diff --git a/apps/genrsa.c b/apps/genrsa.c
index 2331024248c43191dfefa51c1de096e89a1ab647..94cb613ccb9737291d6a374c2b715b6b9334cd54 100644
--- a/apps/genrsa.c
+++ b/apps/genrsa.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 #include <openssl/pem.h>
 #include <openssl/rand.h>
 
-#define DEFBITS	512
+#define DEFBITS	1024
 #undef PROG
 #define PROG genrsa_main