diff --git a/assuan/ChangeLog b/assuan/ChangeLog
index 5ccba926d..f85e22042 100644
--- a/assuan/ChangeLog
+++ b/assuan/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2001-12-14  Werner Koch  <wk@gnupg.org>
+
+	* assuan-listen.c (assuan_close_input_fd): New.
+	(assuan_close_output_fd): New.
+	* assuan-handler.c (std_handler_reset): Always close them after a
+	reset command.
+	(std_handler_bye): Likewise.
+
 2001-12-14  Marcus Brinkmann  <marcus@g10code.de>
 
 	* assuan-buffer.c (_assuan_read_line): New variable ATTICLEN, use
diff --git a/assuan/assuan-handler.c b/assuan/assuan-handler.c
index 8ec8b2301..a82bd5379 100644
--- a/assuan/assuan-handler.c
+++ b/assuan/assuan-handler.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ std_handler_bye (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx, char *line)
 {
   if (ctx->bye_notify_fnc)
     ctx->bye_notify_fnc (ctx);
+  assuan_close_input_fd (ctx);
+  assuan_close_output_fd (ctx);
   return -1; /* pretty simple :-) */
 }
   
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ std_handler_reset (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx, char *line)
 {
   if (ctx->reset_notify_fnc)
     ctx->reset_notify_fnc (ctx);
+  assuan_close_input_fd (ctx);
+  assuan_close_output_fd (ctx);
   return 0;
 }
   
diff --git a/assuan/assuan-listen.c b/assuan/assuan-listen.c
index 822ef32cd..57fe4b669 100644
--- a/assuan/assuan-listen.c
+++ b/assuan/assuan-listen.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "assuan-defs.h"
 
@@ -106,3 +107,28 @@ assuan_get_output_fd (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx)
 }
 
 
+/* Close the fd descriptor set by the command INPUT FD=n.  We handle
+   this fd inside assuan so that we can do some initial checks */
+AssuanError
+assuan_close_input_fd (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx)
+{
+  if (!ctx || ctx->input_fd == -1)
+    return ASSUAN_Invalid_Value;
+  close (ctx->input_fd);
+  ctx->input_fd = -1;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/* Close the fd descriptor set by the command OUTPUT FD=n.  We handle
+   this fd inside assuan so that we can do some initial checks */
+AssuanError
+assuan_close_output_fd (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx)
+{
+  if (!ctx || ctx->output_fd == -1)
+    return ASSUAN_Invalid_Value;
+
+  close (ctx->output_fd);
+  ctx->output_fd = -1;
+  return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/assuan/assuan.h b/assuan/assuan.h
index 485ad2225..a4f887f6f 100644
--- a/assuan/assuan.h
+++ b/assuan/assuan.h
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ AssuanError assuan_set_hello_line (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx, const char *line);
 AssuanError assuan_accept (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx);
 int assuan_get_input_fd (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx);
 int assuan_get_output_fd (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx);
+AssuanError assuan_close_input_fd (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx);
+AssuanError assuan_close_output_fd (ASSUAN_CONTEXT ctx);
 
 
 /*-- assuan-pipe-server.c --*/