diff --git a/nimble/host/mesh/syscfg.yml b/nimble/host/mesh/syscfg.yml
index d0ba860a3..f992500d0 100644
--- a/nimble/host/mesh/syscfg.yml
+++ b/nimble/host/mesh/syscfg.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ syscfg.defs:
         description: >
             This option specifies how many nodes each network can at most
             save in the configuration database.
-        value: 1
+        value: 8
 
     BLE_MESH_CDB_SUBNET_COUNT:
         description: >
diff --git a/porting/examples/linux_blemesh/include/syscfg/syscfg.h b/porting/examples/linux_blemesh/include/syscfg/syscfg.h
index a3df8b6ea..2fd5232b9 100644
--- a/porting/examples/linux_blemesh/include/syscfg/syscfg.h
+++ b/porting/examples/linux_blemesh/include/syscfg/syscfg.h
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_MESH_CDB_NODE_COUNT
-#define MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_MESH_CDB_NODE_COUNT (1)
+#define MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_MESH_CDB_NODE_COUNT (8)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_MESH_CDB_APP_KEY_COUNT