diff --git a/libziparchive/zip_archive.cc b/libziparchive/zip_archive.cc
index 9eb7f2c..6b9f6e1 100644
--- a/libziparchive/zip_archive.cc
+++ b/libziparchive/zip_archive.cc
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
 }
 
 int32_t OpenArchive(const char* fileName, ZipArchiveHandle* handle) {
-  const int fd = ::android::base::utf8::open(fileName, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY, 0);
+  const int fd = ::android::base::utf8::open(fileName, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY | O_CLOEXEC, 0);
   ZipArchive* archive = new ZipArchive(fd, true);
   *handle = archive;