diff --git a/src/os.c b/src/os.c
index 24902c4a..df114373 100644
--- a/src/os.c
+++ b/src/os.c
@@ -472,24 +472,33 @@ static mi_decl_cache_align _Atomic(uintptr_t) aligned_base;
 // Return a 4MiB aligned address that is probably available.
 // If this returns NULL, the OS will determine the address but on some OS's that may not be 
 // properly aligned which can be more costly as it needs to be adjusted afterwards.
-// For a size > 4GiB this always returns NULL in order to guarantee good ASLR randomization; 
-// otherwise an initial large allocation of say 2TiB has a 50% chance to include (known) addresses 
-// in the middle of the 4TiB - 8TiB address range (see issue #372).
+// For a size > 1GiB this always returns NULL in order to guarantee good ASLR randomization; 
+// (otherwise an initial large allocation of say 2TiB has a 50% chance to include (known) addresses 
+//  in the middle of the 2TiB - 6TiB address range (see issue #372))
+
+#define KK_HINT_BASE ((uintptr_t)2 << 40)  // 2TiB start
+#define KK_HINT_AREA ((uintptr_t)4 << 40)  // upto 6TiB   (since before win8 there is "only" 8TiB available to processes)
+#define KK_HINT_MAX  ((uintptr_t)30 << 40) // wrap after 30TiB (area after 32TiB is used for huge OS pages)
+
 static void* mi_os_get_aligned_hint(size_t try_alignment, size_t size) 
 {
   if (try_alignment == 0 || try_alignment > MI_SEGMENT_SIZE) return NULL;
   if ((size%MI_SEGMENT_SIZE) != 0) return NULL;
-  if (size > 1*GiB) return NULL;  // guarantee the chance of fixed valid address is at most 1/(4<<40 / 1<<30) = 1/4096.
+  if (size > 1*GiB) return NULL;  // guarantee the chance of fixed valid address is at most 1/(KK_HINT_AREA / 1<<30) = 1/4096.
+  #if (MI_SECURE>0)
+  size += MI_SEGMENT_SIZE;        // put in `MI_SEGMENT_SIZE` virtual gaps between hinted blocks; this splits VLA's but increases guarded areas.
+  #endif
+
   uintptr_t hint = mi_atomic_add_acq_rel(&aligned_base, size);
-  if (hint == 0 || hint > ((intptr_t)30<<40)) { // try to wrap around after 30TiB (area after 32TiB is used for huge OS pages)
-    uintptr_t init = ((uintptr_t)4 << 40); // start at 4TiB area
-    #if (MI_SECURE>0 || MI_DEBUG==0)     // security: randomize start of aligned allocations unless in debug mode
+  if (hint == 0 || hint > KK_HINT_MAX) {   // wrap or initialize
+    uintptr_t init = KK_HINT_BASE;
+    #if (MI_SECURE>0 || MI_DEBUG==0)       // security: randomize start of aligned allocations unless in debug mode
     uintptr_t r = _mi_heap_random_next(mi_get_default_heap());
-    init = init + (MI_SEGMENT_SIZE * ((r>>17) & 0xFFFFF));  // (randomly 20 bits)*4MiB == 0 to 4TiB
+    init = init + ((MI_SEGMENT_SIZE * ((r>>17) & 0xFFFFF)) % KK_HINT_AREA);  // (randomly 20 bits)*4MiB == 0 to 4TiB
     #endif
     uintptr_t expected = hint + size;
     mi_atomic_cas_strong_acq_rel(&aligned_base, &expected, init);
-    hint = mi_atomic_add_acq_rel(&aligned_base, size); // this may still give 0 or > 30TiB but that is ok, it is a hint after all
+    hint = mi_atomic_add_acq_rel(&aligned_base, size); // this may still give 0 or > KK_HINT_MAX but that is ok, it is a hint after all
   }
   if (hint%try_alignment != 0) return NULL;
   return (void*)hint;
diff --git a/test/main-override.cpp b/test/main-override.cpp
index 0b677bdb..c2210ec1 100644
--- a/test/main-override.cpp
+++ b/test/main-override.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int main() {
   padding_shrink();
   various_tests();
   large_alloc();
-  test_mt_shutdown();
+  //test_mt_shutdown();
   //fail_aslr();
   mi_stats_print(NULL);
   return 0;
@@ -230,5 +230,5 @@ void fail_aslr() {
   size_t sz = (4ULL << 40); // 4TiB
   void* p = malloc(sz);
   printf("pointer p: %p: area up to %p\n", p, (uint8_t*)p + sz);
-  *(int*)0x7FFFFFFF000 = 0;  // should segfault
+  *(int*)0x5FFFFFFF000 = 0;  // should segfault
 }
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