diff --git a/src/examples/px4_daemon_app/module.mk b/src/examples/px4_daemon_app/module.mk
index 5f8aa73d57..fc42231425 100644
--- a/src/examples/px4_daemon_app/module.mk
+++ b/src/examples/px4_daemon_app/module.mk
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@
 MODULE_COMMAND		= px4_daemon_app
 
 SRCS			= px4_daemon_app.c
+
+MODULE_STACKSIZE = 1200
diff --git a/src/examples/px4_daemon_app/px4_daemon_app.c b/src/examples/px4_daemon_app/px4_daemon_app.c
index 53f1b4a9a7..3eaf14148a 100644
--- a/src/examples/px4_daemon_app/px4_daemon_app.c
+++ b/src/examples/px4_daemon_app/px4_daemon_app.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int px4_daemon_app_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		daemon_task = task_spawn_cmd("daemon",
 					 SCHED_DEFAULT,
 					 SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,
-					 4096,
+					 2000,
 					 px4_daemon_thread_main,
 					 (argv) ? (const char **)&argv[2] : (const char **)NULL);
 		exit(0);
diff --git a/src/examples/px4_mavlink_debug/module.mk b/src/examples/px4_mavlink_debug/module.mk
index fefd614961..c7ef97fc45 100644
--- a/src/examples/px4_mavlink_debug/module.mk
+++ b/src/examples/px4_mavlink_debug/module.mk
@@ -37,4 +37,6 @@
 
 MODULE_COMMAND		= px4_mavlink_debug
 
-SRCS			= px4_mavlink_debug.c
\ No newline at end of file
+SRCS			= px4_mavlink_debug.c
+
+MODULE_STACKSIZE = 2000