diff --git a/src/connector.c b/src/connector.c
index fd03991f..2f4972a4 100644
--- a/src/connector.c
+++ b/src/connector.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ int connector(proc_instance_t *pi)
 		}
 		/* Set listen backlog to larger than SOMAXCONN in case the
 		 * system configuration supports it */
-		if (listen(sockd, 1024) < 0) {
+		if (listen(sockd, 8192) < 0) {
 			LOGERR("Connector failed to listen on socket");
 			Close(sockd);
 			goto out;
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ int connector(proc_instance_t *pi)
 				ret = 1;
 				goto out;
 			}
-			if (listen(sockd, 1024) < 0) {
+			if (listen(sockd, 8192) < 0) {
 				LOGERR("Connector failed to listen on socket");
 				Close(sockd);
 				goto out;