diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi
index 6dd900ffd..acb4f979a 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ if (($proxysettings{'ACTION'} eq $Lang::tr{'save'}) || ($proxysettings{'ACTION'}
 		}
 	}
 	if (!($proxysettings{'FILEDESCRIPTORS'} =~ /^\d+/) ||
-		($proxysettings{'FILEDESCRIPTORS'} < 1) || ($proxysettings{'FILEDESCRIPTORS'} > 65536))
+		($proxysettings{'FILEDESCRIPTORS'} < 1) || ($proxysettings{'FILEDESCRIPTORS'} > 1048576))
 	{
 		$errormessage = $Lang::tr{'proxy errmsg filedescriptors'};
 		goto ERROR;
diff --git a/lfs/squid b/lfs/squid
index a341857f7..1c17c0c3b 100644
--- a/lfs/squid
+++ b/lfs/squid
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 		--enable-eui \
 		--with-pthreads \
 		--with-dl \
-		--with-maxfd="65536" \
-		--with-filedescriptors=65536 \
+		--with-filedescriptors=$$(( 16384 * 64 )) \
 		--with-large-files \
 		--with-aio \
 		--enable-async-io=8 \