diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 86e1c8932b..a46090ad47 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ conf.set10('HAVE_SYSV_COMPAT', sysvinit_path != '' and sysvrcnd_path != '',
 
 conf.set10('BUMP_PROC_SYS_FS_FILE_MAX', get_option('bump-proc-sys-fs-file-max'))
 conf.set10('BUMP_PROC_SYS_FS_NR_OPEN',  get_option('bump-proc-sys-fs-nr-open'))
-conf.set('HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE',          256*1024)
+conf.set('HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE',          512*1024)
 
 # join_paths ignore the preceding arguments if an absolute component is
 # encountered, so this should canonicalize various paths when they are