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diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index a7c68a5..cd8aa6b 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -796,6 +796,8 @@ class Popen(object):
self.stderr.close()
if self.stdin:
self.stdin.close()
+ # Wait for the process to terminate, to avoid zombies.
+ self.wait()
def __del__(self, _maxsize=sys.maxsize, _active=_active):
if not self._child_created: