diff --git a/src/dbwrapper.cpp b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
index e0f153fd61b..8fb366515af 100644
--- a/src/dbwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static leveldb::Options GetOptions(size_t nCacheSize)
         // on corruption in later versions.
         options.paranoid_checks = true;
     }
+    options.max_file_size = std::max(options.max_file_size, DBWRAPPER_MAX_FILE_SIZE);
     SetMaxOpenFiles(&options);
     return options;
 }
diff --git a/src/dbwrapper.h b/src/dbwrapper.h
index 63c2f99d2a8..dd5daa7a1fc 100644
--- a/src/dbwrapper.h
+++ b/src/dbwrapper.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 static const size_t DBWRAPPER_PREALLOC_KEY_SIZE = 64;
 static const size_t DBWRAPPER_PREALLOC_VALUE_SIZE = 1024;
+static const size_t DBWRAPPER_MAX_FILE_SIZE = 32 << 20; // 32 MiB
 
 //! User-controlled performance and debug options.
 struct DBOptions {