diff --git a/riak/riak.service b/riak/riak.service
index b08bc75..3740315 100644
--- a/riak/riak.service
+++ b/riak/riak.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ User=riak
 Type=forking
 ExecStart=/opt/riak/bin/riak start
 ExecStop=/opt/riak/bin/riak stop
+LimitNOFILE=65536
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target