diff --git a/include/gtimer/options.h b/include/gtimer/options.h
index 8058ef1e..96cc4b9f 100644
--- a/include/gtimer/options.h
+++ b/include/gtimer/options.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	 * @details	Defaults to 512 bytes
 	 */
 	#ifndef GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE
-		#define GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE		1024
+		#define GTIMER_THREAD_WORKAREA_SIZE		2048
 	#endif
 /** @} */