diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 24d1eff2..0ba05c67 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-lite 2.2.0",
  "parking",
  "polling 3.3.2",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "slab",
  "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "event-listener 3.1.0",
  "futures-lite 1.13.0",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-io",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "signal-hook-registry",
  "slab",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ name = "atomicwrites"
 version = "0.4.2"
 source = "git+https://github.com/jackpot51/rust-atomicwrites#043ab4859d53ffd3d55334685303d8df39c9f768"
 dependencies = [
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "tempfile",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.2",
  "log",
  "polling 3.3.2",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "slab",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.2",
  "log",
  "polling 3.3.2",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "slab",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0f0ea9b9476c7fad82841a8dbb380e2eae480c21910feba80725b46931ed8f02"
 dependencies = [
  "calloop 0.12.4",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "wayland-backend",
  "wayland-client",
 ]
@@ -868,6 +868,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "renderdoc",
  "ron",
  "rust-embed",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "sanitize-filename",
  "sendfd",
  "serde",
@@ -1260,7 +1261,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "drm-ffi",
  "drm-fourcc",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1270,7 +1271,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "41334f8405792483e32ad05fbb9c5680ff4e84491883d2947a4757dc54cb2ac6"
 dependencies = [
  "drm-sys",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2770,9 +2771,9 @@ checksum = "03087c2bad5e1034e8cace5926dec053fb3790248370865f5117a7d0213354c8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.152"
+version = "0.2.153"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "13e3bf6590cbc649f4d1a3eefc9d5d6eb746f5200ffb04e5e142700b8faa56e7"
+checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libcosmic"
@@ -3809,7 +3810,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "concurrent-queue",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
@@ -4265,9 +4266,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.30"
+version = "0.38.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "322394588aaf33c24007e8bb3238ee3e4c5c09c084ab32bc73890b99ff326bca"
+checksum = "65e04861e65f21776e67888bfbea442b3642beaa0138fdb1dd7a84a52dffdb89"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.2",
  "errno",
@@ -4533,7 +4534,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
  "profiling",
  "rand",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "scan_fmt",
  "scopeguard",
  "smallvec",
@@ -4566,7 +4567,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "memmap2 0.9.3",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "thiserror",
  "wayland-backend",
  "wayland-client",
@@ -4648,7 +4649,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc",
  "raw-window-handle",
  "redox_syscall 0.4.1",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "tiny-xlib",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wayland-backend",
@@ -4791,7 +4792,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand 2.0.1",
  "redox_syscall 0.4.1",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
@@ -6065,7 +6066,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "raw-window-handle",
  "redox_syscall 0.3.5",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "smithay-client-toolkit",
  "smol_str",
  "unicode-segmentation",
@@ -6123,7 +6124,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "libloading 0.8.1",
  "once_cell",
- "rustix 0.38.30",
+ "rustix 0.38.32",
  "x11rb-protocol",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 02960d39..f91522ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ xdg-user = "0.2.1"
 xkbcommon = "0.7"
 zbus = "3.15.0"
 profiling = { version = "1.0" }
+rustix = { version = "0.38.32", features = ["process"] }
 
 [dependencies.id_tree]
 branch = "feature/copy_clone"
diff --git a/src/input/mod.rs b/src/input/mod.rs
index f87cadd9..5d987a24 100644
--- a/src/input/mod.rs
+++ b/src/input/mod.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ use std::{
     any::Any,
     cell::RefCell,
     collections::HashMap,
+    os::unix::process::CommandExt,
     thread,
     time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
@@ -2303,6 +2304,7 @@ impl State {
                     .env("XDG_ACTIVATION_TOKEN", &*token)
                     .env("DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID", &*token)
                     .env_remove("COSMIC_SESSION_SOCK");
+                unsafe { cmd.pre_exec(|| Ok(crate::utils::rlimit::restore_nofile_limit())) };
 
                 std::thread::spawn(move || match cmd.spawn() {
                     Ok(mut child) => {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 40e5c8c4..4dc55027 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use smithay::{
 };
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
-use std::{env, ffi::OsString, process, sync::Arc};
+use std::{env, ffi::OsString, os::unix::process::CommandExt, process, sync::Arc};
 use tracing::{error, info, warn};
 
 use crate::{
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     logger::init_logger()?;
     info!("Cosmic starting up!");
 
+    utils::rlimit::increase_nofile_limit();
+
     // init event loop
     let mut event_loop = EventLoop::try_new().with_context(|| "Failed to initialize event loop")?;
     // init wayland
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         let mut command = process::Command::new(&exec);
         command.args(args);
         command.envs(session::get_env(&state)?);
+        unsafe { command.pre_exec(|| Ok(utils::rlimit::restore_nofile_limit())) };
+
         info!("Running {:?}", exec);
         Some(command.spawn()?)
     } else {
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
index f7f62b0b..75a928b3 100644
--- a/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ pub(crate) use self::ids::id_gen;
 pub mod geometry;
 pub mod iced;
 pub mod prelude;
+pub mod rlimit;
 pub mod screenshot;
 pub mod tween;
diff --git a/src/utils/rlimit.rs b/src/utils/rlimit.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d3e1c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/rlimit.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use rustix::process::{getrlimit, setrlimit, Resource, Rlimit};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
+
+static OLD_LIMIT: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+static MAX_LIMIT: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
+
+pub fn increase_nofile_limit() {
+    let mut limits = getrlimit(Resource::Nofile);
+
+    OLD_LIMIT.store(limits.current.unwrap_or(0), Ordering::SeqCst);
+    MAX_LIMIT.store(limits.maximum.unwrap_or(0), Ordering::SeqCst);
+    limits.current = limits.maximum;
+
+    if let Err(err) = setrlimit(Resource::Nofile, limits) {
+        tracing::warn!("Failed to raise nofile soft limit: {:?}", err);
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn restore_nofile_limit() {
+    let current = OLD_LIMIT.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+    let maximum = MAX_LIMIT.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+    let limits = Rlimit {
+        current: (current > 0).then_some(current),
+        maximum: (maximum > 0).then_some(maximum),
+    };
+
+    if let Err(err) = setrlimit(Resource::Nofile, limits) {
+        eprintln!("Failed to restore nofile soft limit: {:?}", err);
+    }
+}