diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 0d515d1619747b00e724471a407f2a6cf6ea51d7..e6991c1b587432109c3b7e99cef941d62ba9b57b 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dentry_open);
 /*
  * Find an empty file descriptor entry, and mark it busy.
  */
-int get_unused_fd(void)
+static int get_unused_fd_flags(int flags)
 {
 	struct files_struct * files = current->files;
 	int fd, error;
@@ -891,7 +891,10 @@ int get_unused_fd(void)
 	}
 
 	FD_SET(fd, fdt->open_fds);
-	FD_CLR(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
+	if (flags & O_CLOEXEC)
+		FD_SET(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
+	else
+		FD_CLR(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
 	files->next_fd = fd + 1;
 #if 1
 	/* Sanity check */
@@ -907,6 +910,11 @@ int get_unused_fd(void)
 	return error;
 }
 
+int get_unused_fd(void)
+{
+	return get_unused_fd_flags(0);
+}
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_unused_fd);
 
 static void __put_unused_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd)
@@ -959,7 +967,7 @@ long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags, int mode)
 	int fd = PTR_ERR(tmp);
 
 	if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) {
-		fd = get_unused_fd();
+		fd = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
 		if (fd >= 0) {
 			struct file *f = do_filp_open(dfd, tmp, flags, mode);
 			if (IS_ERR(f)) {
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h b/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h
index c154b9d6e7e51a8593d06b0d6e3104aa7008e5d4..b8477414c5c85858de58d6489673da501f93d7bf 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 #ifndef O_NOATIME
 #define O_NOATIME	01000000
 #endif
+#ifndef O_CLOEXEC
+#define O_CLOEXEC	02000000	/* set close_on_exec */
+#endif
 #ifndef O_NDELAY
 #define O_NDELAY	O_NONBLOCK
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/fcntl.h b/include/asm-parisc/fcntl.h
index 317851fa78f3f99b702ba30fff49dea37da728ef..1e1c824764ee1f0202c9012090e06f532eb75e42 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/fcntl.h
@@ -3,21 +3,22 @@
 
 /* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
    located on an ext2 file system */
-#define O_APPEND	00000010
-#define O_BLKSEEK	00000100 /* HPUX only */
-#define O_CREAT		00000400 /* not fcntl */
-#define O_EXCL		00002000 /* not fcntl */
-#define O_LARGEFILE	00004000
-#define O_SYNC		00100000
-#define O_NONBLOCK	00200004 /* HPUX has separate NDELAY & NONBLOCK */
-#define O_NOCTTY	00400000 /* not fcntl */
-#define O_DSYNC		01000000 /* HPUX only */
-#define O_RSYNC		02000000 /* HPUX only */
-#define O_NOATIME	04000000
+#define O_APPEND	000000010
+#define O_BLKSEEK	000000100 /* HPUX only */
+#define O_CREAT		000000400 /* not fcntl */
+#define O_EXCL		000002000 /* not fcntl */
+#define O_LARGEFILE	000004000
+#define O_SYNC		000100000
+#define O_NONBLOCK	000200004 /* HPUX has separate NDELAY & NONBLOCK */
+#define O_NOCTTY	000400000 /* not fcntl */
+#define O_DSYNC		001000000 /* HPUX only */
+#define O_RSYNC		002000000 /* HPUX only */
+#define O_NOATIME	004000000
+#define O_CLOEXEC	010000000 /* set close_on_exec */
 
-#define O_DIRECTORY	00010000 /* must be a directory */
-#define O_NOFOLLOW	00000200 /* don't follow links */
-#define O_INVISIBLE	04000000 /* invisible I/O, for DMAPI/XDSM */
+#define O_DIRECTORY	000010000 /* must be a directory */
+#define O_NOFOLLOW	000000200 /* don't follow links */
+#define O_INVISIBLE	004000000 /* invisible I/O, for DMAPI/XDSM */
 
 #define F_GETLK64	8
 #define F_SETLK64	9