diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 119ecab..4dcee29 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -2,13 +2,34 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/karust/openserp/cmd"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
+// reapZombies installs a SIGCHLD reaper so that any child that is killed or
+// orphaned outside rod's own cmd.Wait() (e.g. Chromium/headless-shell or its
+// crashpad handler after an aborted captcha/search request) is reclaimed
+// instead of accumulating as a zombie for the lifetime of the server.
+func reapZombies() {
+	ch := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(ch, syscall.SIGCHLD)
+	for range ch {
+		for {
+			var ws syscall.WaitStatus
+			pid, err := syscall.Wait4(-1, &ws, syscall.WNOHANG, nil)
+			if err != nil || pid <= 0 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func main() {
 	defer recoverPanic()
+	go reapZombies()
 
 	if err := cmd.RootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		// Cobra already prints the error to stderr; just set the exit code.