diff --git a/FreeRTOS/Demo/Posix_GCC/FreeRTOSConfig.h b/FreeRTOS/Demo/Posix_GCC/FreeRTOSConfig.h
index 93a5892b58..080ec0ddc5 100644
--- a/FreeRTOS/Demo/Posix_GCC/FreeRTOSConfig.h
+++ b/FreeRTOS/Demo/Posix_GCC/FreeRTOSConfig.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #define configUSE_TICK_HOOK                        1
 #define configUSE_DAEMON_TASK_STARTUP_HOOK         1
 #define configTICK_RATE_HZ                         ( 1000 )                  /* In this non-real time simulated environment the tick frequency has to be at least a multiple of the Win32 tick frequency, and therefore very slow. */
-#define configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE                   ( ( unsigned short ) 70 ) /* In this simulated case, the stack only has to hold one small structure as the real stack is part of the win32 thread. */
+#define configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE                   ( ( unsigned short ) PTHREAD_STACK_MIN ) /* The stack size being passed is equal to the minimum stack size needed by pthread_create(). */
 #define configTOTAL_HEAP_SIZE                      ( ( size_t ) ( 65 * 1024 ) )
 #define configMAX_TASK_NAME_LEN                    ( 12 )
 #define configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY                   1