diff --git a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit.erl b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit.erl
index ac8a49ccd2b1..0f201f3b4cfa 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit.erl
@@ -744,6 +744,9 @@ status() ->
                                         get_disk_free_limit, []}},
             {disk_free,                {rabbit_disk_monitor,
                                         get_disk_free, []}}]),
+    S3 = rabbit_misc:with_exit_handler(
+           fun () -> [] end,
+           fun () -> [{file_descriptors, file_handle_cache:info()}] end),
     S4 = [{processes,        [{limit, erlang:system_info(process_limit)},
                               {used, erlang:system_info(process_count)}]},
           {run_queue,        erlang:statistics(run_queue)},
@@ -778,7 +781,7 @@ status() ->
                (_) -> false
            end,
            maps:to_list(product_info())),
-    S1 ++ S2 ++ S4 ++ S5 ++ S6 ++ S7 ++ S8.
+    S1 ++ S2 ++ S3 ++ S4 ++ S5 ++ S6 ++ S7 ++ S8.
 
 alarms() ->
     Alarms = rabbit_misc:with_exit_handler(rabbit_misc:const([]),
diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/lib/rabbitmq/cli/ctl/commands/status_command.ex b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/lib/rabbitmq/cli/ctl/commands/status_command.ex
index 2cbd55f6205a..c37c0971ceee 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/lib/rabbitmq/cli/ctl/commands/status_command.ex
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/lib/rabbitmq/cli/ctl/commands/status_command.ex
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ defmodule RabbitMQ.CLI.Ctl.Commands.StatusCommand do
           "#{category}: #{IU.convert(val[:bytes], unit)} #{unit} (#{val[:percentage]} %)"
         end)
 
+    file_descriptors = [
+      "\n#{bright("File Descriptors")}\n",
+      "Total: #{m[:file_descriptors][:total_used]}, limit: #{m[:file_descriptors][:total_limit]}"
+    ]
+
     disk_space_section = [
       "\n#{bright("Free Disk Space")}\n",
       "Low free disk space watermark: #{IU.convert(m[:disk_free_limit], unit)} #{unit}",
@@ -194,7 +199,7 @@ defmodule RabbitMQ.CLI.Ctl.Commands.StatusCommand do
         log_section ++
         alarms_section ++
         memory_section ++
-        disk_space_section ++ totals_section ++ listeners_section
+        file_descriptors ++ disk_space_section ++ totals_section ++ listeners_section
 
     {:ok, Enum.join(lines, line_separator())}
   end
@@ -258,6 +263,7 @@ defmodule RabbitMQ.CLI.Ctl.Commands.StatusCommand do
       vm_memory_high_watermark_limit: Keyword.get(result, :vm_memory_limit),
       disk_free_limit: Keyword.get(result, :disk_free_limit),
       disk_free: Keyword.get(result, :disk_free),
+      file_descriptors: Enum.into(Keyword.get(result, :file_descriptors), %{}),
       alarms: Keyword.get(result, :alarms),
       listeners: listener_maps(Keyword.get(result, :listeners, [])),
       memory: Keyword.get(result, :memory) |> Enum.into(%{}),