diff --git a/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_tasks.cpp b/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_tasks.cpp
index ee845b5fce..38ba7b8f82 100644
--- a/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_tasks.cpp
+++ b/src/platforms/posix/px4_layer/px4_posix_tasks.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
 #define MAX_CMD_LEN 100
 
-#define PX4_MAX_TASKS 50
+#define PX4_MAX_TASKS 100
 #define SHELL_TASK_ID (PX4_MAX_TASKS+1)
 
 pthread_t _shell_task_id = 0;