diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service
index f7746df8a..1945cc68a 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Requires=ngcp-rtpengine-recording-nfs-mount.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
+LimitNOFILE=100000
 PIDFile=/run/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.pid
 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rtpengine-recording -f -E --no-log-timestamps --pidfile /run/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.pid --config-file /etc/rtpengine/rtpengine-recording.conf