diff --git a/package/uhttpd/Makefile b/package/uhttpd/Makefile
index 4bee17d2340..180e2284c3f 100644
--- a/package/uhttpd/Makefile
+++ b/package/uhttpd/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=uhttpd
-PKG_RELEASE:=5
+PKG_RELEASE:=6
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR := $(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
diff --git a/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd-cgi.c b/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd-cgi.c
index 28686b47e27..1a6c6ad4feb 100644
--- a/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd-cgi.c
+++ b/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd-cgi.c
@@ -562,7 +562,10 @@ void uh_cgi_request(struct client *cl, struct http_request *req, struct path_inf
 			close(wfd[1]);
 
 			if( !kill(child, 0) )
+			{
 				kill(child, SIGTERM);
+				waitpid(child, NULL, 0);
+			}
 
 			break;
 	}
diff --git a/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd-lua.c b/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd-lua.c
index b3f3cb498f7..c2efe338495 100644
--- a/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd-lua.c
+++ b/package/uhttpd/src/uhttpd-lua.c
@@ -533,7 +533,10 @@ void uh_lua_request(struct client *cl, struct http_request *req, lua_State *L)
 			close(wfd[1]);
 
 			if( !kill(child, 0) )
+			{
 				kill(child, SIGTERM);
+				waitpid(child, NULL, 0);
+			}
 
 			break;
 	}
@@ -543,5 +546,3 @@ void uh_lua_close(lua_State *L)
 {
 	lua_close(L);
 }
-
-