--- a/media/libvpx/update.py
+++ b/media/libvpx/update.py
@@ -353,16 +353,17 @@ def prepare_upstream(prefix, commit=None
 
     for target in PLATFORMS:
         target_objdir = os.path.join(prefix, 'objdir', target)
         os.makedirs(target_objdir)
         os.chdir(target_objdir)
         configure = ['../../configure', '--target=%s' % target,
             '--disable-examples', '--disable-install-docs',
             '--enable-multi-res-encoding',
+            '--size-limit=4000x3000'
         ]
 
         if 'darwin9' in target:
             configure += ['--enable-pic']
         if 'linux' in target:
             configure += ['--enable-pic']
             configure += ['--disable-avx2']
         # x86inc.asm is not compatible with pic 32bit builds