diff --git a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
index 7a876383023340981a90f96c2f071cf74600da37..756cff77eb544007c9356811e50be538aa868362 100644
--- a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
+++ b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ static unsigned long exec_(std::string path, const char *host, const char *port,
 	// fork and exec
 	pid_t pid = fork();
 	if ( pid == 0 ) {
+		setsid();
 		// child process
 		exit(execv(argv[0], argv));
 	} else if ( pid < 0 ) {