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diff --git a/src/subprocess-posix.cc b/src/subprocess-posix.cc
index 40c9ae1..cc8bff6 100644
--- a/src/subprocess-posix.cc
+++ b/src/subprocess-posix.cc
@@ -80,8 +80,11 @@ bool Subprocess::Start(SubprocessSet* set, const string& command) {
break;
if (!use_console_) {
- // Put the child in its own process group, so ctrl-c won't reach it.
- if (setpgid(0, 0) < 0)
+ // Put the child in its own session and process group. It will be
+ // detached from the current terminal and ctrl-c won't reach it.
+ // Since this process was just forked, it is not a process group leader
+ // and setsid() will succeed.
+ if (setsid() < 0)
break;
// Open /dev/null over stdin.