diff --git a/src/libdraw/x11-itrans.c b/src/libdraw/x11-itrans.c
index f1c72ee..8b1c137 100644
--- a/src/libdraw/x11-itrans.c
+++ b/src/libdraw/x11-itrans.c
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 
 	if(e->xany.type != KeyPress)
 		return -1;
-	needstack(20*1024);	/* X has some *huge* buffers in openobject */
+	needstack(64*1024);	/* X has some *huge* buffers in openobject */
+		/* and they're even bigger on SuSE */
 	XLookupString((XKeyEvent*)e,NULL,0,&k,NULL);
 	if(k == XK_Multi_key || k == NoSymbol)
 		return -1;