1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index b4d09ac5d2d..bd733da303f 100644
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -1143,6 +1143,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         daemon_name = xstrdup (dname_arg);
       /* Close unused reading end of the pipe.  */
       close (daemon_pipe[0]);
+      /* Make sure that the used end of the pipe is closed on exec, so
+         that it is not accessible to programs started from .emacs.  */
+      fcntl (daemon_pipe[1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SETSID
       setsid();
 #endif