diff --git a/lib/travis/api/app/endpoint/home.rb b/lib/travis/api/app/endpoint/home.rb
index dd33bbe8..ecdfbf82 100644
--- a/lib/travis/api/app/endpoint/home.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/api/app/endpoint/home.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Travis::Api::App
       deploy_sha = File.read(".deploy-sha") if File.exist?(".deploy-sha")
       sys_info   = {
         web_concurrency: ENV['WEB_CONCURRENCY'],
-        ulimit: `ulimit -u`.to_i,
+        ulimit: `echo "ulimit -u" | bash`.to_i,
         dyno: ENV['DYNO'],
         deploy_sha: deploy_sha
       }