diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ab3f3b1d3..1178229eb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -982,7 +982,8 @@ OBJS += src/mux_h2.o src/mux_h1.o src/mux_fcgi.o src/stream.o		\
         src/hpack-tbl.o src/ebsttree.o src/ebistree.o src/auth.o	\
         src/hpack-huff.o src/freq_ctr.o src/dict.o src/wdt.o		\
         src/pipe.o src/init.o src/http_acl.o src/hpack-enc.o		\
-        src/ebtree.o src/dgram.o src/hash.o src/version.o
+        src/ebtree.o src/dgram.o src/hash.o src/version.o		\
+	 src/limits.o
 
 ifneq ($(TRACE),)
   OBJS += src/calltrace.o
diff --git a/include/haproxy/limits.h b/include/haproxy/limits.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a76e2c95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/haproxy/limits.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Handlers for process resources limits.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _HAPROXY_LIMITS_H
+#define _HAPROXY_LIMITS_H
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
+#endif /* _HAPROXY_LIMITS_H */
diff --git a/src/extcheck.c b/src/extcheck.c
index c667b1635..05c53ff9f 100644
--- a/src/extcheck.c
+++ b/src/extcheck.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <haproxy/errors.h>
 #include <haproxy/global.h>
 #include <haproxy/list.h>
+#include <haproxy/limits.h>
 #include <haproxy/proxy.h>
 #include <haproxy/server.h>
 #include <haproxy/signal.h>
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 8fdc4b860..cf23dba52 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 #include <haproxy/global.h>
 #include <haproxy/hlua.h>
 #include <haproxy/http_rules.h>
+#include <haproxy/limits.h>
 #if defined(USE_LINUX_CAP)
 #include <haproxy/linuxcap.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/src/limits.c b/src/limits.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a80a2ac21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/limits.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Handlers for process resources limits.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <haproxy/compat.h>
+#include <haproxy/global.h>
+#include <haproxy/limits.h>
+#include <haproxy/proxy.h>
+
+