diff --git a/term-utils/agetty.c b/tmp/term-utils/agetty.c
index 549c857..b4955d8 100644
--- a/term-utils/agetty.c
+++ b/term-utils/agetty.c
@@ -906,6 +906,7 @@ static void open_tty(char *tty, struct termios *tp, struct options *op)
 		if ((st.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFCHR)
 			log_err(_("/dev/%s: not a character device"), tty);

+                setsid();
 		if (((tid = tcgetsid(fd)) < 0) || (pid != tid)) {
 			if (ioctl(fd, TIOCSCTTY, 1) == -1)
 				log_err("/dev/%s: cannot get controlling tty: %m", tty);
@@ -931,6 +932,7 @@ static void open_tty(char *tty, struct termios *tp, struct options *op)
 		debug("open(2)\n");
 		if (open(buf, O_RDWR|O_NOCTTY|O_NONBLOCK, 0) != 0)
 			log_err(_("/dev/%s: cannot open as standard input: %m"), tty);
+                setsid();
 		if (((tid = tcgetsid(STDIN_FILENO)) < 0) || (pid != tid)) {
 			if (ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCSCTTY, 1) == -1)
 				log_err("/dev/%s: cannot get controlling tty: %m", tty);