diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index b9c95a8..afb40fb 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ let package = Package(
             cSettings: [
                 .define("DEFAULT_HOST", to: "\"localhost\""),
                 .define("DEFAULT_PORT", to: "6600"),
-                .define("ENABLE_TCP", to: "1")
+                .define("ENABLE_TCP", to: "1"),
+                .define("MPD_BUFFER_SIZE", to: "16384"),
             ]
         )
     ]
diff --git a/Sources/libmpdclient/buffer.h b/Sources/libmpdclient/buffer.h
index cd4a6a5..bf643dd 100644
--- a/Sources/libmpdclient/buffer.h
+++ b/Sources/libmpdclient/buffer.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct mpd_buffer {
 	unsigned read;
 
 	/** the actual buffer */
-	unsigned char data[4096];
+	unsigned char data[MPD_BUFFER_SIZE];
 };
 
 /**