diff --git a/slapos/grid/templates/supervisord.conf.in b/slapos/grid/templates/supervisord.conf.in
index d214eefdfa4791f1cd46f01f9a5d9f29ff2f6f0b..1c340ddf32b2bc9814299feaeeedda42312b6537 100644
--- a/slapos/grid/templates/supervisord.conf.in
+++ b/slapos/grid/templates/supervisord.conf.in
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ logfile_maxbytes = %(supervisord_logfile_maxbytes)s
 nodaemon = %(supervisord_nodaemon)s
 pidfile = %(supervisord_pidfile)s
 logfile-backups = %(supervisord_logfile_backups)s
+#raise soft limit of N(ofile) so we can use > 1024 fds
+#needed for example for wendelin.core arrays + connections
+minfds=65536
 
 [unix_http_server]
 file=%(supervisord_socket)s