diff --git a/src/os/unix/crashlog_unix.cpp b/src/os/unix/crashlog_unix.cpp
index ac5277c02d..8e4313cd85 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/crashlog_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/os/unix/crashlog_unix.cpp
@@ -72,16 +72,66 @@ static void LogStacktraceSigSegvHandler(int  sig)
 }
 #endif
 
+static int GetTemporaryFD()
+{
+	char name[MAX_PATH];
+	extern std::string _personal_dir;
+	seprintf(name, lastof(name), "%sopenttd-tmp-XXXXXX", _personal_dir.c_str());
+	int fd = mkstemp(name);
+	if (fd != -1) {
+		/* Unlink file but leave fd open until finished with */
+		unlink(name);
+	}
+	return fd;
+}
+
+struct ExecReadNullHandler {
+	int fd[2] = { -1, -1 };
+
+	bool Init() {
+		this->fd[0] = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+		if (this->fd[0] == -1) {
+			this->fd[0] = GetTemporaryFD();
+			if (this->fd[0] == -1) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			this->fd[1] = GetTemporaryFD();
+			if (this->fd[1] == -1) {
+				this->Close();
+				return false;
+			}
+		} else {
+			this->fd[1] = this->fd[0];
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	void Close() {
+		if (this->fd[0] != -1) close(this->fd[0]);
+		if (this->fd[1] != -1 && this->fd[0] != this->fd[1]) close(this->fd[1]);
+		this->fd[0] = -1;
+		this->fd[1] = -1;
+	}
+};
+
 static bool ExecReadStdout(const char *file, char *const *args, char *&buffer, const char *last)
 {
-	int null_fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
-	if (null_fd == -1) return false;
+	ExecReadNullHandler nulls;
+	if (!nulls.Init()) return false;
 
 	int pipefd[2];
-	if (pipe(pipefd) == -1) return false;
+	if (pipe(pipefd) == -1) {
+		nulls.Close();
+		return false;
+	}
 
 	int pid = fork();
-	if (pid < 0) return false;
+	if (pid < 0) {
+		nulls.Close();
+		close(pipefd[0]);
+		close(pipefd[1]);
+		return false;
+	}
 
 	if (pid == 0) {
 		/* child */
@@ -89,9 +139,9 @@ static bool ExecReadStdout(const char *file, char *const *args, char *&buffer, c
 		close(pipefd[0]); /* Close unused read end */
 		dup2(pipefd[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
 		close(pipefd[1]);
-		dup2(null_fd, STDERR_FILENO);
-		dup2(null_fd, STDIN_FILENO);
-		close(null_fd);
+		dup2(nulls.fd[0], STDERR_FILENO);
+		dup2(nulls.fd[1], STDIN_FILENO);
+		nulls.Close();
 
 		execvp(file, args);
 		exit(42);
@@ -99,7 +149,7 @@ static bool ExecReadStdout(const char *file, char *const *args, char *&buffer, c
 
 	/* parent */
 
-	close(null_fd);
+	nulls.Close();
 	close(pipefd[1]); /* Close unused write end */
 
 	while (buffer < last) {
@@ -130,24 +180,18 @@ static bool ExecReadStdout(const char *file, char *const *args, char *&buffer, c
 
 static bool ExecReadStdoutThroughFile(const char *file, char *const *args, char *&buffer, const char *last)
 {
-	int null_fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
-	if (null_fd == -1) return false;
+	ExecReadNullHandler nulls;
+	if (!nulls.Init()) return false;
 
-	char name[MAX_PATH];
-	extern std::string _personal_dir;
-	seprintf(name, lastof(name), "%sopenttd-tmp-XXXXXX", _personal_dir.c_str());
-	int fd = mkstemp(name);
+	int fd = GetTemporaryFD();
 	if (fd == -1) {
-		close(null_fd);
+		nulls.Close();
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/* Unlink file but leave fd open until finished with */
-	unlink(name);
-
 	int pid = fork();
 	if (pid < 0) {
-		close(null_fd);
+		nulls.Close();
 		close(fd);
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -157,9 +201,9 @@ static bool ExecReadStdoutThroughFile(const char *file, char *const *args, char
 
 		dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
 		close(fd);
-		dup2(null_fd, STDERR_FILENO);
-		dup2(null_fd, STDIN_FILENO);
-		close(null_fd);
+		dup2(nulls.fd[0], STDERR_FILENO);
+		dup2(nulls.fd[1], STDIN_FILENO);
+		nulls.Close();
 
 		execvp(file, args);
 		exit(42);
@@ -167,7 +211,7 @@ static bool ExecReadStdoutThroughFile(const char *file, char *const *args, char
 
 	/* parent */
 
-	close(null_fd);
+	nulls.Close();
 
 	int status;
 	int wait_ret = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);