1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/spawn.cpp b/src/spawn.cpp
index 1392ec88..64f4e995 100644
--- a/src/spawn.cpp
+++ b/src/spawn.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,19 @@ HANDLE startBinary(const QFileInfo &binary,
                    HANDLE stdOut,
                    HANDLE stdErr)
 {
+  JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION jobInfo;
+
+  ::QueryInformationJobObject(NULL, JobObjectExtendedLimitInformation, &jobInfo, sizeof(JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION), NULL);
+  jobInfo.BasicLimitInformation.LimitFlags |= JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_BREAKAWAY_OK;
+
+  HANDLE jobObject = ::CreateJobObject(NULL, NULL);
+
+  if (jobObject == NULL) {
+    qWarning("failed to create job object: %lu", ::GetLastError());
+  } else {
+    ::SetInformationJobObject(jobObject, JobObjectExtendedLimitInformation, &jobInfo, sizeof(JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION));
+  }
+
   HANDLE processHandle, threadHandle;
   std::wstring binaryName = ToWString(QDir::toNativeSeparators(binary.absoluteFilePath()));
   std::wstring currentDirectoryName = ToWString(QDir::toNativeSeparators(currentDirectory.absolutePath()));