diff --git a/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx b/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx
index 3ceb824c200..58b9e70fa13 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cpack.cxx
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static void cpackProgressCallback(const std::string& message, float /*unused*/)
 // this is CPack.
 int main(int argc, char const* const* argv)
 {
+  cmSystemTools::EnsureStdPipes();
 #if defined(_WIN32) && defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
   // Replace streambuf so we can output Unicode to console
   cmsys::ConsoleBuf::Manager consoleOut(std::cout);
diff --git a/Source/CursesDialog/ccmake.cxx b/Source/CursesDialog/ccmake.cxx
index 745c6bb67ef..7caed0cd50d 100644
--- a/Source/CursesDialog/ccmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/CursesDialog/ccmake.cxx
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ void onsig(int /*unused*/)
 
 int main(int argc, char const* const* argv)
 {
+  cmSystemTools::EnsureStdPipes();
   cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments encoding_args =
     cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments::Main(argc, argv);
   argc = encoding_args.argc();
diff --git a/Source/QtDialog/CMakeSetup.cxx b/Source/QtDialog/CMakeSetup.cxx
index 8d9a50ce30e..c9ebba83a61 100644
--- a/Source/QtDialog/CMakeSetup.cxx
+++ b/Source/QtDialog/CMakeSetup.cxx
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(QWindowsVistaStylePlugin);
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
+  cmSystemTools::EnsureStdPipes();
   cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments encoding_args =
     cmsys::Encoding::CommandLineArguments::Main(argc, argv);
   int argc2 = encoding_args.argc();
diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
index bc853b7f2a3..17ed3f6ddfd 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -56,8 +57,6 @@
 #  include <windows.h>
 // include wincrypt.h after windows.h
 #  include <wincrypt.h>
-
-#  include <fcntl.h> /* _O_TEXT */
 #else
 #  include <sys/time.h>
 #  include <unistd.h>
@@ -2007,6 +2006,71 @@ int cmSystemTools::WaitForLine(cmsysProcess* process, std::string& line,
   }
 }
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+static void EnsureStdPipe(DWORD fd)
+{
+  if (GetStdHandle(fd) != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+    return;
+  }
+  SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa;
+  sa.nLength = sizeof(sa);
+  sa.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL;
+  sa.bInheritHandle = TRUE;
+
+  HANDLE h = CreateFileW(
+    L"NUL",
+    fd == STD_INPUT_HANDLE ? FILE_GENERIC_READ
+                           : FILE_GENERIC_WRITE | FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES,
+    FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, &sa, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
+
+  if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+    LPSTR message = NULL;
+    DWORD size = FormatMessageA(
+      FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+        FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+      NULL, GetLastError(), MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
+      (LPSTR)&message, 0, NULL);
+    std::string msg = std::string(message, size);
+    LocalFree(message);
+    std::cerr << "failed to open NUL for missing stdio pipe: " << msg;
+    abort();
+  }
+
+  SetStdHandle(fd, h);
+}
+
+void cmSystemTools::EnsureStdPipes()
+{
+  EnsureStdPipe(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
+  EnsureStdPipe(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+  EnsureStdPipe(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
+}
+#else
+static void EnsureStdPipe(int fd)
+{
+  if (fcntl(fd, F_GETFD) != -1 || errno != EBADF) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  int f = open("/dev/null", fd == STDIN_FILENO ? O_RDONLY : O_WRONLY);
+  if (f == -1) {
+    perror("failed to open /dev/null for missing stdio pipe");
+    abort();
+  }
+  if (f != fd) {
+    dup2(f, fd);
+    close(f);
+  }
+}
+
+void cmSystemTools::EnsureStdPipes()
+{
+  EnsureStdPipe(STDIN_FILENO);
+  EnsureStdPipe(STDOUT_FILENO);
+  EnsureStdPipe(STDERR_FILENO);
+}
+#endif
+
 void cmSystemTools::DoNotInheritStdPipes()
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.h b/Source/cmSystemTools.h
index 05bd3517543..8a87a378615 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.h
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.h
@@ -435,6 +435,8 @@ class cmSystemTools : public cmsys::SystemTools
   // not get stuck waiting for all the output on the pipes.
   static void DoNotInheritStdPipes();
 
+  static void EnsureStdPipes();
+
   /** Copy the file create/access/modify times from the file named by
       the first argument to that named by the second.  */
   static bool CopyFileTime(const std::string& fromFile,
diff --git a/Source/cmakemain.cxx b/Source/cmakemain.cxx
index 49d160cb0bd..e639c6605d2 100644
--- a/Source/cmakemain.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmakemain.cxx
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ static void cmakemainProgressCallback(const std::string& m, float prog,
 
 int main(int ac, char const* const* av)
 {
+  cmSystemTools::EnsureStdPipes();
 #if defined(_WIN32) && defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
   // Replace streambuf so we can output Unicode to console
   cmsys::ConsoleBuf::Manager consoleOut(std::cout);
diff --git a/Source/ctest.cxx b/Source/ctest.cxx
index 461021b1fc5..3b3630fc968 100644
--- a/Source/ctest.cxx
+++ b/Source/ctest.cxx
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static const char* cmDocumentationOptions[][2] = {
 // this is a test driver program for cmCTest.
 int main(int argc, char const* const* argv)
 {
+  cmSystemTools::EnsureStdPipes();
 #if defined(_WIN32) && defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
   // Replace streambuf so we can output Unicode to console
   cmsys::ConsoleBuf::Manager consoleOut(std::cout);
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 49d3608b237..b9aa536f4d6 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -451,4 +451,8 @@ function(reject_fifo)
 endfunction()
 if(CMAKE_HOST_UNIX AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "CYGWIN")
   reject_fifo()
+  run_cmake_command(closed_stdin  sh -c "\"${CMAKE_COMMAND}\" --version <&-")
+  run_cmake_command(closed_stdout sh -c "\"${CMAKE_COMMAND}\" --version >&-")
+  run_cmake_command(closed_stderr sh -c "\"${CMAKE_COMMAND}\" --version 2>&-")
+  run_cmake_command(closed_stdall sh -c "\"${CMAKE_COMMAND}\" --version <&- >&- 2>&-")
 endif()