diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6ab273c29..acd7022ab 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-09-30  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/GSFileHandle.m:
+	Increase the backlog for the listen() call to allow more incoming
+	network connections.
+
 2010-09-30  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/NSURLProtocol.m: Remove excess release pointed out by
diff --git a/Source/GSFileHandle.m b/Source/GSFileHandle.m
index 4abe7cdf6..48b945056 100644
--- a/Source/GSFileHandle.m
+++ b/Source/GSFileHandle.m
@@ -920,7 +920,9 @@ NSString * const GSSOCKSRecvAddr = @"GSSOCKSRecvAddr";
       return nil;
     }
 
-  if (listen(net, 256) == -1)
+  /* We try to allow a large number of connections.
+   */
+  if (listen(net, 10000) == -1)
     {
       NSLog(@"unable to listen on port - %@", [NSError _last]);
       (void) close(net);