diff --git a/repos/base-linux/src/core/include/platform.h b/repos/base-linux/src/core/include/platform.h
index 9242c0818f..0cad618cf5 100644
--- a/repos/base-linux/src/core/include/platform.h
+++ b/repos/base-linux/src/core/include/platform.h
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class Genode::Platform : public Platform_generic
 		 * Hence, we define the limit somewhat arbitrary on Linux and
 		 * accept that scenarios may break when reaching core's fd limit.
 		 */
-		size_t max_caps() const override { return 10000; }
+		size_t max_caps() const override { return 20000; }
 
 		void wait_for_exit() override;
 };