diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e5527039..d4da430d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 procps-3.2.5 --> procps-3.2.6
 
+vmstat: /proc/stat buffer big enough for 1024 CPUs
 dietlibc needs termios.h for struct winsize -- thanks Thomas Ogrisegg
 top: can do per-task display -- thanks John Blackwood     rh114012
 more MIPS crud  -- thanks Jim Gifford and Ryan Oliver
diff --git a/proc/sysinfo.h b/proc/sysinfo.h
index 02c88ee0..ceff5eef 100644
--- a/proc/sysinfo.h
+++ b/proc/sysinfo.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ extern unsigned long kb_inactive;
 extern unsigned long kb_mapped;
 extern unsigned long kb_pagetables;
 
-#define BUFFSIZE 8192
+#define BUFFSIZE (64*1024)
 typedef unsigned long long jiff;
 extern void getstat(jiff *restrict cuse, jiff *restrict cice, jiff *restrict csys, jiff *restrict cide, jiff *restrict ciow, jiff *restrict cxxx, jiff *restrict cyyy,
 	     unsigned long *restrict pin, unsigned long *restrict pout, unsigned long *restrict s_in, unsigned long *restrict sout,