diff --git a/canutils/cansend/Kconfig b/canutils/cansend/Kconfig
index 9d4adea6d..c471b7de9 100644
--- a/canutils/cansend/Kconfig
+++ b/canutils/cansend/Kconfig
@@ -13,4 +13,9 @@ config CANUTILS_CANSEND
 		https://github.com/linux-can/can-utils
 
 if CANUTILS_CANSEND
+
+config CANUTILS_CANSEND_STACKSIZE
+	int "SocketCAN cansend stack size"
+	default DEFAULT_TASK_STACKSIZE
+
 endif
diff --git a/canutils/cansend/Makefile b/canutils/cansend/Makefile
index 8df205723..0f106276d 100644
--- a/canutils/cansend/Makefile
+++ b/canutils/cansend/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ include $(APPDIR)/Make.defs
 
 PROGNAME = cansend
 PRIORITY = SCHED_PRIORITY_DEFAULT
-STACKSIZE = 2048
+STACKSIZE = $(CONFIG_CANUTILS_CANSEND_STACKSIZE)
 MODULE = $(CONFIG_CANUTILS_CANSEND)
 
 CFLAGS += ${shell $(INCDIR) "$(CC)" $(APPDIR)/canutils/libcanutils}