diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f1f3373..9c57e7d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "regex",
  "regex-lite",
+ "rustix",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 41fe13c..3223b6b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ itertools = "0.14.0"
 libc = { version = "0.2.180", features = ["extra_traits"] }
 regex = { version = "1.12.3", optional = true }
 regex-lite = { version = "0.1.9", optional = true }
+rustix = { version = "1.1.4", features = ["event", "fs"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.149"
 tap = "1.0.1"
diff --git a/src/daemon_io.rs b/src/daemon_io.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f080ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daemon_io.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+use std::{
+    mem::ManuallyDrop,
+    os::{
+        fd::{AsFd, AsRawFd, BorrowedFd, FromRawFd, IntoRawFd, OwnedFd},
+        unix::prelude::RawFd,
+    },
+};
+
+use rustix::{
+    fs::{OFlags, fcntl_getfl, fcntl_setfl},
+    io::Errno,
+};
+
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
+/// An [`OwnedFd`] that captures file status flags on init and restores them on:
+///
+/// - [`IntoRawFd`]
+/// - [`drop()`]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct OwnedFdWithFlags {
+    fd: OwnedFd,
+    oflags: OFlags,
+}
+
+impl OwnedFdWithFlags {
+    pub fn new(fd: OwnedFd) -> Result<Self, Errno> {
+        let oflags = fcntl_getfl(&fd)?;
+        Ok(Self { fd, oflags })
+    }
+
+    /// If, for some ungodly reason, `fcntl(F_GETFL)` fails, then empty flags are used.
+    /// Empty flags should not be restored on close.
+    ///
+    /// I'm pretty sure this should never happen if the program is IO-safe.
+    pub fn new_with_fallback(fd: OwnedFd) -> Self {
+        let oflags = Self::get_flags_or_log(fd.as_fd());
+        Self { fd, oflags }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for OwnedFdWithFlags {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.restore_flags_or_log();
+    }
+}
+
+/// Private helpers.
+impl OwnedFdWithFlags {
+    fn restore_flags_or_log(&self) {
+        // As far as we can tell there's no such thing as a file with entirely empty
+        // flags (at minimum, it needs read/write mode, right?).
+        // So empty `oflags` is our sentinel that `fcntl(F_GETFL)` somehow failed.
+        // Empty oflags is our sentinel that
+        if self.oflags.is_empty() {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if let Err(e) = fcntl_setfl(&self.fd, self.oflags) {
+            error!(
+                "fcntl(F_SETFL) to restore flags {:?} on fd {:?} failed: {e}\nIO safety violation?",
+                self.oflags, self.fd,
+            );
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn get_flags_or_log(fd: BorrowedFd) -> OFlags {
+        fcntl_getfl(fd)
+            .tap_err(|e| error!("fcntl(F_GETFL) failed on fd {fd:?}: {e}\nIO-safety violation?"))
+            .unwrap_or(OFlags::empty())
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRawFd for OwnedFdWithFlags {
+    fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd {
+        AsRawFd::as_raw_fd(&self.fd)
+    }
+}
+
+impl IntoRawFd for OwnedFdWithFlags {
+    fn into_raw_fd(self) -> RawFd {
+        self.restore_flags_or_log();
+        ManuallyDrop::new(self).fd.as_raw_fd()
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromRawFd for OwnedFdWithFlags {
+    unsafe fn from_raw_fd(fd: RawFd) -> Self {
+        let fd = unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(fd) };
+        let oflags = Self::get_flags_or_log(fd.as_fd());
+        Self { fd, oflags }
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsFd for OwnedFdWithFlags {
+    fn as_fd(&self) -> BorrowedFd<'_> {
+        AsFd::as_fd(&self.fd)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<OwnedFd> for OwnedFdWithFlags {
+    fn from(fd: OwnedFd) -> Self {
+        let oflags = Self::get_flags_or_log(fd.as_fd());
+        Self { fd, oflags }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 58d98a1..7533c04 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub(crate) mod prelude {
     #[cfg(unix)]
     pub use fs_err::os::unix::fs::{FileExt, OpenOptionsExt};
 
-    pub use tap::{Pipe, Tap};
+    pub use tap::{Pipe, Tap, TapFallible};
 
     pub use tracing::{Level, debug, error, info, trace, warn};
 }
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ pub mod args;
 pub use args::{AppendCmd, Args};
 mod color;
 pub use color::{_CLI_ENABLE_COLOR, SHOULD_COLOR};
+mod daemon_io;
+pub use daemon_io::OwnedFdWithFlags;
 pub mod line;
 mod nixcmd;
 pub use line::Line;