diff --git a/src/common/run_command.cpp b/src/common/run_command.cpp
index 67608b985f..16fece02f0 100644
--- a/src/common/run_command.cpp
+++ b/src/common/run_command.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ UniValue RunCommandParseJSON(const std::string& str_command, const std::string&
 
     if (str_command.empty()) return UniValue::VNULL;
 
-    auto c = sp::Popen(str_command, sp::input{sp::PIPE}, sp::output{sp::PIPE}, sp::error{sp::PIPE});
+    auto c = sp::Popen(str_command, sp::input{sp::PIPE}, sp::output{sp::PIPE}, sp::error{sp::PIPE}, sp::close_fds{true});
     if (!str_std_in.empty()) {
         c.send(str_std_in);
     }