diff --git a/src/xml/sax/qxml_p.h b/src/xml/sax/qxml_p.h
index 98dc2aea0c..eb6135db04 100644
--- a/src/xml/sax/qxml_p.h
+++ b/src/xml/sax/qxml_p.h
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ private:
     // for the DTD currently being parsed.
     static const int dtdRecursionLimit = 2;
     // The maximum amount of characters an entity value may contain, after expansion.
-    static const int entityCharacterLimit = 1024;
+    static const int entityCharacterLimit = 4096;
 
     const QString &string();
     void stringClear();