diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/playground.yml b/ansible/playbooks/playground.yml
index cc2aba862..0b3792761 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/playground.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/playground.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         - "{{ vars_playground_domain }}"
 
     - role: nginx
+      worker_connections: "{{ vars_playground_number_connections }}"
       proxied:
         - domain: "{{ vars_playground_domain }}"
           to: "http://127.0.0.1:{{ vars_playground_env_ui_port }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/playground/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/playground/defaults/main.yml
index b478e6fa7..b1dbc6300 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/playground/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/playground/defaults/main.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ vars_playground_env_cors_enabled: 1
 vars_playground_env_ui_address: 127.0.0.1
 vars_playground_env_ui_port: 8080
 vars_playground_env_ui_root_path: "{{ vars_playground_artifacts_path }}/build"
+
+# The playground peaks at a bit less than 2000 open file descriptors
+# over a normal week, so give ourselves a little bit of a buffer.
+vars_playground_number_connections: 2560
diff --git a/ansible/roles/playground/templates/playground.service b/ansible/roles/playground/templates/playground.service
index c0bc5638d..7b9477bb4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/playground/templates/playground.service
+++ b/ansible/roles/playground/templates/playground.service
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ WorkingDirectory={{ vars_playground_artifacts_path }}
 
 ExecStart={{ vars_playground_executable_path }}
 
+LimitNOFILE={{ vars_playground_number_connections }}
+
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target