diff --git a/dlls/util.h b/dlls/util.h
index 6e3b2cca..ad3d8002 100644
--- a/dlls/util.h
+++ b/dlls/util.h
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ extern DLL_GLOBAL int			g_Language;
 
 // sentence groups
 #define CBSENTENCENAME_MAX 16
-#define CVOXFILESENTENCEMAX		1536		// max number of sentences in game. NOTE: this must match
+#define CVOXFILESENTENCEMAX		2048		// max number of sentences in game. NOTE: this must match
 							// CVOXFILESENTENCEMAX in engine\sound.h!!!
 
 extern char gszallsentencenames[CVOXFILESENTENCEMAX][CBSENTENCENAME_MAX];