diff --git a/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-env.conf b/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-env.conf
index 0b46f76..6253901 100644
--- a/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-env.conf
+++ b/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-env.conf
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ NODE_IP_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0
 NODE_PORT=5672
 LOG_BASE=/var/log/rabbitmq
 MNESIA_BASE=/var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia
+ERL_MAX_PORTS=65536
diff --git a/system/security/limits.d/rabbitmq.limits.conf b/system/security/limits.d/rabbitmq.limits.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..057ed1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/security/limits.d/rabbitmq.limits.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+rabbitmq        soft    nofile          65536
+rabbitmq        hard    nofile          65536