diff --git a/src/stat/fchmodat.c b/src/stat/fchmodat.c
index afa6d44b5401da8caec81c3cb78dea9b344b4748..a894cb696bbad9852260a805a0a6a79d298cd18f 100644
--- a/src/stat/fchmodat.c
+++ b/src/stat/fchmodat.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ int fchmodat(int fd, const char *path, mode_t mode, int flag)
 	if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode))
 		return __syscall_ret(-EOPNOTSUPP);
 
-	if ((fd2 = __syscall(SYS_openat, fd, path, O_RDONLY|O_PATH|O_NOFOLLOW|O_NOCTTY)) < 0) {
+	if ((fd2 = __syscall(SYS_openat, fd, path, O_RDONLY|O_PATH|O_NOFOLLOW|O_NOCTTY|O_CLOEXEC)) < 0) {
 		if (fd2 == -ELOOP)
 			return __syscall_ret(-EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return __syscall_ret(fd2);