1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index 340fb5306..9ea71170f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ StorePath LocalStore::addToStoreFromDump(Source & source0, const string & name,
        or the original source is empty */
     while (dump.size() < settings.narBufferSize) {
         auto oldSize = dump.size();
-        constexpr size_t chunkSize = 1024;
+        constexpr size_t chunkSize = 65536;
         auto want = std::min(chunkSize, settings.narBufferSize - oldSize);
         dump.resize(oldSize + want);
         auto got = 0;