diff --git a/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp b/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
index a23d698e7..b32df8d78 100644
--- a/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
@@ -781,6 +781,8 @@ void COPKGManager::getPkgData(const int pkg_content_id)
 		}
 	}
 
+	waitpid(pid, NULL, 0); /* beware of the zombie apocalypse! */
+
 	fclose(f);
 }