diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.3
index 30bf56264b81..982d124c1579 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: sysconf.3,v 1.44 2015/08/20 11:05:39 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: sysconf.3,v 1.45 2016/02/26 17:13:01 christos Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"	@(#)sysconf.3	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
 .\"
-.Dd August 20, 2015
+.Dd February 28, 2016
 .Dt SYSCONF 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -280,6 +280,11 @@ The number of processors online (capable of running processes).
 The amount of physical memory on the system in
 .Li _SC_PAGESIZE
 bytes.
+.Li _SC_TIMER_MAX
+The number of timers available for
+.Xr timer_create 2 .
+This is also known as
+.Dv _POSIX_TIMER_MAX .
 .El
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 If the call to
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.c b/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.c
index 52d22eb00060..d6f47d515dae 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: sysconf.c,v 1.36 2013/12/19 19:11:50 rmind Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: sysconf.c,v 1.37 2016/02/26 17:13:01 christos Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1993
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)sysconf.c	8.2 (Berkeley) 3/20/94";
 #else
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: sysconf.c,v 1.36 2013/12/19 19:11:50 rmind Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: sysconf.c,v 1.37 2016/02/26 17:13:01 christos Exp $");
 #endif
 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
 
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@ yesno:		if (sysctl(mib, mib_len, &value, &len, NULL, 0) == -1)
 		return -1;
 	case _SC_TTY_NAME_MAX:
 		return pathconf(_PATH_DEV, _PC_NAME_MAX);
+	case _SC_TIMER_MAX:
+		return _POSIX_TIMER_MAX;
 	default:
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		return (-1);