diff --git a/gio/ChangeLog b/gio/ChangeLog
index 8d34c7337..2d3f3a00a 100644
--- a/gio/ChangeLog
+++ b/gio/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-03-19  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>
+
+        * gfile.c:
+        (copy_stream_with_progress):
+	Bump block side for copy to 64k to minimize
+	overhead for low latency links. (#523015)
+
 2008-03-16  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@novell.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am (libgio_2_0_la_DEPENDENCIES): Make libgio-2.0.la
diff --git a/gio/gfile.c b/gio/gfile.c
index ab56a3c56..3a6c9a6bd 100644
--- a/gio/gfile.c
+++ b/gio/gfile.c
@@ -2124,7 +2124,7 @@ copy_stream_with_progress (GInputStream           *in,
 {
   gssize n_read, n_written;
   goffset current_size;
-  char buffer[8192], *p;
+  char buffer[1024*64], *p;
   gboolean res;
   goffset total_size;
   GFileInfo *info;