diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/patroncards-errors.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/patroncards-errors.inc
index 768c83bbd4..b92449439d 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/patroncards-errors.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/patroncards-errors.inc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         [% ELSIF ( error == 301 ) %]
             <span>An error has occurred while attempting to upload the image file. </span>[% INCLUDE asksysadmin %]
         [% ELSIF ( error == 302 ) %]
-            <span>Image exceeds 500KB. Please resize and import again. </span>
+            <span>Image exceeds 2MB. Please resize and import again. </span>
         [% ELSIF ( error == 303 ) %]
             <span>The database image quota currently only allows a maximum of [% image_limit | html %] images to be stored at any one time. Please delete one or more images to free up quota space. </span>
         [% ELSIF ( error == 304 ) %]
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/moremember.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/moremember.tt
index f3d0822a36..0fb432582c 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/moremember.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/members/moremember.tt
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
                                             [% ELSE %]
                                                 <div class="hint">[% patron.title | html %] [% patron.firstname | html %] [% patron.surname | html %] does not currently have an image available. To import an image for [% patron.title | html %] [% patron.firstname | html %] [% patron.surname | html %], enter the name of an image file to upload.</div>
                                             [% END %]
-                                            <p>Only PNG, GIF, JPEG, XPM formats are supported. Maximum image size is 500KB.</p>
+                                            <p>Only PNG, GIF, JPEG, XPM formats are supported. Maximum image size is 2MB.</p>
                                             <label for="uploadfile">Select the file to upload: </label>
                                             <input type="file" id="uploadfile" name="uploadfile" required="required" />
                                             <div class="action">
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/image-manage.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/image-manage.tt
index d07300a7dc..5ccdfa89d3 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/image-manage.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/image-manage.tt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
                         <p>Manage additional images to use as logo, decoration or background on a patron card layout.</p>
                         <form name="upload_images" method="post" action="/cgi-bin/koha/patroncards/image-manage.pl" enctype="multipart/form-data">
                             <fieldset class="brief">
-                                <div class="hint">Only PNG, GIF, JPEG, XPM formats are supported. Maximum image size is 500KB.</div>
+                                <div class="hint">Only PNG, GIF, JPEG, XPM formats are supported. Maximum image size is 2MB.</div>
                                 <ol>
                                 <li>
                                     <label for="uploadfile">Select the file to upload: </label>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/picture-upload.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/picture-upload.tt
index cad90f6c0a..d2d2d38d4c 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/picture-upload.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/tools/picture-upload.tt
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
                 [% END %]
             <form method="post" action="/cgi-bin/koha/tools/picture-upload.pl" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="upload_form">
                 <fieldset class="rows">
-                    <p><strong>NOTE:</strong> Only PNG, GIF, JPEG, XPM formats are supported.</p>
+                    <p><strong>NOTE:</strong> Only PNG, GIF, JPEG, XPM formats are supported. Maximum image size is 2MB.</p>
                         <ol class="radio">
                             <li>
                                 <label for="zipfile"><input type="radio" id="zipfile" name="filetype" value="zip" checked="checked" /> Zip file</label></li>
diff --git a/patroncards/image-manage.pl b/patroncards/image-manage.pl
index 8c2d72456a..3a6365653c 100755
--- a/patroncards/image-manage.pl
+++ b/patroncards/image-manage.pl
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if ($op eq 'upload') {
             else {
                 my $errstr = '';
                 my $size = $image->Get('filesize');
-                $errstr =  302 if $size > 500000;
+                $errstr =  302 if $size > 2097152;
                 $image->Set(magick => 'png'); # convert all images to png as this is a lossless format which is important for resizing operations later on
                 my $err = put_image($image_name, $image->ImageToBlob()) || '0';
                 $errstr = 101 if $err == 1;
diff --git a/tools/picture-upload.pl b/tools/picture-upload.pl
index c708f7f244..57c55b9a12 100755
--- a/tools/picture-upload.pl
+++ b/tools/picture-upload.pl
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ sub handle_file {
         # Now process any imagefiles
         $logger->debug("Source: $source");
         my $size = ( stat($source) )[7];
-        if ( $size > 550000 ) {
+        if ( $size > 2097152 ) {
             # This check is necessary even with image resizing to avoid possible security/performance issues...
             $filerrors{'OVRSIZ'} = 1;
             push my @filerrors, \%filerrors;