diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
index f558976..0ee8ff7 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix.c
+++ b/block/raw-posix.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static int raw_open_common(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *filename,
         s->open_flags |= O_DSYNC;
 
     s->fd = -1;
-    fd = open(filename, s->open_flags, 0644);
+    fd = qemu_open(filename, s->open_flags, 0644);
     if (fd < 0) {
         ret = -errno;
         if (ret == -EROFS)
diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index 055093f..5a4f7d4 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -2356,6 +2356,9 @@ static void gdb_accept(void)
             perror("accept");
             return;
         } else if (fd >= 0) {
+#ifndef _WIN32
+            fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+#endif
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -2385,6 +2388,9 @@ static int gdbserver_open(int port)
         perror("socket");
         return -1;
     }
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+#endif
 
     /* allow fast reuse */
     val = 1;
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index 1916ec6..fe6220c 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ int kvm_init(int smp_cpus)
         s->slots[i].slot = i;
 
     s->vmfd = -1;
-    s->fd = open("/dev/kvm", O_RDWR);
+    s->fd = qemu_open("/dev/kvm", O_RDWR);
     if (s->fd == -1) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Could not access KVM kernel module: %m\n");
         ret = -errno;
diff --git a/migration-tcp.c b/migration-tcp.c
index 9ed92b4..dc8772c 100644
--- a/migration-tcp.c
+++ b/migration-tcp.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ MigrationState *tcp_start_outgoing_migration(const char *host_port,
     s->state = MIG_STATE_ACTIVE;
     s->mon_resume = NULL;
     s->bandwidth_limit = bandwidth_limit;
-    s->fd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    s->fd = qemu_socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if (s->fd == -1) {
         qemu_free(s);
         return NULL;
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static void tcp_accept_incoming_migration(void *opaque)
     int c, ret;
 
     do {
-        c = accept(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addrlen);
+        c = qemu_accept(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addrlen);
     } while (c == -1 && socket_error() == EINTR);
 
     dprintf("accepted migration\n");
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int tcp_start_incoming_migration(const char *host_port)
         return -EINVAL;
     }
 
-    s = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    s = qemu_socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if (s == -1)
         return -socket_error();
 
diff --git a/migration-unix.c b/migration-unix.c
index a26587a..d3de7ae 100644
--- a/migration-unix.c
+++ b/migration-unix.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ MigrationState *unix_start_outgoing_migration(const char *path,
     s->state = MIG_STATE_ACTIVE;
     s->mon_resume = NULL;
     s->bandwidth_limit = bandwidth_limit;
-    s->fd = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    s->fd = qemu_socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if (s->fd < 0) {
         dprintf("Unable to open socket");
         goto err_after_alloc;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static void unix_accept_incoming_migration(void *opaque)
     int c, ret;
 
     do {
-        c = accept(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addrlen);
+        c = qemu_accept(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addrlen);
     } while (c == -1 && socket_error() == EINTR);
 
     dprintf("accepted migration\n");
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ int unix_start_incoming_migration(const char *path)
 
     dprintf("Attempting to start an incoming migration\n");
 
-    sock = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    sock = qemu_socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if (sock < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Could not open unix socket: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index 9ea66e3..cff6efd 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ static int net_socket_mcast_create(struct sockaddr_in *mcastaddr)
 	return -1;
 
     }
-    fd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+    fd = qemu_socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
     if (fd < 0) {
         perror("socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)");
         return -1;
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ static void net_socket_accept(void *opaque)
 
     for(;;) {
         len = sizeof(saddr);
-        fd = accept(s->fd, (struct sockaddr *)&saddr, &len);
+        fd = qemu_accept(s->fd, (struct sockaddr *)&saddr, &len);
         if (fd < 0 && errno != EINTR) {
             return;
         } else if (fd >= 0) {
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ static int net_socket_listen_init(VLANState *vlan,
 
     s = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(NetSocketListenState));
 
-    fd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    fd = qemu_socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if (fd < 0) {
         perror("socket");
         return -1;
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ static int net_socket_connect_init(VLANState *vlan,
     if (parse_host_port(&saddr, host_str) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    fd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    fd = qemu_socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if (fd < 0) {
         perror("socket");
         return -1;
diff --git a/osdep.c b/osdep.c
index fd8bbd7..039065e 100644
--- a/osdep.c
+++ b/osdep.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int qemu_create_pidfile(const char *filename)
 #ifndef _WIN32
     int fd;
 
-    fd = open(filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0600);
+    fd = qemu_open(filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0600);
     if (fd == -1)
         return -1;
 
@@ -201,11 +201,113 @@ int inet_aton(const char *cp, struct in_addr *ia)
     ia->s_addr = addr;
     return 1;
 }
+
+void qemu_set_cloexec(int fd)
+{
+}
+
 #else
+
 void socket_set_nonblock(int fd)
 {
     int f;
     f = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL);
     fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, f | O_NONBLOCK);
 }
+
+void qemu_set_cloexec(int fd)
+{
+    int f;
+    f = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD);
+    fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, f | FD_CLOEXEC);
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Opens a file with FD_CLOEXEC set
+ */
+int qemu_open(const char *name, int flags, ...)
+{
+    int ret;
+    int mode = 0;
+
+    if (flags & O_CREAT) {
+        va_list ap;
+
+        va_start(ap, flags);
+        mode = va_arg(ap, int);
+        va_end(ap);
+    }
+
+#ifdef O_CLOEXEC
+    ret = open(name, flags | O_CLOEXEC, mode);
+#else
+    ret = open(name, flags, mode);
+    if (ret >= 0) {
+        qemu_set_cloexec(ret);
+    }
 #endif
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+/*
+ * Creates a pipe with FD_CLOEXEC set on both file descriptors
+ */
+int qemu_pipe(int pipefd[2])
+{
+    int ret;
+
+#ifdef O_CLOEXEC
+    ret = pipe2(pipefd, O_CLOEXEC);
+#else
+    ret = pipe(pipefd);
+    if (ret == 0) {
+        qemu_set_cloexec(pipefd[0]);
+        qemu_set_cloexec(pipefd[1]);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Opens a socket with FD_CLOEXEC set
+ */
+int qemu_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+#ifdef SOCK_CLOEXEC
+    ret = socket(domain, type | SOCK_CLOEXEC, protocol);
+#else
+    ret = socket(domain, type, protocol);
+    if (ret >= 0) {
+        qemu_set_cloexec(ret);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Accept a connection and set FD_CLOEXEC
+ */
+int qemu_accept(int s, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+#ifdef SOCK_CLOEXEC
+    ret = accept4(s, addr, addrlen, SOCK_CLOEXEC);
+#else
+    ret = accept(s, addr, addrlen);
+    if (ret >= 0) {
+        qemu_set_cloexec(ret);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/posix-aio-compat.c b/posix-aio-compat.c
index 7f391c9..ac247e1 100644
--- a/posix-aio-compat.c
+++ b/posix-aio-compat.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ int paio_init(void)
     sigaction(SIGUSR2, &act, NULL);
 
     s->first_aio = NULL;
-    if (pipe(fds) == -1) {
+    if (qemu_pipe(fds) == -1) {
         fprintf(stderr, "failed to create pipe\n");
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index 40bd7e8..8b5a8bb 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static CharDriverState *qemu_chr_open_file_out(QemuOpts *opts)
 {
     int fd_out;
 
-    TFR(fd_out = open(qemu_opt_get(opts, "path"),
+    TFR(fd_out = qemu_open(qemu_opt_get(opts, "path"),
                       O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_BINARY, 0666));
     if (fd_out < 0)
         return NULL;
@@ -646,8 +646,8 @@ static CharDriverState *qemu_chr_open_pipe(QemuOpts *opts)
 
     snprintf(filename_in, 256, "%s.in", filename);
     snprintf(filename_out, 256, "%s.out", filename);
-    TFR(fd_in = open(filename_in, O_RDWR | O_BINARY));
-    TFR(fd_out = open(filename_out, O_RDWR | O_BINARY));
+    TFR(fd_in = qemu_open(filename_in, O_RDWR | O_BINARY));
+    TFR(fd_out = qemu_open(filename_out, O_RDWR | O_BINARY));
     if (fd_in < 0 || fd_out < 0) {
 	if (fd_in >= 0)
 	    close(fd_in);
@@ -2106,7 +2106,7 @@ static void tcp_chr_accept(void *opaque)
 	    len = sizeof(saddr);
 	    addr = (struct sockaddr *)&saddr;
 	}
-        fd = accept(s->listen_fd, addr, &len);
+        fd = qemu_accept(s->listen_fd, addr, &len);
         if (fd < 0 && errno != EINTR) {
             return;
         } else if (fd >= 0) {
diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h
index b779cfe..6975a29 100644
--- a/qemu-common.h
+++ b/qemu-common.h
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ void *get_mmap_addr(unsigned long size);
 void qemu_mutex_lock_iothread(void);
 void qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread(void);
 
+int qemu_open(const char *name, int flags, ...);
+void qemu_set_cloexec(int fd);
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+int qemu_pipe(int pipefd[2]);
+#endif
+
 /* Error handling.  */
 
 void QEMU_NORETURN hw_error(const char *fmt, ...)
diff --git a/qemu-sockets.c b/qemu-sockets.c
index 8801453..8850516 100644
--- a/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int inet_listen_opts(QemuOpts *opts, int port_offset)
         getnameinfo((struct sockaddr*)e->ai_addr,e->ai_addrlen,
 		        uaddr,INET6_ADDRSTRLEN,uport,32,
 		        NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV);
-        slisten = socket(e->ai_family, e->ai_socktype, e->ai_protocol);
+        slisten = qemu_socket(e->ai_family, e->ai_socktype, e->ai_protocol);
         if (slisten < 0) {
             fprintf(stderr,"%s: socket(%s): %s\n", __FUNCTION__,
                     inet_strfamily(e->ai_family), strerror(errno));
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ int inet_connect_opts(QemuOpts *opts)
             fprintf(stderr,"%s: getnameinfo: oops\n", __FUNCTION__);
             continue;
         }
-        sock = socket(e->ai_family, e->ai_socktype, e->ai_protocol);
+        sock = qemu_socket(e->ai_family, e->ai_socktype, e->ai_protocol);
         if (sock < 0) {
             fprintf(stderr,"%s: socket(%s): %s\n", __FUNCTION__,
             inet_strfamily(e->ai_family), strerror(errno));
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ int inet_dgram_opts(QemuOpts *opts)
     }
 
     /* create socket */
-    sock = socket(peer->ai_family, peer->ai_socktype, peer->ai_protocol);
+    sock = qemu_socket(peer->ai_family, peer->ai_socktype, peer->ai_protocol);
     if (sock < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr,"%s: socket(%s): %s\n", __FUNCTION__,
                 inet_strfamily(peer->ai_family), strerror(errno));
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ int unix_listen_opts(QemuOpts *opts)
     const char *path = qemu_opt_get(opts, "path");
     int sock, fd;
 
-    sock = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    sock = qemu_socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if (sock < 0) {
         perror("socket(unix)");
         return -1;
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ int unix_connect_opts(QemuOpts *opts)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    sock = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    sock = qemu_socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if (sock < 0) {
         perror("socket(unix)");
         return -1;
diff --git a/qemu_socket.h b/qemu_socket.h
index c253b32..86bdbf5 100644
--- a/qemu_socket.h
+++ b/qemu_socket.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ int inet_aton(const char *cp, struct in_addr *ia);
 #include "qemu-option.h"
 
 /* misc helpers */
+int qemu_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol);
+int qemu_accept(int s, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen);
 void socket_set_nonblock(int fd);
 int send_all(int fd, const void *buf, int len1);
 
diff --git a/slirp/misc.c b/slirp/misc.c
index e9f08fd..c76ad8f 100644
--- a/slirp/misc.c
+++ b/slirp/misc.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ fork_exec(struct socket *so, const char *ex, int do_pty)
 		addr.sin_port = 0;
 		addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
 
-		if ((s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0 ||
+		if ((s = qemu_socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0 ||
 		    bind(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, addrlen) < 0 ||
 		    listen(s, 1) < 0) {
 			lprint("Error: inet socket: %s\n", strerror(errno));
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ fork_exec(struct socket *so, const char *ex, int do_pty)
 			 * Connect to the socket
 			 * XXX If any of these fail, we're in trouble!
 	 		 */
-			s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+			s = qemu_socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
 			addr.sin_addr = loopback_addr;
                         do {
                             ret = connect(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, addrlen);
diff --git a/slirp/slirp.h b/slirp/slirp.h
index 9ef57ea..98a2644 100644
--- a/slirp/slirp.h
+++ b/slirp/slirp.h
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ int inet_aton(const char *cp, struct in_addr *ia);
 #include "bootp.h"
 #include "tftp.h"
 
+/* osdep.c */
+int qemu_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol);
+
+
 struct Slirp {
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(Slirp) entry;
 
diff --git a/slirp/socket.c b/slirp/socket.c
index 207109c..cf6e6a9 100644
--- a/slirp/socket.c
+++ b/slirp/socket.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ tcp_listen(Slirp *slirp, u_int32_t haddr, u_int hport, u_int32_t laddr,
 	addr.sin_addr.s_addr = haddr;
 	addr.sin_port = hport;
 
-	if (((s = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0)) < 0) ||
+	if (((s = qemu_socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0)) < 0) ||
 	    (setsockopt(s,SOL_SOCKET,SO_REUSEADDR,(char *)&opt,sizeof(int)) < 0) ||
 	    (bind(s,(struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0) ||
 	    (listen(s,1) < 0)) {
diff --git a/slirp/tcp_subr.c b/slirp/tcp_subr.c
index 0417345..7851307 100644
--- a/slirp/tcp_subr.c
+++ b/slirp/tcp_subr.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ int tcp_fconnect(struct socket *so)
   DEBUG_CALL("tcp_fconnect");
   DEBUG_ARG("so = %lx", (long )so);
 
-  if( (ret=so->s=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0)) >= 0) {
+  if( (ret = so->s = qemu_socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0)) >= 0) {
     int opt, s=so->s;
     struct sockaddr_in addr;
 
diff --git a/slirp/udp.c b/slirp/udp.c
index a88b645..d6c39b9 100644
--- a/slirp/udp.c
+++ b/slirp/udp.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ int udp_output(struct socket *so, struct mbuf *m,
 int
 udp_attach(struct socket *so)
 {
-  if((so->s = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0)) != -1) {
+  if((so->s = qemu_socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0)) != -1) {
     so->so_expire = curtime + SO_EXPIRE;
     insque(so, &so->slirp->udb);
   }
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ udp_listen(Slirp *slirp, u_int32_t haddr, u_int hport, u_int32_t laddr,
 	if (!so) {
 	    return NULL;
 	}
-	so->s = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0);
+	so->s = qemu_socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0);
 	so->so_expire = curtime + SO_EXPIRE;
 	insque(so, &slirp->udb);
 
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index fff8e8d..94d82e0 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ static int hpet_start_timer(struct qemu_alarm_timer *t)
     struct hpet_info info;
     int r, fd;
 
-    fd = open("/dev/hpet", O_RDONLY);
+    fd = qemu_open("/dev/hpet", O_RDONLY);
     if (fd < 0)
         return -1;
 
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ static int rtc_start_timer(struct qemu_alarm_timer *t)
     int rtc_fd;
     unsigned long current_rtc_freq = 0;
 
-    TFR(rtc_fd = open("/dev/rtc", O_RDONLY));
+    TFR(rtc_fd = qemu_open("/dev/rtc", O_RDONLY));
     if (rtc_fd < 0)
         return -1;
     ioctl(rtc_fd, RTC_IRQP_READ, &current_rtc_freq);
@@ -3301,7 +3301,7 @@ static int qemu_event_init(void)
     int err;
     int fds[2];
 
-    err = pipe(fds);
+    err = qemu_pipe(fds);
     if (err == -1)
         return -errno;
 
@@ -5461,6 +5461,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 	} else if (pid < 0)
             exit(1);
 
+	close(fds[0]);
+	qemu_set_cloexec(fds[1]);
+
 	setsid();
 
 	pid = fork();
@@ -5861,7 +5864,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 	    exit(1);
 
 	chdir("/");
-	TFR(fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR));
+	TFR(fd = qemu_open("/dev/null", O_RDWR));
 	if (fd == -1)
 	    exit(1);
     }
diff --git a/vnc.c b/vnc.c
index 2bb8024..32c4678 100644
--- a/vnc.c
+++ b/vnc.c
@@ -2247,7 +2247,7 @@ static void vnc_listen_read(void *opaque)
     /* Catch-up */
     vga_hw_update();
 
-    int csock = accept(vs->lsock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addrlen);
+    int csock = qemu_accept(vs->lsock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addrlen);
     if (csock != -1) {
         vnc_connect(vs, csock);
     }
