diff -Naur a/source/tools/pkgdata/pkgdata.cpp b/source/tools/pkgdata/pkgdata.cpp
--- a/source/tools/pkgdata/pkgdata.cpp	2016-09-27 14:11:31.772711260 -0700
+++ b/source/tools/pkgdata/pkgdata.cpp	2016-09-27 14:22:04.272669850 -0700
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
 }
 
 static int runCommand(const char* command, UBool specialHandling) {
-    char cmd[SMALL_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE];
+    char cmd[LARGE_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE];
 
     if (!specialHandling) {
 #ifdef USING_CYGWIN
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
             pkgDataFlags = (char**)uprv_malloc(sizeof(char*) * PKGDATA_FLAGS_SIZE);
             if (pkgDataFlags != NULL) {
                 for (int32_t i = 0; i < PKGDATA_FLAGS_SIZE; i++) {
-                    pkgDataFlags[i] = (char*)uprv_malloc(sizeof(char) * SMALL_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE);
+                    pkgDataFlags[i] = (char*)uprv_malloc(sizeof(char) * LARGE_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE);
                     if (pkgDataFlags[i] != NULL) {
                         pkgDataFlags[i][0] = 0;
                     } else {
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
             if(o->verbose) {
               fprintf(stdout, "# Reading options file %s\n", o->options);
             }
-            parseFlagsFile(o->options, pkgDataFlags, SMALL_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE, (int32_t)PKGDATA_FLAGS_SIZE, &status);
+            parseFlagsFile(o->options, pkgDataFlags, LARGE_BUFFER_MAX_SIZE, (int32_t)PKGDATA_FLAGS_SIZE, &status);
             if (U_FAILURE(status)) {
                 fprintf(stderr,"Unable to open or read \"%s\" option file. status = %s\n", o->options, u_errorName(status));
                 return -1;