diff --git a/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp b/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
index 48ea56bb3..3bf5fd2dc 100644
--- a/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
@@ -789,6 +789,8 @@ void COPKGManager::getPkgData(const int pkg_content_id)
 		}
 	}
 
+	waitpid(pid, NULL, 0); /* beware of the zombie apocalypse! */
+
 	fclose(f);
 }