diff --git a/Tools/autotest/arducopter.py b/Tools/autotest/arducopter.py
index d6c6e5aa0c..d634aa17f9 100644
--- a/Tools/autotest/arducopter.py
+++ b/Tools/autotest/arducopter.py
@@ -3754,7 +3754,7 @@ class AutoTestCopter(AutoTest):
             # determine if we've successfully navigated to close to
             # where we should be:
             dist = math.sqrt(delta_ef.x * delta_ef.x + delta_ef.y * delta_ef.y)
-            dist_max = 0.1
+            dist_max = 0.15
             self.progress("dist=%f want <%f" % (dist, dist_max))
             if dist < dist_max:
                 # success!  We've gotten within our target distance