diff --git a/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp b/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp
index d587589..4c5d8cb 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp
+++ b/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp
@@ -356,6 +356,9 @@
     DWORD desiredAccess = 0;
     DWORD shareMode = FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE;
 
+    // CreateFileW is inherently O_CLOEXEC by default.
+    options &= ~O_CLOEXEC;
+
     switch (options) {
         case O_RDONLY:
             desiredAccess = GENERIC_READ;