diff --git a/src/doomdef.h b/src/doomdef.h
index 781310abf..b617215fe 100644
--- a/src/doomdef.h
+++ b/src/doomdef.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ extern char logfilename[1024];
 // The maximum number of players, multiplayer/networking.
 // NOTE: it needs more than this to increase the number of players...
 
-#define MAXPLAYERS 32
+#define MAXPLAYERS 42
 #define PLAYERSMASK (MAXPLAYERS-1)
 #define MAXPLAYERNAME 21
 #define MAXSPLITSCREENPLAYERS 4 // Max number of players on a single computer