diff --git a/net/ntp/Makefile b/net/ntp/Makefile
index e238fd4a5913..c3e32ec7365c 100644
--- a/net/ntp/Makefile
+++ b/net/ntp/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ USES+=		autoreconf # until rlimit_memlock changes accepted upstream
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-leap-smear --enable-trustedbsd-mac \
-		--with-locfile=freebsd --with-memlock=-1
+		--with-locfile=freebsd --with-memlock=-1 \
+		--with-stack-limit=128
 
 TEST_TARGET=	check