diff --git a/util-src/pposix.c b/util-src/pposix.c
index 05303d99a..99a308cfe 100644
--- a/util-src/pposix.c
+++ b/util-src/pposix.c
@@ -483,6 +483,9 @@ int string2resource(const char *s) {
 	if (!strcmp(s, "MEMLOCK")) return RLIMIT_MEMLOCK;
 	if (!strcmp(s, "NPROC")) return RLIMIT_NPROC;
 	if (!strcmp(s, "RSS")) return RLIMIT_RSS;
+#endif
+#ifdef RLIMIT_NICE
+	if (!strcmp(s, "NICE")) return RLIMIT_NICE;
 #endif
 	return -1;
 }