diff --git a/libs/xmlrpc-c/include/xmlrpc-c/abyss.h b/libs/xmlrpc-c/include/xmlrpc-c/abyss.h
index 274e9a957e..e044008f1c 100644
--- a/libs/xmlrpc-c/include/xmlrpc-c/abyss.h
+++ b/libs/xmlrpc-c/include/xmlrpc-c/abyss.h
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ MIMETypeGuessFromFile(const char * const filename);
 ** Maximum number of simultaneous connections
 *********************************************************************/
 
-#define MAX_CONN    16
+#define MAX_CONN 100000
 
 /*********************************************************************
 ** General purpose definitions