diff --git a/services/importer/lib/importer/ogr2ogr.rb b/services/importer/lib/importer/ogr2ogr.rb
index b459518ac1..b94369c4df 100644
--- a/services/importer/lib/importer/ogr2ogr.rb
+++ b/services/importer/lib/importer/ogr2ogr.rb
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ module CartoDB
           # Inverse of the selection: if I want guessing I must NOT leave quoted fields as string
           [
             '-oo', 'AUTODETECT_TYPE=YES',
+            '-oo', 'AUTODETECT_SIZE_LIMIT=20000000',
             '-oo', "QUOTED_FIELDS_AS_STRING=#{quoted_fields_guessing ? 'NO' : 'YES'}"
           ] + x_y_possible_names_option + ['-s_srs', 'EPSG:4326', '-t_srs', 'EPSG:4326']
         end