diff --git a/salt/common/files/daemon.json b/salt/common/files/daemon.json
index 32d1fc1fe..bc6c85745 100644
--- a/salt/common/files/daemon.json
+++ b/salt/common/files/daemon.json
@@ -8,5 +8,12 @@
       "base": "172.17.0.0/24",
       "size": 24
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "default-ulimits": {
+      "nofile": {
+        "Name": "nofile",
+        "Soft": 1048576,
+        "Hard": 1048576
+      }
+  }
 }