diff --git a/src/thread/Util.hxx b/src/thread/Util.hxx
index c09fef532..d71230c20 100644
--- a/src/thread/Util.hxx
+++ b/src/thread/Util.hxx
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ SetThreadRealtime()
 #ifdef __linux__
 	struct sched_param sched_param;
 	sched_param.sched_priority = 50;
-	sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, &sched_param);
+	sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO|SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK, &sched_param);
 #endif
 };