src/nnn.c | 2 +-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 4977ff083616b570f42763c35fa5a094d5d9fbd2..6dc3bdf745904a31029ae17dd8cb6cb18d6f6998 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -8632,7 +8632,7 @@ #endif
 
 #ifdef LINUX_INOTIFY
 	/* Initialize inotify */
-	inotify_fd = inotify_init1(IN_NONBLOCK);
+	inotify_fd = inotify_init1(IN_NONBLOCK | IN_CLOEXEC);
 	if (inotify_fd < 0) {
 		xerror();
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;