diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker/files/docker.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker/files/docker.service
index 174ccb9b54..89c292ad3b 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker/files/docker.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker/files/docker.service
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Documentation=http://docs.docker.io
 [Service]
 Environment="TMPDIR=/var/tmp/"
 ExecStartPre=/bin/mount --make-rprivate /
+LimitNOFILE=1048576
+LimitNPROC=1048576
 # Run docker but don't have docker automatically restart
 # containers. This is a job for systemd and unit files.
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker -d -s=btrfs -r=false -H fd://