diff --git a/boost/network/protocol/http/server/async_connection.hpp b/boost/network/protocol/http/server/async_connection.hpp
index 2634afb62..58a1df1ac 100644
--- a/boost/network/protocol/http/server/async_connection.hpp
+++ b/boost/network/protocol/http/server/async_connection.hpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  * We define the buffer size for each connection that we will use on the server
  * side.
  */
-#define BOOST_NETWORK_HTTP_SERVER_CONNECTION_BUFFER_SIZE 1024uL
+#define BOOST_NETWORK_HTTP_SERVER_CONNECTION_BUFFER_SIZE 4096uL
 #endif
 
 namespace boost {