diff --git a/config/Config-images.in b/config/Config-images.in
index 1866bb1325..5b2ddd1bd4 100644
--- a/config/Config-images.in
+++ b/config/Config-images.in
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 	config TARGET_KERNEL_PARTSIZE
 		int "Kernel partition size (in MB)"
 		depends on GRUB_IMAGES
-		default 4
+		default 16
 
 	config TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTSIZE
 		int "Root filesystem partition size (in MB)"