diff --git a/core/utils.c b/core/utils.c
index 18234e57..09d79df8 100644
--- a/core/utils.c
+++ b/core/utils.c
@@ -1112,6 +1112,7 @@ void sanitize_args() {
 		uwsgi.ignore_write_errors = 1;
 	}
 
+
 	if (uwsgi.cheaper_count > 0 && uwsgi.cheaper_count >= uwsgi.numproc) {
 		uwsgi_log("invalid cheaper value: must be lower than processes\n");
 		exit(1);
diff --git a/core/uwsgi.c b/core/uwsgi.c
index 0b43b15a..fdb037b7 100644
--- a/core/uwsgi.c
+++ b/core/uwsgi.c
@@ -1938,6 +1938,16 @@ int uwsgi_start(void *v_argv) {
                         uwsgi_error("setrlimit()");
                 }
         }
+
+	if (!getrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC, &uwsgi.rl_nproc)) {
+		if (uwsgi.rl_nproc.rlim_cur != RLIM_INFINITY) {
+			uwsgi_log("your processes number limit is %d\n", (int) uwsgi.rl_nproc.rlim_cur);
+			if ((int)uwsgi.rl_nproc.rlim_cur < uwsgi.numproc+uwsgi.master_process) {
+				uwsgi.numproc = uwsgi.rl_nproc.rlim_cur - 1;
+				uwsgi_log("!!! number of workers adjusted to %d due to system limits !!!\n", uwsgi.numproc);
+			}
+		}
+	}
 #endif
 #ifndef __OpenBSD__
 
@@ -1970,7 +1980,6 @@ int uwsgi_start(void *v_argv) {
 	}
 #endif
 
-
 	uwsgi_log_initial("your memory page size is %d bytes\n", uwsgi.page_size);
 
 	if (uwsgi.buffer_size > 65536) {