diff --git a/unix/defs.lisp b/unix/defs.lisp
index e845d66..fb32d1b 100644
--- a/unix/defs.lisp
+++ b/unix/defs.lisp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
`(:md5 :rmd160 :sha1 :sha224 :sha256 :sha384 :sha512
,@*cksum-legacy-algorithms*)))
-(defvar *probe-file-content-size-limit* 8192)
+(defvar *probe-file-content-size-limit* (* 1024 1024))
(define-resource-class file (vnode)
()