diff --git a/include/my_global.h b/include/my_global.h
index 1b17721ddcc..7d3cc13e88e 100644
--- a/include/my_global.h
+++ b/include/my_global.h
@@ -591,6 +591,11 @@ typedef SOCKET_SIZE_TYPE size_socket;
 #ifndef O_CLOEXEC
 #define O_CLOEXEC       0
 #endif
+#ifdef __GLIBC__
+#define STR_O_CLOEXEC "e"
+#else
+#define STR_O_CLOEXEC ""
+#endif
 #ifndef SOCK_CLOEXEC
 #define SOCK_CLOEXEC    0
 #endif
diff --git a/storage/innobase/buf/buf0dump.cc b/storage/innobase/buf/buf0dump.cc
index ea660ad3a50..3ccb014cae0 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/buf/buf0dump.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/buf/buf0dump.cc
@@ -275,7 +275,20 @@ buf_dump(
 	buf_dump_status(STATUS_INFO, "Dumping buffer pool(s) to %s",
 			full_filename);
 
-	f = fopen(tmp_filename, "w");
+#if defined(__GLIBC__) || defined(__WIN__) || O_CLOEXEC == 0
+	f = fopen(tmp_filename, "w" STR_O_CLOEXEC);
+#else
+	{
+		int	fd;
+		fd = open(tmp_filename, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_CLOEXEC | O_WRONLY, 0640);
+		if (fd >= 0) {
+			f = fdopen(fd, "w");
+		}
+		else {
+			f = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+#endif
 	if (f == NULL) {
 		buf_dump_status(STATUS_ERR,
 				"Cannot open '%s' for writing: %s",
@@ -516,7 +529,7 @@ buf_load()
 	buf_load_status(STATUS_INFO,
 			"Loading buffer pool(s) from %s", full_filename);
 
-	f = fopen(full_filename, "r");
+	f = fopen(full_filename, "r" STR_O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (f == NULL) {
 		buf_load_status(STATUS_INFO,
 				"Cannot open '%s' for reading: %s",
diff --git a/storage/innobase/fsp/fsp0file.cc b/storage/innobase/fsp/fsp0file.cc
index 6e9f307ebc8..2a0cb5a8fee 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/fsp/fsp0file.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/fsp/fsp0file.cc
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ char*
 RemoteDatafile::read_link_file(
 	const char*	link_filepath)
 {
-	FILE* file = fopen(link_filepath, "r+b");
+	FILE* file = fopen(link_filepath, "r+b" STR_O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (file == NULL) {
 		return(NULL);
 	}