diff --git a/src/unix/pty.cc b/src/unix/pty.cc
index 54631ad5..a20bde53 100644
--- a/src/unix/pty.cc
+++ b/src/unix/pty.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 /* http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/forkpty.html */
 #if defined(__linux__)
 #include <pty.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
 #include <util.h>
 #elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
@@ -110,6 +112,40 @@ struct ExitEvent {
   int exit_code = 0, signal_code = 0;
 };
 
+#if defined(__linux__)
+
+static int
+SetCloseOnExec(int fd) {
+  int flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD, 0);
+  if (flags == -1)
+    return flags;
+  if (flags & FD_CLOEXEC)
+    return 0;
+  return fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, flags | FD_CLOEXEC);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Close all file descriptors >= 3 to prevent FD leakage to child processes.
+ * Uses close_range() syscall on Linux 5.9+, falls back to /proc/self/fd iteration.
+ */
+static void
+pty_close_inherited_fds() {
+  // Try close_range() first (Linux 5.9+, glibc 2.34+)
+  #if defined(SYS_close_range)
+  if (syscall(SYS_close_range, 3, ~0U, CLOSE_RANGE_CLOEXEC) == 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+  #endif
+
+  int fd;
+  // Set the CLOEXEC flag on all open descriptors. Unconditionally try the first
+  // 16 file descriptors. After that, bail out after the first error.
+  for (fd = 3; ; fd++)
+    if (SetCloseOnExec(fd) && fd > 15)
+      break;
+}
+#endif
+
 void SetupExitCallback(Napi::Env env, Napi::Function cb, pid_t pid) {
   std::thread *th = new std::thread;
   // Don't use Napi::AsyncWorker which is limited by UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE.
@@ -433,6 +469,9 @@ Napi::Value PtyFork(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {
         }
       }
 
+      // Close inherited FDs to prevent leaking pty master FDs to child
+      pty_close_inherited_fds();
+
       {
         char **old = environ;
         environ = env;
diff --git a/src/unixTerminal.test.ts b/src/unixTerminal.test.ts
index 69647468..e4ff9a0e 100644
--- a/src/unixTerminal.test.ts
+++ b/src/unixTerminal.test.ts
@@ -256,6 +256,34 @@ if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
       });
     });
     describe('spawn', () => {
+      if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+        it('should not leak pty file descriptors to child processes', (done) => {
+          // Spawn 3 ptys - the 3rd should not see FDs from the first two
+          const ptys: UnixTerminal[] = [];
+          for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+            ptys.push(new UnixTerminal('/bin/bash', [], {}));
+          }
+
+          let output = '';
+          ptys[2].onData((data) => {
+            output += data;
+          });
+
+          // Check for ptmx FDs in the 3rd terminal's shell
+          ptys[2].write('echo "PTMX_COUNT:$(file /proc/$$/fd/* 2>/dev/null | grep -c ptmx)"\n');
+
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            for (const pty of ptys) {
+              pty.kill();
+            }
+            // Extract the count from output - should be 0
+            const match = output.match(/PTMX_COUNT:(\d+)/);
+            assert.ok(match, `Could not find PTMX_COUNT in output: ${output}`);
+            assert.strictEqual(match![1], '0', `Expected 0 ptmx FDs but got ${match![1]}`);
+            done();
+          }, 1000);
+        });
+      }
       if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
         it('should return the name of the process', (done) => {
           const term = new UnixTerminal('/bin/echo');