--- src/mod_fastcgi.c
+++ src/mod_fastcgi.c
+@@ -937,6 +937,24 @@
+ 				close(fcgi_fd);
+ 			}
+ 
+			close(STDERR_FILENO);
+			if(srv->errorlog_mode == ERRORLOG_FILE)
+				dup2(srv->errorlog_fd, STDERR_FILENO);
+			else {
+				int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+				dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
+				close(fd);
+			}
+
+			close(STDOUT_FILENO);
+			if(srv->errorlog_mode == ERRORLOG_FILE)
+				dup2(srv->errorlog_fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
+			else {
+				int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+				dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
+				close(fd);
+			}
+
+ 			/* we don't need the client socket */
+ 			for (i = 3; i < 256; i++) {
+ 				close(i);