diff --git a/src/systemcmds/perf/module.mk b/src/systemcmds/perf/module.mk
index 77952842b3..ec39a7a85e 100644
--- a/src/systemcmds/perf/module.mk
+++ b/src/systemcmds/perf/module.mk
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ MODULE_COMMAND	 = perf
 SRCS		 = perf.c
 
 MAXOPTIMIZATION	 = -Os
+
+MODULE_STACKSIZE = 1800