diff --git a/alpine/packages/9pinit/etc/init.d/9pinit b/alpine/packages/9pinit/etc/init.d/9pinit
index e24d7335a..13a618bef 100755
--- a/alpine/packages/9pinit/etc/init.d/9pinit
+++ b/alpine/packages/9pinit/etc/init.d/9pinit
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ start()
 		case $TAG in
 		"socket")
 			mkdir -p /Socket
-			mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio,dfltuid=1001,dfltgid=50,version=9p2000 socket /Socket
+			mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio,dfltuid=1001,dfltgid=50,version=9p2000,msize=32768 socket /Socket
 			;;
 		"plan9")
 			mkdir -p /Mac