diff --git a/src/ipc.c b/src/ipc.c
index 9e56fd0e..b4356fda 100644
--- a/src/ipc.c
+++ b/src/ipc.c
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ int ipc_create_socket(const char *filename) {
                 return -1;
         }
 
+        (void)fcntl(sockfd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+
         struct sockaddr_un addr;
         memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
         addr.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;