diff --git a/lib/libutil/login.conf.5 b/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
index a749fe5519a..b1e7211e4c1 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
+++ b/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ login environment.
 .It "pseudoterminals	number		Maximum number of pseudo-terminals."
 .It "swapuse	size		Maximum swap space size limit."
 .It "umtxp	number		Maximum number of process-shared pthread locks."
+.It "pipebuf"	size		Maximum size of pipe buffers."
 .El
 .Pp
 These resource limit entries actually specify both the maximum
diff --git a/lib/libutil/login_class.3 b/lib/libutil/login_class.3
index b67301f5a5a..46e6a70f8ca 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/login_class.3
+++ b/lib/libutil/login_class.3
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ pseudoterminals  RLIMIT_NPTS
 swapuse          RLIMIT_SWAP
 kqueues          RLIMIT_KQUEUES
 umtxp            RLIMIT_UMTXP
+pipebuf          RLIMIT_PIPEBUF
 .Ed
 .It LOGIN_SETPRIORITY
 Set the scheduling priority for the current process based on the
diff --git a/lib/libutil/login_class.c b/lib/libutil/login_class.c
index 916e6906532..c3c1b0ddda2 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/login_class.c
+++ b/lib/libutil/login_class.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static struct login_res {
     { "swapuse",         login_getcapsize, RLIMIT_SWAP    },
     { "kqueues",         login_getcapsize, RLIMIT_KQUEUES },
     { "umtxp",           login_getcapnum,  RLIMIT_UMTXP   },
+    { "pipebuf",         login_getcapnum,  RLIMIT_PIPEBUF },
     { NULL,              0,                0              }
 };