Let A⊂[1,x] be a non-empty set of primes with ∣A∣=αx(logx)−1. We prove that there exist absolute constants c1,c2>0 such that, as x gets sufficiently large, we have ∣A+A∣≥c1(logx)(loglog3α−1)−1∣A∣ if α≥c2(logx)−1/2loglogx and otherwise ∣A+A∣≥c1(logx)(log2α−1)−1∣A∣.