diff --git a/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go b/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
index a7b459496..873eb645c 100644
--- a/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
+++ b/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const (
 	timeFormatIn                = time.RFC3339
 	timeFormatOut               = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000000000Z07:00"
 	metaMtime                   = "mtime" // key to store mtime under in metadata
-	listChunks                  = 256     // chunk size to read directory listings
+	listChunks                  = 1000    // chunk size to read directory listings
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/swift/swift.go b/swift/swift.go
index 07034e73a..1e577b03a 100644
--- a/swift/swift.go
+++ b/swift/swift.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 // Constants
 const (
 	directoryMarkerContentType = "application/directory" // content type of directory marker objects
+	listChunks                 = 1000                    // chunk size to read directory listings
 )
 
 // Globals
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ func (f *Fs) listContainerRoot(container, root string, dir string, level int, fn
 	// Options for ObjectsWalk
 	opts := swift.ObjectsOpts{
 		Prefix: prefix,
-		Limit:  256,
+		Limit:  listChunks,
 	}
 	switch level {
 	case 1: