diff --git a/include/limits.h b/include/limits.h
index 7fe92b2fd402..3f30e3a14c71 100644
--- a/include/limits.h
+++ b/include/limits.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #ifndef _LIMITS_H_
 #define	_LIMITS_H_
 
+#if !defined(_ANSI_SOURCE)
 #define	_POSIX_ARG_MAX		4096
 #define	_POSIX_CHILD_MAX	6
 #define	_POSIX_LINK_MAX		8
@@ -58,6 +59,18 @@
 #define	_POSIX2_EXPR_NEST_MAX	32
 #define	_POSIX2_LINE_MAX	2048
 #define	_POSIX2_RE_DUP_MAX	255
+#endif /* !_ANSI_SOURCE */
+
+#if (!defined(_ANSI_SOURCE)&&!defined(_POSIX_SOURCE)) || defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE)
+#define PASS_MAX		128
+
+#define NL_ARGMAX		9
+#define NL_LANGMAX		14
+#define NL_MSGMAX		32767
+#define NL_NMAX			1
+#define NL_SETMAX		255
+#define NL_TEXTMAX		255
+#endif 
 
 #include <machine/limits.h>
 #include <sys/syslimits.h>