diff --git a/libi2pd/Config.cpp b/libi2pd/Config.cpp
index 70b30f6b..22faa7c6 100644
--- a/libi2pd/Config.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/Config.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,12 @@ namespace config {
 		options_description limits("Limits options");
 		limits.add_options()
 			("limits.coresize", value<uint32_t>()->default_value(0),          "Maximum size of corefile in Kb (0 - use system limit)")
+#if defined(__HAIKU__)
+			// Haiku's system default is 512, so we set 4096 explicitly
+			("limits.openfiles", value<uint16_t>()->default_value(4096),		"Maximum number of open files (4096 by default)")
+#else			
 			("limits.openfiles", value<uint16_t>()->default_value(0),         "Maximum number of open files (0 - use system default)")
+#endif			
 			("limits.transittunnels", value<uint32_t>()->default_value(10000), "Maximum active transit tunnels (default:10000)")
 			("limits.zombies", value<double>()->default_value(0),             "Minimum percentage of successfully created tunnels under which tunnel cleanup is paused (default [%]: 0.00)")
 			("limits.ntcpsoft", value<uint16_t>()->default_value(0),          "Ignored")