diff --git a/libtransmission/peer-mgr.c b/libtransmission/peer-mgr.c
index cbad92d73..fea3b5abb 100644
--- a/libtransmission/peer-mgr.c
+++ b/libtransmission/peer-mgr.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ enum
 
     /* how many peers to unchoke per-torrent. */
     /* FIXME: make this user-configurable? */
-    NUM_UNCHOKED_PEERS_PER_TORRENT = 12, /* arbitrary */
+    NUM_UNCHOKED_PEERS_PER_TORRENT = 20, /* arbitrary */
 
     /* set this too high and there will be a lot of churn.
      * set it too low and you'll get peers too slowly */