diff --git a/doc/fapolicyd.conf.5 b/doc/fapolicyd.conf.5
index 0454e6f7..20f1ccfb 100644
--- a/doc/fapolicyd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/fapolicyd.conf.5
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ This option controls whether (1) or not (0) fapolicyd should add subject and obj
 
 .TP
 .B db_max_size
-This option controls how many megabytes to allow the trust database to grow to. If you have lots of packages installed, then you want to make it bigger. The default value is 50 megabytes.
+This option controls how many megabytes to allow the trust database to grow to. If you have lots of packages installed, then you want to make it bigger. The default value is 100 megabytes.
 
 .TP
 .B subj_cache_size
diff --git a/init/fapolicyd.conf b/init/fapolicyd.conf
index a2e597f8..05af2593 100644
--- a/init/fapolicyd.conf
+++ b/init/fapolicyd.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ uid = fapolicyd
 gid = fapolicyd
 do_stat_report = 1
 detailed_report = 1
-db_max_size = 50
+db_max_size = 100
 subj_cache_size = 1549
 obj_cache_size = 8191
 watch_fs = ext2,ext3,ext4,tmpfs,xfs,vfat,iso9660,btrfs
diff --git a/src/library/daemon-config.c b/src/library/daemon-config.c
index fb255ee7..557b28ae 100644
--- a/src/library/daemon-config.c
+++ b/src/library/daemon-config.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static void clear_daemon_config(conf_t *config)
 	config->gid = 0;
 	config->do_stat_report = 1;
 	config->detailed_report = 1;
-	config->db_max_size = 50;
+	config->db_max_size = 100;
 	config->subj_cache_size = 1549;
 	config->obj_cache_size = 8191;
 	config->watch_fs = strdup("ext4,xfs,tmpfs");