diff --git a/common/polylib.c b/common/polylib.c
index 9b8cb97f..f4fc4f35 100644
--- a/common/polylib.c
+++ b/common/polylib.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <common/mathlib.h>
 #include <common/polylib.h>
 
-#define BOGUS_RANGE 8192
+#define BOGUS_RANGE 65536
 
 /*
  * =============
diff --git a/qbsp/qbsp.h b/qbsp/qbsp.h
index 2bb50ad3..3ff03bfe 100644
--- a/qbsp/qbsp.h
+++ b/qbsp/qbsp.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define T_EPSILON               0.0002
 #define CONTINUOUS_EPSILON      0.0005
 
-#define BOGUS_RANGE     18000
+#define BOGUS_RANGE     65536
 
 // the exact bounding box of the brushes is expanded some for the headnode
 // volume.  is this still needed?
diff --git a/qbsp/winding.cc b/qbsp/winding.cc
index b54ddfea..27178c2a 100644
--- a/qbsp/winding.cc
+++ b/qbsp/winding.cc
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ BaseWindingForPlane(const plane_t *p)
 
     CrossProduct(vup, p->normal, vright);
 
-    VectorScale(vup, 8192, vup);
-    VectorScale(vright, 8192, vright);
+    VectorScale(vup, BOGUS_RANGE, vup);
+    VectorScale(vright, BOGUS_RANGE, vright);
 
     // project a really big axis aligned box onto the plane
     w = (winding_t *)AllocMem(WINDING, 4, true);