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diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index 62931f14c9..db9576c493 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -1722,6 +1722,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
signal(SIGWINCH, columns_lines_cache_reset);
sigbus_install();
+ /* Increase max number of open files to 16K if we can, we
+ * might needs this when browsing journal files, which might
+ * be split up into many files. */
+ setrlimit_closest(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &RLIMIT_MAKE_CONST(16384));
+
if (arg_action == ACTION_NEW_ID128) {
r = generate_new_id128();
goto finish;