diff --git a/rocksdb.go b/rocksdb.go
index 2211eea3a..dd9be2a36 100644
--- a/rocksdb.go
+++ b/rocksdb.go
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ func NewRocksDB(name string, dir string) (*RocksDB, error) {
 
 	opts := gorocksdb.NewDefaultOptions()
 	opts.SetBlockBasedTableFactory(bbto)
+	// SetMaxOpenFiles to 4096 seems to provide a reliable performance boost
+	opts.SetMaxOpenFiles(4096)
 	opts.SetCreateIfMissing(true)
 	opts.IncreaseParallelism(runtime.NumCPU())
 	// 1.5GB maximum memory use for writebuffer.