--- src/text.c.orig	2018-05-10 13:18:29.000000000 +0200
+++ src/text.c	2018-06-05 16:31:38.067251455 +0200
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <spawn.h>
 
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 static pid_t pid = -1;
@@ -1089,6 +1090,8 @@
 		/* Original and temporary handlers for SIGINT. */
 	bool setup_failed = FALSE;
 		/* Whether setting up the temporary SIGINT handler failed. */
+	posix_spawn_file_actions_t fa;
+	char* shellargv[4];
 
 	/* Create a pipe to read the command's output from. */
 	if (pipe(fd) == -1) {
@@ -1101,6 +1104,29 @@
 	if (shellenv == NULL)
 		shellenv = (char *) "/bin/sh";
 
+	if(0!=posix_spawn_file_actions_init(&fa)) {
+		statusbar(_("POSIX spawn failed"));
+		close(fd[0]);
+		close(fd[1]);
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	shellargv[0] = (char*)tail(shellenv);
+	shellargv[1] = "-c";
+	shellargv[2] = (char*)command;
+	shellargv[3] = NULL;
+
+	if(0!=posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&fa, fd[0]) ||
+		0!=posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&fa, fd[1], fileno(stdout)) ||
+		0!=posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&fa, fd[1], fileno(stderr)) ||
+		0!=posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&fa, fd[1]) ||
+		0!=posix_spawn(&pid, shellenv, &fa, NULL, shellargv, NULL)) {
+		pid = -1;
+	}
+
+	posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(&fa);
+
+#if 0
 	/* Fork a child process to run the command in. */
 	if ((pid = fork()) == 0) {
 		/* Child: close the unused read end of the pipe. */
@@ -1116,12 +1142,16 @@
 		/* If the exec call returns, there was an error. */
 		exit(1);
 	}
+#endif
 
 	/* Parent: close the unused write end of the pipe. */
 	close(fd[1]);
 
 	if (pid == -1) {
+		statusbar(_("POSIX spawn failed"));
+#if 0
 		statusbar(_("Could not fork"));
+#endif
 		close(fd[0]);
 		return FALSE;
 	}
@@ -3010,6 +3040,7 @@
 	pid_t pid_lint;
 	static char **lintargs = NULL;
 	lintstruct *lints = NULL, *tmplint = NULL, *curlint = NULL;
+	posix_spawn_file_actions_t fa;
 
 	if (ISSET(RESTRICTED)) {
 		show_restricted_warning();
@@ -3047,6 +3078,24 @@
 
 	construct_argument_list(&lintargs, openfile->syntax->linter, openfile->filename);
 
+	if(0!=posix_spawn_file_actions_init(&fa)) {
+		statusbar(_("POSIX spawn failed"));
+		close(lint_fd[0]);
+		close(lint_fd[1]);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if(0!=posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&fa, lint_fd[0]) ||
+		0!=posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&fa, lint_fd[1], STDOUT_FILENO) ||
+		0!=posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&fa, lint_fd[1], STDERR_FILENO) ||
+		0!=posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&fa, lint_fd[1]) ||
+		0!=posix_spawnp(&pid_lint, lintargs[0], &fa, NULL, lintargs, NULL)) {
+		pid_lint = -1;
+	}
+
+	posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(&fa);
+
+#if 0
 	/* Start a new process to run the linter in. */
 	if ((pid_lint = fork()) == 0) {
 
@@ -3067,6 +3116,7 @@
 		/* This is only reached when the linter is not found. */
 		exit(9);
 	}
+#endif
 
 	/* Parent continues here. */
 	close(lint_fd[1]);
@@ -3074,7 +3124,10 @@
 	/* If the child process was not forked successfully... */
 	if (pid_lint < 0) {
 		close(lint_fd[0]);
+#if 0
 		statusbar(_("Could not fork"));
+#endif
+		statusbar(_("POSIX spawn failed"));
 		return;
 	}