diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index acae8de44..fb3ed4bb9 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 class nginx::config(
   $worker_processes       = $nginx::params::nx_worker_processes,
   $worker_connections     = $nginx::params::nx_worker_connections,
+  $worker_rlimit_nofile   = $nginx::params::nx_worker_rlimit_nofile,
   $confd_purge            = $nginx::params::nx_confd_purge,
   $vhost_purge            = $nginx::params::nx_vhost_purge,
   $server_tokens          = $nginx::params::nx_server_tokens,
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 647fc58b5..19576057c 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 class nginx (
   $worker_processes       = $nginx::params::nx_worker_processes,
   $worker_connections     = $nginx::params::nx_worker_connections,
+  $worker_rlimit_nofile   = $nginx::params::nx_worker_rlimit_nofile,
   $package_name           = $nginx::params::package_name,
   $package_ensure         = $nginx::params::package_ensure,
   $package_source         = $nginx::params::package_source,
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@
   if (!is_integer($worker_connections)) {
     fail('$worker_connections must be an integer.')
   }
+  if (!is_integer($worker_rlimit_nofile)) {
+    fail('$worker_rlimit_nofile must be an integer.')
+  }
   validate_string($package_name)
   validate_string($package_ensure)
   validate_string($package_source)
@@ -121,6 +125,7 @@
   class { 'nginx::config':
     worker_processes       => $worker_processes,
     worker_connections     => $worker_connections,
+    worker_rlimit_nofile   => $worker_rlimit_nofile,
     proxy_set_header       => $proxy_set_header,
     proxy_http_version     => $proxy_http_version,
     proxy_cache_path       => $proxy_cache_path,
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 1122d4283..57d11f1fd 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   $nx_vhost_purge             = false
   $nx_worker_processes        = 1
   $nx_worker_connections      = 1024
+  $nx_worker_rlimit_nofile    = 1024
   $nx_types_hash_max_size     = 1024
   $nx_types_hash_bucket_size  = 512
   $nx_names_hash_bucket_size  = 64
diff --git a/spec/classes/config_spec.rb b/spec/classes/config_spec.rb
index 6ebb53138..6076e5481 100644
--- a/spec/classes/config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/config_spec.rb
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@
           :value => '4',
           :match => 'worker_processes 4;',
         },
+        {
+          :title => 'should set worker_rlimit_nofile',
+          :attr  => 'worker_rlimit_nofile',
+          :value => '10000',
+          :match => 'worker_rlimit_nofile 10000;',
+        },
         {
           :title => 'should set error_log',
           :attr  => 'nginx_error_log',
diff --git a/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb b/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
index 1b8502e5c..68437865b 100644
--- a/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 user <%= scope.lookupvar('nginx::config::nx_daemon_user') %>;
 worker_processes <%= @worker_processes %>;
+worker_rlimit_nofile <%= @worker_rlimit_nofile %>;
 
 error_log  <%= @nginx_error_log %>;
 pid        <%= scope.lookupvar('nginx::params::nx_pid')%>;