diff --git a/docker/entrypoint-uwsgi.sh b/docker/entrypoint-uwsgi.sh
index 3604ceb4c33..333fe9c4f68 100755
--- a/docker/entrypoint-uwsgi.sh
+++ b/docker/entrypoint-uwsgi.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ python3 manage.py check
 
 DD_UWSGI_LOGFORMAT_DEFAULT='[pid: %(pid)|app: -|req: -/-] %(addr) (%(dd_user)) {%(vars) vars in %(pktsize) bytes} [%(ctime)] %(method) %(uri) => generated %(rsize) bytes in %(msecs) msecs (%(proto) %(status)) %(headers) headers in %(hsize) bytes (%(switches) switches on core %(core))'
 
+EXTRA_ARGS=""
+if [ -n "${DD_UWSGI_MAX_FD}" ]; then
+    EXTRA_ARGS="${EXTRA_ARGS} --max-fd ${DD_UWSGI_MAX_FD}"
+fi
+
 exec uwsgi \
   "--${DD_UWSGI_MODE}" "${DD_UWSGI_ENDPOINT}" \
   --protocol uwsgi \
@@ -31,5 +36,6 @@ exec uwsgi \
   --wsgi dojo.wsgi:application \
   --buffer-size="${DD_UWSGI_BUFFER_SIZE:-8192}" \
   --http 0.0.0.0:8081 --http-to "${DD_UWSGI_ENDPOINT}" \
-  --logformat "${DD_UWSGI_LOGFORMAT:-$DD_UWSGI_LOGFORMAT_DEFAULT}"
+  --logformat "${DD_UWSGI_LOGFORMAT:-$DD_UWSGI_LOGFORMAT_DEFAULT}" \
+  $EXTRA_ARGS
   # HTTP endpoint is enabled for Kubernetes liveness checks. It should not be exposed as a service.
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/templates/configmap.yaml b/helm/defectdojo/templates/configmap.yaml
index 811a9891535..dd7a0eb11b8 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ data:
   DD_UWSGI_PASS: unix:///run/defectdojo/uwsgi.sock
   DD_UWSGI_NUM_OF_PROCESSES: '{{ .Values.django.uwsgi.app_settings.processes | default 2 }}'
   DD_UWSGI_NUM_OF_THREADS: '{{ .Values.django.uwsgi.app_settings.threads | default 2 }}'
+  DD_UWSGI_MAX_FD: '{{ .Values.django.uwsgi.app_settings.max_fd }}'
   DD_DJANGO_METRICS_ENABLED: '{{ .Values.monitoring.enabled }}'
   NGINX_METRICS_ENABLED: '{{ .Values.monitoring.enabled }}'
   METRICS_HTTP_AUTH_USER: {{ .Values.monitoring.user | default "monitoring" }}
diff --git a/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml b/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml
index 75f3d540012..c24cc592494 100644
--- a/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/defectdojo/values.yaml
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ django:
     app_settings:
       processes: 2
       threads: 2
+      # max_fd: 102400 # Uncomment to set the maximum number of file descriptors. If not set will be detected by uwsgi
     enable_debug: false  # this also requires DD_DEBUG to be set to True
     certificates:
     # includes additional CA certificate as volume, it refrences REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE env varible