diff --git a/canutils/candump/Kconfig b/canutils/candump/Kconfig
index 0ba3eb056..eaf41db5b 100644
--- a/canutils/candump/Kconfig
+++ b/canutils/candump/Kconfig
@@ -13,4 +13,9 @@ config CANUTILS_CANDUMP
 		https://github.com/linux-can/can-utils
 
 if CANUTILS_CANDUMP
+
+config CANUTILS_CANDUMP_STACKSIZE
+	int "SocketCAN candump stack size"
+	default DEFAULT_TASK_STACKSIZE
+
 endif
diff --git a/canutils/candump/Makefile b/canutils/candump/Makefile
index abbccfb5f..869cbced4 100644
--- a/canutils/candump/Makefile
+++ b/canutils/candump/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ include $(APPDIR)/Make.defs
 
 PROGNAME = candump
 PRIORITY = SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT
-STACKSIZE = 3072
+STACKSIZE = $(CONFIG_CANUTILS_CANDUMP_STACKSIZE)
 MODULE = $(CONFIG_CANUTILS_CANDUMP)
 
 CFLAGS += ${shell $(INCDIR) "$(CC)" $(APPDIR)/canutils/libcanutils}