diff --git a/config/mh-irix4 b/config/mh-irix4
index 2c197275f1..a48334c72f 100644
--- a/config/mh-irix4
+++ b/config/mh-irix4
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Makefile changes for SGI's running IRIX-4.x.
 # Tell compiler to use K&R C.  We can't compile under the SGI Ansi
 # environment.  Also bump switch table size so that cp-parse will
-# compile.
+# compile.  Bump string length limit so linker builds.
 
-CC = cc -cckr -Wf,-XNg1500 -Wf,-XNk1000 -Wf,-XNh2000
+CC = cc -cckr -Wf,-XNg1500 -Wf,-XNk1000 -Wf,-XNh2000 -Wf,-XNl8192
 SYSV = -DSYSV
 RANLIB = true