diff --git a/src/examples/hwtest/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/hwtest/CMakeLists.txt
index 31548df813..ff256f21be 100644
--- a/src/examples/hwtest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/hwtest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 px4_add_module(
 	MODULE examples__hwtest
 	MAIN ex_hwtest
+	STACK 2000
 	SRCS
 		hwtest.c
 	DEPENDS