diff --git a/dist/redhat/limits.d/scylla.conf b/dist/redhat/limits.d/scylla.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cc34a7d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/redhat/limits.d/scylla.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+scylla  -  memlock  unlimited
+scylla  -  nofile   100000
+scylla  -  as       unlimited
+scylla  -  nproc    8096
diff --git a/dist/redhat/scylla-server.spec b/dist/redhat/scylla-server.spec
index 87db19a3c3..b538d552f7 100644
--- a/dist/redhat/scylla-server.spec
+++ b/dist/redhat/scylla-server.spec
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ ninja-build %{?_smp_mflags}
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/security/limits.d/
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_docdir}/scylla/
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_unitdir}
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/scylla/
 
 install -m644 dist/redhat/sysconfig/scylla-server $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/
+install -m644 dist/redhat/limits.d/scylla.conf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/security/limits.d/
 install -m644 dist/redhat/systemd/scylla-server.service $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_unitdir}/
 install -m755 dist/redhat/scripts/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/scylla/
 install -m755 seastar/dpdk/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/lib/scylla/
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 
 %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/scylla-server
+%{_sysconfdir}/security/limits.d/scylla.conf
 %{_docdir}/scylla/README.md
 %{_docdir}/scylla/README-DPDK.md
 %{_docdir}/scylla/NOTICE.txt