diff --git a/pseudo_util.c b/pseudo_util.c
index 64636b7..b58036f 100644
--- a/pseudo_util.c
+++ b/pseudo_util.c
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ pseudo_logfile(char *filename, char *defname, int prefer_fd) {
 		}
 		free(filename);
 	}	
-	fd = open(pseudo_path, O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | O_CREAT, 0644);
+	fd = open(pseudo_path, O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | O_CREAT | O_CLOEXEC, 0644);
 	if (fd == -1) {
 		pseudo_diag("help: can't open log file %s: %s\n", pseudo_path, strerror(errno));
 	} else {