diff --git a/lib/puppet/util/monkey_patches.rb b/lib/puppet/util/monkey_patches.rb
index 6e438bc73..7ce1ccc1c 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/util/monkey_patches.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/util/monkey_patches.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+Process.maxgroups = 1024
 module RDoc 
     def self.caller(skip=nil)
         in_gem_wrapper = false
         Kernel.caller.reject { |call|
             in_gem_wrapper ||= call =~ /#{Regexp.escape $0}:\d+:in `load'/
         }
     end
 end