diff --git a/srcpkgs/prometheus/template b/srcpkgs/prometheus/template
index d251ad8e8d9..085ac711b42 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/prometheus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/prometheus/template
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ system_accounts="_prometheus"
 
 make_dirs="/var/lib/prometheus 700 _prometheus _prometheus"
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	x86_64|i686|armv6l) broken="ftbfs: npm ERR! EMFILE: too many open files" ;;
-esac
-
 pre_build() {
+	# Need to patch node fs to avoid using too many file descriptors
+	(cd web/ui && yarn add --dev -W graceful-fs@4.2.11)
+	echo "require('graceful-fs').gracefulify(require('fs'));" \
+		> "${wrksrc}/web/ui/use-graceful-fs.js"
+	export NODE_OPTIONS="--require ${wrksrc}/web/ui/use-graceful-fs.js"
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH= make assets assets-compress
 }