diff --git a/instfiles/pam.d/xrdp-sesman.debian b/instfiles/pam.d/xrdp-sesman.debian
index 2dd2ecb8b2..b97711bbc1 100644
--- a/instfiles/pam.d/xrdp-sesman.debian
+++ b/instfiles/pam.d/xrdp-sesman.debian
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ auth     required  pam_env.so readenv=1 envfile=/etc/default/locale
 
 @include common-password
 
+# Ensure resource limits are applied
+session    required     pam_limits.so
 # Set the loginuid process attribute.
 session    required     pam_loginuid.so
 # Update wtmp/lastlog