diff --git a/examples/protocols/https_server/simple/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/protocols/https_server/simple/sdkconfig.defaults
index a9595bf0c1..02e8335f9c 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/https_server/simple/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/examples/protocols/https_server/simple/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 CONFIG_ESP_HTTPS_SERVER_ENABLE=y
+CONFIG_HTTPD_MAX_REQ_HDR_LEN=1024
diff --git a/examples/protocols/https_server/wss_server/sdkconfig.defaults b/examples/protocols/https_server/wss_server/sdkconfig.defaults
index 0a73bafe0c..c4c0211210 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/https_server/wss_server/sdkconfig.defaults
+++ b/examples/protocols/https_server/wss_server/sdkconfig.defaults
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 CONFIG_ESP_HTTPS_SERVER_ENABLE=y
+CONFIG_HTTPD_MAX_REQ_HDR_LEN=1024
 CONFIG_HTTPD_WS_SUPPORT=y