diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessage.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessage.java
index c1b6b8c7b..5d4271d25 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessage.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessage.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import com.jcraft.jsch.Session;
 public class ScpToMessage extends AbstractSshMessage {
 
     private static final int HUNDRED_KILOBYTES = 102400;
-    private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 1024;
+    private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 100*1024;
 
     private File localFile;
     private String remotePath;