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diff --git a/src/os_unix.h b/src/os_unix.h
index be6048fa5..a337183c4 100644
--- a/src/os_unix.h
+++ b/src/os_unix.h
@@ -432,7 +432,13 @@ typedef struct dsc$descriptor DESC;
* Unix has plenty of memory, use large buffers
*/
#define CMDBUFFSIZE 1024 /* size of the command processing buffer */
-#define MAXPATHL 1024 /* Unix has long paths and plenty of memory */
+
+/* Use the system path length if it makes sense. */
+#if defined(PATH_MAX) && (PATH_MAX > 1000)
+# define MAXPATHL PATH_MAX
+#else
+# define MAXPATHL 1024
+#endif
#define CHECK_INODE /* used when checking if a swap file already
exists for a file */