diff --git a/common/util.cc b/common/util.cc
index dca3467c97..6ad619c35c 100644
--- a/common/util.cc
+++ b/common/util.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 
 #include <cassert>
@@ -60,6 +61,20 @@ int set_core_affinity(std::vector<int> cores) {
 #endif
 }
 
+int set_file_descriptor_limit(uint64_t limit_val) {
+  struct rlimit limit;
+  int status;
+
+  if ((status = getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit)) < 0)
+    return status;
+
+  limit.rlim_cur = limit_val;
+  if ((status = setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limit)) < 0)
+    return status;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 std::string read_file(const std::string& fn) {
   std::ifstream f(fn, std::ios::binary | std::ios::in);
   if (f.is_open()) {
diff --git a/common/util.h b/common/util.h
index 4347dfba3b..aaa54d52a2 100644
--- a/common/util.h
+++ b/common/util.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ namespace util {
 void set_thread_name(const char* name);
 int set_realtime_priority(int level);
 int set_core_affinity(std::vector<int> cores);
+int set_file_descriptor_limit(uint64_t limit);
 
 // ***** Time helpers *****
 struct tm get_time();
diff --git a/tools/replay/main.cc b/tools/replay/main.cc
index 78be2acd0b..98a0bb3333 100644
--- a/tools/replay/main.cc
+++ b/tools/replay/main.cc
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 #include "tools/replay/replay.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+  // With all sockets opened, we might hit the default limit of 256 on macOS
+  util::set_file_descriptor_limit(1024);
+#endif
+
   QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
 
   const QStringList base_blacklist = {"uiDebug", "userFlag"};