diff --git a/src/xrt/ipc/shared/ipc_protocol.h b/src/xrt/ipc/shared/ipc_protocol.h
index 9ff51a1be..4cdb4accf 100644
--- a/src/xrt/ipc/shared/ipc_protocol.h
+++ b/src/xrt/ipc/shared/ipc_protocol.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define IPC_MAX_DEVICES 8  // max number of devices we will map using shared mem
 #define IPC_MAX_LAYERS XRT_MAX_LAYERS
 #define IPC_MAX_SLOTS 128
-#define IPC_MAX_CLIENTS 8
+#define IPC_MAX_CLIENTS 32
 #define IPC_MAX_RAW_VIEWS 32 // Max views that we can get, artificial limit.
 #define IPC_EVENT_QUEUE_SIZE 32