diff --git a/.github/linters/urunc-dict.txt b/.github/linters/urunc-dict.txt
index 538649e0..27950462 100644
--- a/.github/linters/urunc-dict.txt
+++ b/.github/linters/urunc-dict.txt
@@ -405,4 +405,6 @@ Logr
 onsi
 ESRCH
 Prafful
-praffq
\ No newline at end of file
+praffq
+rlimits
+Rlimits
diff --git a/pkg/unikontainers/types/types.go b/pkg/unikontainers/types/types.go
index 9daa8c0f..15fb8580 100644
--- a/pkg/unikontainers/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/unikontainers/types/types.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 //revive:disable:var-naming
 package types
 
+import specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+
 type Unikernel interface {
 	Init(UnikernelParams) error
 	CommandString() (string, error)
@@ -71,9 +73,10 @@ type RootfsParams struct {
 
 // Specific to Linux
 type ProcessConfig struct {
-	UID     uint32 // The uid of the process inside the guest
-	GID     uint32 // The gid of the process inside the guest
-	WorkDir string // The workdir of the process inside the guest
+	UID     uint32              // The uid of the process inside the guest
+	GID     uint32              // The gid of the process inside the guest
+	WorkDir string              // The workdir of the process inside the guest
+	Rlimits []specs.POSIXRlimit // The rlimits for the process inside the guest
 }
 
 // UnikernelParams holds the data required to build the unikernels commandline
diff --git a/pkg/unikontainers/unikernels/linux.go b/pkg/unikontainers/unikernels/linux.go
index d6bb8095..53bb5178 100644
--- a/pkg/unikontainers/unikernels/linux.go
+++ b/pkg/unikontainers/unikernels/linux.go
@@ -314,6 +314,15 @@ func (l *Linux) buildUrunitConfig() string {
 	sb.WriteString("WD:")
 	sb.WriteString(l.ProcConfig.WorkDir)
 	sb.WriteString("\n")
+	for _, rl := range l.ProcConfig.Rlimits {
+		sb.WriteString("RLIMIT:")
+		sb.WriteString(rl.Type)
+		sb.WriteString(":")
+		sb.WriteString(strconv.FormatUint(rl.Soft, 10))
+		sb.WriteString(":")
+		sb.WriteString(strconv.FormatUint(rl.Hard, 10))
+		sb.WriteString("\n")
+	}
 	sb.WriteString(lpcEndMarker)
 	sb.WriteString("\n")
 	sb.WriteString(blkStartMarker)
diff --git a/pkg/unikontainers/unikernels/linux_test.go b/pkg/unikontainers/unikernels/linux_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5597419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/unikontainers/unikernels/linux_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2026, Nubificus LTD
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package unikernels
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	specs "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/urunc-dev/urunc/pkg/unikontainers/types"
+)
+
+func newTestLinux(rlimits []specs.POSIXRlimit) *Linux {
+	return &Linux{
+		Env:     []string{"PATH=/usr/local/bin"},
+		Monitor: "qemu",
+		ProcConfig: types.ProcessConfig{
+			UID:     1000,
+			GID:     1000,
+			WorkDir: "/app",
+			Rlimits: rlimits,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildUrunitConfigNoRlimits(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		rlimits []specs.POSIXRlimit
+	}{
+		{name: "nil", rlimits: nil},
+		{name: "empty", rlimits: []specs.POSIXRlimit{}},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			l := newTestLinux(tt.rlimits)
+			conf := l.buildUrunitConfig()
+			t.Logf("generated urunit.conf:\n%s", conf)
+			assert.NotContains(t, conf, "RLIMIT:", "expected no RLIMIT lines")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildUrunitConfigSingleRlimit(t *testing.T) {
+	l := newTestLinux([]specs.POSIXRlimit{
+		{Type: "RLIMIT_NOFILE", Soft: 1024, Hard: 4096},
+	})
+	conf := l.buildUrunitConfig()
+	t.Logf("generated urunit.conf:\n%s", conf)
+
+	assert.Contains(t, conf, "RLIMIT:RLIMIT_NOFILE:1024:4096\n")
+}
+
+func TestBuildUrunitConfigMultipleRlimits(t *testing.T) {
+	l := newTestLinux([]specs.POSIXRlimit{
+		{Type: "RLIMIT_NOFILE", Soft: 1024, Hard: 4096},
+		{Type: "RLIMIT_NPROC", Soft: 512, Hard: 1024},
+		{Type: "RLIMIT_AS", Soft: 0, Hard: 0},
+	})
+	conf := l.buildUrunitConfig()
+	t.Logf("generated urunit.conf:\n%s", conf)
+
+	assert.Contains(t, conf, "RLIMIT:RLIMIT_NOFILE:1024:4096\n")
+	assert.Contains(t, conf, "RLIMIT:RLIMIT_NPROC:512:1024\n")
+	assert.Contains(t, conf, "RLIMIT:RLIMIT_AS:0:0\n")
+}
+
+func TestBuildUrunitConfigRlimitsInsideProcessBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	l := newTestLinux([]specs.POSIXRlimit{
+		{Type: "RLIMIT_NOFILE", Soft: 1024, Hard: 4096},
+	})
+	conf := l.buildUrunitConfig()
+	t.Logf("generated urunit.conf:\n%s", conf)
+
+	ucs := strings.Index(conf, "UCS\n")
+	uce := strings.Index(conf, "UCE\n")
+	if ucs < 0 || uce < 0 || ucs >= uce {
+		t.Fatalf("invalid UCS/UCE markers:\n%s", conf)
+	}
+
+	block := conf[ucs : uce+4]
+	assert.Contains(t, block, "RLIMIT:RLIMIT_NOFILE:1024:4096\n", "expected RLIMIT line inside process block")
+}
+
+func TestBuildUrunitConfigUIDGIDWorkdir(t *testing.T) {
+	l := &Linux{
+		ProcConfig: types.ProcessConfig{
+			UID:     500,
+			GID:     501,
+			WorkDir: "/workdir",
+		},
+	}
+	conf := l.buildUrunitConfig()
+	t.Logf("generated urunit.conf:\n%s", conf)
+
+	assert.Contains(t, conf, "UID:500\n")
+	assert.Contains(t, conf, "GID:501\n")
+	assert.Contains(t, conf, "WD:/workdir\n")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/unikontainers/unikontainers.go b/pkg/unikontainers/unikontainers.go
index d63809bd..037868e1 100644
--- a/pkg/unikontainers/unikontainers.go
+++ b/pkg/unikontainers/unikontainers.go
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ func (u *Unikontainer) Exec(metrics m.Writer) error {
 		UID:     u.Spec.Process.User.UID,
 		GID:     u.Spec.Process.User.GID,
 		WorkDir: u.Spec.Process.Cwd,
+		Rlimits: u.Spec.Process.Rlimits,
 	}
 	// UnikernelParams
 	// populate unikernel params