diff --git a/linux/meta/prometheus.yml b/linux/meta/prometheus.yml
index f044530..d2f812f 100644
--- a/linux/meta/prometheus.yml
+++ b/linux/meta/prometheus.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@
         summary: 'Free space for {{ $labels.path }} too low on {{ $labels.host }}'
         description: 'The disk partition ({{ $labels.path }}) will be full in less than 8 hours on {{ $labels.host }}.'
       {% endraw %}
+    SystemFreeOpenFilesTooLow:
+      if: 'predict_linear(linux_sysctl_fs_file_nr[1h], 8*3600) > linux_sysctl_fs_file_max'
+      {% raw %}
+      labels:
+        severity: warning
+        service: system
+      annotations:
+        summary: 'Free open files for {{ $labels.path }} too low on {{ $labels.host }}'
+        description: 'Host {{ $labels.host }}) will run out of free open files in less than 8 hours.'
+      {% endraw %}
     SystemDiskSpaceFull:
       if: 'disk_used_percent >= 99 and disk_inodes_total > 0'
       {% raw %}
diff --git a/linux/meta/telegraf.yml b/linux/meta/telegraf.yml
index 693638b..45fef5c 100644
--- a/linux/meta/telegraf.yml
+++ b/linux/meta/telegraf.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
     processes:
     swap:
     system:
+    linux_sysctl_fs: