diff --git a/src/linux_joystick.c b/src/linux_joystick.c
index 78d867eb..a25067e1 100644
--- a/src/linux_joystick.c
+++ b/src/linux_joystick.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static GLFWbool openJoystickDevice(const char* path)
     }
 
     _GLFWjoystickLinux linjs = {0};
-    linjs.fd = open(path, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
+    linjs.fd = open(path, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK | O_CLOEXEC);
     if (linjs.fd == -1)
         return GLFW_FALSE;