diff --git a/include/haproxy/pool-t.h b/include/haproxy/pool-t.h
index e81004cf8..ac8f17e25 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/pool-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/pool-t.h
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@
 #define POOL_LINK(pool, item) ((void **)(item))
 #endif
 
-#define MAX_BASE_POOLS 32
+#ifndef MAX_BASE_POOLS
+#define MAX_BASE_POOLS 64
+#endif
 
 #define POOL_AVG_SAMPLES 1024