1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/eio.c b/eio.c
index 1dfc7a4..937c066 100644
--- a/eio.c
+++ b/eio.c
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@
 # define NAME_MAX 4096
 #endif
 
+/* used for readlink etc. */
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+# define PATH_MAX 4096
+#endif
+
 /* buffer size for various temporary buffers */
 #define EIO_BUFSIZE 65536
 
@@ -1610,8 +1615,8 @@ static void eio_execute (etp_worker *self, eio_req *req)
       case EIO_SYMLINK:   req->result = symlink   (req->ptr1, req->ptr2); break;
       case EIO_MKNOD:     req->result = mknod     (req->ptr1, (mode_t)req->int2, (dev_t)req->int3); break;
 
-      case EIO_READLINK:  ALLOC (NAME_MAX);
-                          req->result = readlink  (req->ptr1, req->ptr2, NAME_MAX); break;
+      case EIO_READLINK:  ALLOC (PATH_MAX);
+                          req->result = readlink  (req->ptr1, req->ptr2, PATH_MAX); break;
 
       case EIO_SYNC:      req->result = 0; sync (); break;
       case EIO_FSYNC:     req->result = fsync     (req->int1); break;