diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/rlimit.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/rlimit.cc
index 23de3860b8..4ce8aecbd2 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/rlimit.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/rlimit.cc
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 
 /* Genode includes */
 #include <base/log.h>
+#include <libc-plugin/fd_alloc.h>
 
 /* libc includes */
+#include <sys/limits.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -32,6 +34,24 @@ extern "C" int __attribute__((weak)) getrlimit(int resource, struct rlimit *rlim
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Maximal size of address space
+	 */
+	if (resource == RLIMIT_AS) {
+		rlim->rlim_cur = LONG_MAX;
+		rlim->rlim_max = LONG_MAX;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Maximum number of file descriptors
+	 */
+	if (resource == RLIMIT_NOFILE) {
+		rlim->rlim_cur = MAX_NUM_FDS;
+		rlim->rlim_max = MAX_NUM_FDS;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }