3 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/event/libuv_process.c b/src/nvim/event/libuv_process.c
index 44305c69bc..9ef3468284 100644
--- a/src/nvim/event/libuv_process.c
+++ b/src/nvim/event/libuv_process.c
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ bool libuv_process_spawn(LibuvProcess *uvproc)
   uvproc->uvopts.args = proc->argv;
   uvproc->uvopts.flags = UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE
                   | UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_VERBATIM_ARGUMENTS;
+  if (proc->detach) {
+      uvproc->uvopts.flags |= UV_PROCESS_DETACHED;
+  }
   uvproc->uvopts.exit_cb = exit_cb;
   uvproc->uvopts.cwd = NULL;
   uvproc->uvopts.env = NULL;
diff --git a/src/nvim/event/process.c b/src/nvim/event/process.c
index 0336eb880a..d365a78a9d 100644
--- a/src/nvim/event/process.c
+++ b/src/nvim/event/process.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     }                                                               \
   } while (0)
 
+static bool process_is_tearing_down = false;
 
 bool process_spawn(Process *proc) FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
 {
@@ -112,11 +113,17 @@ bool process_spawn(Process *proc) FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
 
 void process_teardown(Loop *loop) FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
 {
+  process_is_tearing_down = true;
   kl_iter(WatcherPtr, loop->children, current) {
     Process *proc = (*current)->data;
-    uv_kill(proc->pid, SIGTERM);
-    proc->term_sent = true;
-    process_stop(proc);
+    if (proc->detach) {
+      // Close handles to process without killing it.
+      CREATE_EVENT(loop->events, process_close_handles, 1, proc);
+    } else {
+      uv_kill(proc->pid, SIGTERM);
+      proc->term_sent = true;
+      process_stop(proc);
+    }
   }
 
   // Wait until all children exit
@@ -303,6 +310,10 @@ static void decref(Process *proc)
 static void process_close(Process *proc)
   FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ARG(1)
 {
+  if (process_is_tearing_down && proc->detach && proc->closed) {
+    // If a detached process dies while tearing down it might get closed twice.
+    return;
+  }
   assert(!proc->closed);
   proc->closed = true;
   switch (proc->type) {
@@ -333,6 +344,7 @@ static void on_process_exit(Process *proc)
     DLOG("Stopping process kill timer");
     uv_timer_stop(&loop->children_kill_timer);
   }
+
   // Process handles are closed in the next event loop tick. This is done to
   // give libuv more time to read data from the OS after the process exits(If
   // process_close_streams is called with data still in the OS buffer, we lose
diff --git a/src/nvim/event/process.h b/src/nvim/event/process.h
index 45edc46b95..e23c8ea60f 100644
--- a/src/nvim/event/process.h
+++ b/src/nvim/event/process.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct process {
   Stream *in, *out, *err;
   process_exit_cb cb;
   internal_process_cb internal_exit_cb, internal_close_cb;
-  bool closed, term_sent;
+  bool closed, term_sent, detach;
   Queue *events;
 };
 
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ static inline Process process_init(Loop *loop, ProcessType type, void *data)
     .closed = false,
     .term_sent = false,
     .internal_close_cb = NULL,
-    .internal_exit_cb = NULL
+    .internal_exit_cb = NULL,
+    .detach = false
   };
 }