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diff --git a/module/ice-9/popen.scm b/module/ice-9/popen.scm
index c5b02f7f1..5445ecb6b 100644
--- a/module/ice-9/popen.scm
+++ b/module/ice-9/popen.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
;; popen emulation, for non-stdio based ports.
-;;;; Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;;; Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;;;;
;;;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
;;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ A port to the process (based on pipes) is created and returned.
@var{modes} specifies whether an input, an output or an input-output
port to the process is created: it should be the value of
@code{OPEN_READ}, @code{OPEN_WRITE} or @code{OPEN_BOTH}."
+
+ ;; Until we get GC hooks working again, pump the guardian here.
+ (reap-pipes)
+
(let* ((port/pid (apply open-process mode command args))
(port (car port/pid)))
(pipe-guardian port)