diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
index 19c4ee3a21..614cb66435 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
@@ -1021,6 +1021,19 @@ bool cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::OpenBuildFileStreams()
     return false;
   }
 
+  // New buffer size 8 MiB
+  constexpr auto buildFileStreamBufferSize = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+  // Ensure the buffer is allocated
+  if (!this->BuildFileStreamBuffer) {
+    this->BuildFileStreamBuffer =
+      cm::make_unique<char[]>(buildFileStreamBufferSize);
+  }
+
+  // Enlarge the internal buffer of the `BuildFileStream`
+  this->BuildFileStream->rdbuf()->pubsetbuf(this->BuildFileStreamBuffer.get(),
+                                            buildFileStreamBufferSize);
+
   // Write a comment about this file.
   *this->BuildFileStream
     << "# This file contains all the build statements describing the\n"
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h
index 84fc06c1cd..98442bf89c 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h
@@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ private:
   /// The file containing the build statement. (the relationship of the
   /// compilation DAG).
   std::unique_ptr<cmGeneratedFileStream> BuildFileStream;
+  std::unique_ptr<char[]> BuildFileStreamBuffer;
   /// The file containing the rule statements. (The action attached to each
   /// edge of the compilation DAG).
   std::unique_ptr<cmGeneratedFileStream> RulesFileStream;