diff --git a/src/udev/udevd.c b/src/udev/udevd.c
index 257336aec6..2ed4282253 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevd.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevd.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "pretty-print.h"
 #include "proc-cmdline.h"
 #include "process-util.h"
+#include "rlimit-util.h"
 #include "selinux-util.h"
 #include "signal-util.h"
 #include "syslog-util.h"
@@ -365,6 +366,9 @@ int run_udevd(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
+        /* Make sure we can have plenty fds (for example for pidfds) */
+        (void) rlimit_nofile_bump(-1);
+
         r = RET_NERRNO(mkdir("/run/udev", 0755));
         if (r < 0 && r != -EEXIST)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to create /run/udev: %m");