diff --git a/src/syslogd.c b/src/syslogd.c
index 739f7a7..3cf2c33 100644
--- a/src/syslogd.c
+++ b/src/syslogd.c
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ static char sccsid[] __attribute__((unused)) =
  *
  */
 
-#define MAXLINE        1024            /* maximum line length */
-#define MAXSVLINE      240             /* maximum saved line length */
-#define DEFUPRI        (LOG_USER | LOG_NOTICE)
-#define DEFSPRI        (LOG_KERN | LOG_CRIT)
-#define TIMERINTVL     30              /* interval for checking flush, mark */
-#define RCVBUF_MINSIZE (80 * 1024)     /* minimum size of dgram rcv buffer */
-
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <assert.h>
diff --git a/src/syslogd.h b/src/syslogd.h
index 172c3e7..1aeaa6c 100644
--- a/src/syslogd.h
+++ b/src/syslogd.h
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@
 #include "queue.h"
 #include "syslog.h"
 
+#define MAXLINE        2048            /* maximum line length */
+#define MAXSVLINE      MAXLINE         /* maximum saved line length */
+#define DEFUPRI        (LOG_USER | LOG_NOTICE)
+#define DEFSPRI        (LOG_KERN | LOG_CRIT)
+#define TIMERINTVL     30              /* interval for checking flush, mark */
+#define RCVBUF_MINSIZE (80 * MAXLINE)  /* minimum size of dgram rcv buffer */
+
 /*
  * Linux uses EIO instead of EBADFD (mrn 12 May 96)
  */