diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
index fb8d366eaee..232c9d6eb34 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
@@ -1848,4 +1848,25 @@ ErrorOr<Bytes> allocate(size_t count, size_t size)
     return Bytes { data, size * count };
 }
 
+ErrorOr<rlimit> get_resource_limits(int resource)
+{
+    rlimit limits;
+
+    if (::getrlimit(resource, &limits) != 0)
+        return Error::from_errno(errno);
+
+    return limits;
+}
+
+ErrorOr<void> set_resource_limits(int resource, rlim_t limit)
+{
+    auto limits = TRY(get_resource_limits(resource));
+    limits.rlim_cur = limit;
+
+    if (::setrlimit(resource, &limits) != 0)
+        return Error::from_errno(errno);
+
+    return {};
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
index 24f1f072237..e51de8f8a6e 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <spawn.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
@@ -289,4 +290,7 @@ ErrorOr<ByteString> current_executable_path();
 
 ErrorOr<Bytes> allocate(size_t count, size_t size);
 
+ErrorOr<rlimit> get_resource_limits(int resource);
+ErrorOr<void> set_resource_limits(int resource, rlim_t limit);
+
 }