diff --git a/util/ego/share/types.h b/util/ego/share/types.h
index 3b4ed384..f03e0b85 100644
--- a/util/ego/share/types.h
+++ b/util/ego/share/types.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #define LONGOFF
 
 
-#define IDL 8	/* identifier length */
+#define IDL 256	/* maximum identifier length */
 #define DYNAMIC 1
 #define NARGBYTES 14
 #define BMASK 0377