1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/handle.c b/lib/libalpm/handle.c
index 9f5a9455..44457e6f 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/handle.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/handle.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int _alpm_handle_lock(alpm_handle_t *handle)
 	FREE(dir);
 
 	do {
-		handle->lockfd = open(handle->lockfile, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0000);
+		handle->lockfd = open(handle->lockfile, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_CLOEXEC, 0000);
 	} while(handle->lockfd == -1 && errno == EINTR);
 
 	return (handle->lockfd >= 0 ? 0 : -1);