diff --git a/libs/common_time/common_time_server.cpp b/libs/common_time/common_time_server.cpp
index 01372e00cab8a..f72ffaa637120 100644
--- a/libs/common_time/common_time_server.cpp
+++ b/libs/common_time/common_time_server.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ CommonTimeServer::CommonTimeServer()
 
     // Create the eventfd we will use to signal our thread to wake up when
     // needed.
-    mWakeupThreadFD = eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK);
+    mWakeupThreadFD = eventfd(0, EFD_NONBLOCK | EFD_CLOEXEC);
 
     // seed the random number generator (used to generated timeline IDs)
     srand48(static_cast<unsigned int>(systemTime()));