diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index ba4bccd80f..e29b358863 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -2713,3 +2713,9 @@ Rom    29 Apr 2011
     samples/vboxwrapper/
         vbox.cpp, .h
         vm.cpp, .h
+
+David  29 Apr 2011
+    - client: increase request msg buffer size for GUI RPCs
+    client/
+        gui_rpc_client_ops.cpp
+        gui_rpc_client.cpp
diff --git a/client/gui_rpc_server.h b/client/gui_rpc_server.h
index 1a8734af97..6642533f22 100644
--- a/client/gui_rpc_server.h
+++ b/client/gui_rpc_server.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #define AU_MGR_QUIT_REQ     2
 #define AU_MGR_QUIT_SENT    3
 
-#define GUI_RPC_REQ_MSG_SIZE    4096
+#define GUI_RPC_REQ_MSG_SIZE    100000
 
 class GUI_RPC_CONN {
 public:
diff --git a/client/gui_rpc_server_ops.cpp b/client/gui_rpc_server_ops.cpp
index 728113b017..12e4fd6241 100644
--- a/client/gui_rpc_server_ops.cpp
+++ b/client/gui_rpc_server_ops.cpp
@@ -1010,9 +1010,9 @@ int GUI_RPC_CONN::handle_rpc() {
 
     int left = GUI_RPC_REQ_MSG_SIZE - request_nbytes;
 #ifdef _WIN32
-        n = recv(sock, request_msg+request_nbytes, left, 0);
+    n = recv(sock, request_msg+request_nbytes, left, 0);
 #else
-        n = read(sock, request_msg+request_nbytes, left);
+    n = read(sock, request_msg+request_nbytes, left);
 #endif
     if (n <= 0) {
         request_nbytes = 0;