_generator/generate_delta_main.cc
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@
                 "e.g. /path/to/sig:/path/to/next:/path/to/last_sig . Each "
                 "signature will be assigned a client version, starting from "
                 "kSignatureOriginalVersion.");
-  DEFINE_int32(chunk_size, -1, "Payload chunk size (-1 -- no limit/default)");
+  DEFINE_int32(chunk_size, 200 * 1024 * 1024,
+                "Payload chunk size (-1 -- no limit/default)");
   DEFINE_uint64(rootfs_partition_size,
                chromeos_update_engine::kRootFSPartitionSize,
                "RootFS partition size for the image once installed");