diff --git a/cmd/crio/main.go b/cmd/crio/main.go
index a058f296..025e500d 100644
--- a/cmd/crio/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crio/main.go
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
+// #include "../../conmon/config.h"
+import "C"
+
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
@@ -40,9 +43,9 @@ func validateConfig(config *server.Config) error {
 
 	}
 
-	// This needs to match the read buffer size in conmon
-	if config.LogSizeMax >= 0 && config.LogSizeMax < 8192 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("log size max should be negative or >= 8192")
+	bufSize := int64(C.BUF_SIZE)
+	if config.LogSizeMax >= 0 && config.LogSizeMax < bufSize {
+		return fmt.Errorf("log size max should be negative or >= %d", bufSize)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/conmon/config.h b/conmon/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d7d2f03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conmon/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_H)
+#define CONFIG_H
+
+#define BUF_SIZE 8192
+#define STDIO_BUF_SIZE 8192
+
+/* stdpipe_t represents one of the std pipes (or NONE). */
+typedef enum {
+	NO_PIPE,
+	STDIN_PIPE, /* unused */
+	STDOUT_PIPE,
+	STDERR_PIPE,
+} stdpipe_t;
+
+
+#endif // CONFIG_H
diff --git a/conmon/conmon.c b/conmon/conmon.c
index 477b98bf..755a68e9 100644
--- a/conmon/conmon.c
+++ b/conmon/conmon.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <glib-unix.h>
 
 #include "cmsg.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 #define pexit(fmt, ...)                                                          \
 	do {                                                                     \
@@ -91,7 +92,6 @@ static inline void strv_cleanup(char ***strv)
 #define _cleanup_gstring_ _cleanup_(gstring_free_cleanup)
 #define _cleanup_strv_ _cleanup_(strv_cleanup)
 
-#define BUF_SIZE 8192
 #define CMD_SIZE 1024
 #define MAX_EVENTS 10
 
@@ -263,15 +263,6 @@ int set_k8s_timestamp(char *buf, ssize_t buflen, const char *pipename)
 	return err;
 }
 
-/* stdpipe_t represents one of the std pipes (or NONE).
- * Sync with const in container_attach.go */
-typedef enum {
-	NO_PIPE,
-	STDIN_PIPE, /* unused */
-	STDOUT_PIPE,
-	STDERR_PIPE,
-} stdpipe_t;
-
 const char *stdpipe_name(stdpipe_t pipe)
 {
 	switch (pipe) {
@@ -571,11 +562,10 @@ static gboolean tty_hup_timeout_cb (G_GNUC_UNUSED gpointer user_data)
 
 static bool read_stdio(int fd, stdpipe_t pipe, bool *eof)
 {
-	#define STDIO_BUF_SIZE 8192 /* Sync with redirectResponseToOutputStreams() */
 	/* We use one extra byte at the start, which we don't read into, instead
 	   we use that for marking the pipe when we write to the attached socket */
 	char real_buf[STDIO_BUF_SIZE + 1];
-        char *buf = real_buf + 1;
+	char *buf = real_buf + 1;
 	ssize_t num_read = 0;
 
 	if (eof)
diff --git a/server/container_attach.go b/server/container_attach.go
index ec9bedab..81dbd291 100644
--- a/server/container_attach.go
+++ b/server/container_attach.go
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package server
 
+// #include "../conmon/config.h"
+import "C"
+
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -18,13 +21,6 @@ import (
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 )
 
-/* Sync with stdpipe_t in conmon.c */
-const (
-	AttachPipeStdin  = 1
-	AttachPipeStdout = 2
-	AttachPipeStderr = 3
-)
-
 // Attach prepares a streaming endpoint to attach to a running container.
 func (s *Server) Attach(ctx context.Context, req *pb.AttachRequest) (resp *pb.AttachResponse, err error) {
 	const operation = "attach"
@@ -113,16 +109,17 @@ func (ss streamService) Attach(containerID string, inputStream io.Reader, output
 }
 
 func redirectResponseToOutputStreams(outputStream, errorStream io.Writer, conn io.Reader) error {
+	stdioBufSize := int(C.STDIO_BUF_SIZE)
 	var err error
-	buf := make([]byte, 8192+1) /* Sync with conmon STDIO_BUF_SIZE */
+	buf := make([]byte, stdioBufSize+1)
 
 	for {
 		nr, er := conn.Read(buf)
 		if nr > 0 {
 			var dst io.Writer
-			if buf[0] == AttachPipeStdout {
+			if buf[0] == byte(C.STDOUT_PIPE) {
 				dst = outputStream
-			} else if buf[0] == AttachPipeStderr {
+			} else if buf[0] == byte(C.STDERR_PIPE) {
 				dst = errorStream
 			} else {
 				logrus.Infof("Got unexpected attach type %+d", buf[0])