1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index 679541493a..86b5ae0b03 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -7409,6 +7409,11 @@ int main(int argc, char*argv[]) {
                 goto finish;
         }
 
+        /* 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 (!avoid_bus())
                 r = bus_open_transport_systemd(arg_transport, arg_host, arg_scope != UNIT_FILE_SYSTEM, &bus);