diff --git a/src/examples/px4_simple_app/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/px4_simple_app/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ba6781c60..a41f6997b3 100644
--- a/src/examples/px4_simple_app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/px4_simple_app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 px4_add_module(
 	MODULE examples__px4_simple_app
 	MAIN px4_simple_app
+	STACK 2000
 	SRCS
 		px4_simple_app.c
 	DEPENDS