diff --git a/src/system/kernel/thread.cpp b/src/system/kernel/thread.cpp
index 0ada2035b0..818a8a5334 100644
--- a/src/system/kernel/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/system/kernel/thread.cpp
@@ -2380,6 +2380,11 @@ getrlimit(int resource, struct rlimit * rlp)
 		case RLIMIT_NOVMON:
 			return vfs_getrlimit(resource, rlp);
 
+		case RLIMIT_STACK:
+			rlp->rlim_cur = USER_STACK_SIZE;
+			rlp->rlim_max = USER_STACK_SIZE;
+			return 0;
+
 		default:
 			return EINVAL;
 	}