diff --git a/build/bakefiles/monolithic.bkl b/build/bakefiles/monolithic.bkl
index a41b78697b..d6b14c8302 100644
--- a/build/bakefiles/monolithic.bkl
+++ b/build/bakefiles/monolithic.bkl
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
         <define>wxUSE_BASE=1</define>
         <sources>$(MONOLIB_SRC) $(PLUGIN_MONOLIB_SRC)</sources>
         <msvc-headers>$(ALL_HEADERS)</msvc-headers>
+        <if cond="FORMAT=='watcom'">
+            <set var="LIB_PAGESIZE" overwrite="1">8192</set>
+        </if>
     </lib>