diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 03e8bbe7..a00f6633 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ Artur Skawina <skawina@geocities.com>
 Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
  for making I/O more robust by handling EINTR
  for fixing closing all unused file descriptors when opening a pipe
+ for helping to debug leftover 'zombie' processes when closing a pipe
 
 Rolf Hakenes <hakenes@hippomi.de>
  for providing 'libdtv' and adapting the EIT mechanisms to it
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 50107fe8..e9361f67 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1083,3 +1083,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed resetting 'mute' state when setting the volume to a non-zero value.
 - Added log messages when deleting recordings in case the disk runs full while
   recording.
+- Fixed closing a pipe (used for replaying Dolby Digital audio), which
+  sometimes left 'zombie' processes behind (thanks to Werner Fink for helping
+  to debug this one).
diff --git a/thread.c b/thread.c
index 94ba8605..f4213e43 100644
--- a/thread.c
+++ b/thread.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: thread.c 1.18 2002/02/23 13:49:06 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: thread.c 1.19 2002/03/09 11:51:56 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "thread.h"
@@ -327,14 +327,21 @@ int cPipe::Close(void)
      f = NULL;
      }
 
-  if (pid >= 0) {
+  if (pid > 0) {
      int status = 0;
-     struct rusage ru;
      int i = 5;
-     while (ret == -1 && i > 0) {
-           usleep(1000);
-           ret = wait4(pid, &status, WNOHANG, &ru);
+     while (i > 0) {
+           ret = waitpid(pid, &status, WNOHANG);
+           if (ret < 0) {
+              if (errno != EINTR && errno != ECHILD) {
+                 LOG_ERROR;
+                 break;
+                 }
+              }
+           else if (ret == pid)
+              break;
            i--;
+           usleep(100000);
            }
    
      if (!i) {