src/nnn.c | 2 +-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index aedc79b46d79cff72ae094ea1a66e12afab712f4..3e5c532bf4faca62bfed1cc9285ef9251a389fcc 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -4305,7 +4305,7 @@
 	exitcurses();
 
 	if (fork() == 0) { // In child
-		int wfd = open(g_pipepath, O_WRONLY);
+		int wfd = open(g_pipepath, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
 
 		if (wfd == -1)
 			_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);