diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/kube-apiserver.service b/contrib/init/systemd/kube-apiserver.service
index 7d947fe9caedf..467536f52a4e1 100644
--- a/contrib/init/systemd/kube-apiserver.service
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/kube-apiserver.service
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/kube-apiserver \
 	    $KUBE_SERVICE_ADDRESSES \
 	    $KUBE_API_ARGS
 Restart=on-failure
+LimitNOFILE=65536
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/kube-controller-manager.service b/contrib/init/systemd/kube-controller-manager.service
index 872115c4f97b5..422b4677cd654 100644
--- a/contrib/init/systemd/kube-controller-manager.service
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/kube-controller-manager.service
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/kube-controller-manager \
 	    $KUBE_MASTER \
 	    $KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS
 Restart=on-failure
+LimitNOFILE=65536
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/kube-scheduler.service b/contrib/init/systemd/kube-scheduler.service
index f04666ebf7f02..a726407945b17 100644
--- a/contrib/init/systemd/kube-scheduler.service
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/kube-scheduler.service
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/kube-scheduler \
 	    $KUBE_MASTER \
 	    $KUBE_SCHEDULER_ARGS
 Restart=on-failure
+LimitNOFILE=65536
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target