diff --git a/repos/base/include/signal_session/connection.h b/repos/base/include/signal_session/connection.h
index 5396493a2..984759a6a 100644
--- a/repos/base/include/signal_session/connection.h
+++ b/repos/base/include/signal_session/connection.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct Genode::Signal_connection : Connection<Signal_session>, Signal_session_cl
 {
 	Signal_connection()
 	:
-		Connection<Signal_session>(session("ram_quota=12K")),
+		Connection<Signal_session>(session("ram_quota=16K")),
 		Signal_session_client(cap())
 	{ }
 };