diff --git a/apps/sensors/Makefile b/apps/sensors/Makefile
index 125839bb35..f8dc64ed13 100644
--- a/apps/sensors/Makefile
+++ b/apps/sensors/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 APPNAME		= sensors
 PRIORITY	= SCHED_PRIORITY_MAX-5
-STACKSIZE	= 4096
+# Reduce to 4096 on next occasion
+STACKSIZE	= 8000
 
 include $(APPDIR)/mk/app.mk