diff --git a/libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c b/libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c
index 524b171b8f1f8e25a84dec264e66c8ecdd0d5cdc..cce358402613e3f2023cdd8c5d28bfef21f67cef 100644
--- a/libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c
+++ b/libselinux/src/selinux_restorecon.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "sha1.h"
 
 #define STAR_COUNT 1024
+#define RESOTECON_FILE_COUNT_LIMIT 50000
 
 static struct selabel_handle *fc_sehandle = NULL;
 static bool selabel_no_digest;
@@ -921,6 +922,8 @@ static void *selinux_restorecon_thread(void *arg)
 	char ent_path[PATH_MAX];
 	struct stat ent_st;
 	bool first = false;
+	char current_dir[PATH_MAX] = "";
+	uint64_t file_count = 0;
 
 	if (state->parallel)
 		pthread_mutex_lock(&state->mutex);
@@ -978,6 +981,9 @@ loop_body:
 			fts_set(fts, ftsent, FTS_SKIP);
 			continue;
 		case FTS_D:
+			strncpy(current_dir, ftsent->fts_path, PATH_MAX - 1);
+			file_count = 0;
+
 			if (state->sfsb.f_type == SYSFS_MAGIC &&
 			    !selabel_partial_match(fc_sehandle,
 			    ftsent->fts_path)) {
@@ -1042,6 +1048,13 @@ loop_body:
 
 			/* fall through */
 		default:
+			file_count++;
+			if (file_count > RESOTECON_FILE_COUNT_LIMIT) {
+                selinux_log(SELINUX_WARNING,
+                        "Directory %s has exceeded file count limit: %llu\n",
+                        current_dir, file_count);
+            }
+
 			if (strlcpy(ent_path, ftsent->fts_path, sizeof(ent_path)) >= sizeof(ent_path)) {
 				selinux_log(SELINUX_ERROR,
 					    "Path name too long on %s.\n",