diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/pty/PTY.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/pty/PTY.java
index 4858bd11cc6..9c7a6345f9f 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/pty/PTY.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/pty/PTY.java
@@ -15,12 +15,27 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 public class PTY {
 
 	String slave;
-	public int master;
 	InputStream in;
 	OutputStream out;
+	int master;
 
 	private static boolean hasPTY;
-	
+
+	/**
+	 * The master fd is use on two streams. We need to wrap the fd
+	 * so when stream.close() is call the other stream is disable.
+	 */
+	public class MasterFD {
+
+		public int getFD() {
+			return master;
+		}
+
+		public void setFD(int fd) {
+			master = fd;
+		}
+	}
+
 	public PTY() throws IOException {
 		if (hasPTY) {
 			slave= forkpty();
@@ -29,8 +44,9 @@ public class PTY {
 		if (slave == null) {
 			throw new IOException("Can not create pty");
 		}
-		in = new PTYInputStream(master);
-		out = new PTYOutputStream(master);
+
+		in = new PTYInputStream(new MasterFD());
+		out = new PTYOutputStream(new MasterFD());
 	}
 	
 	public String getSlaveName() {
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/pty/PTYInputStream.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/pty/PTYInputStream.java
index fa6a29a4918..b4198feb385 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/pty/PTYInputStream.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/pty/PTYInputStream.java
@@ -8,15 +8,18 @@ package org.eclipse.cdt.utils.pty;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.eclipse.cdt.utils.pty.PTY.MasterFD;
+
 class PTYInputStream extends InputStream {
-	private int fd;
+
+	MasterFD master;
 
 	/**
 	 * Fome a Unix valid file descriptor set a Reader.
 	 * @param desc file descriptor.
 	 */
-	public PTYInputStream(int fd) {
-		this.fd = fd;
+	public PTYInputStream(MasterFD fd) {
+		master = fd;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ class PTYInputStream extends InputStream {
 		}
 		byte[] tmpBuf = new byte[len];
 
-		len = read0(fd, tmpBuf, len);
+		len = read0(master.getFD(), tmpBuf, len);
 		if (len <= 0)
 			return -1;
 
@@ -59,12 +62,12 @@ class PTYInputStream extends InputStream {
 	 * @exception IOException on error.
 	 */
 	public void close() throws IOException {
-		if (fd == -1)
+		if (master.getFD() == -1)
 			return;
-		int status = close0(fd);
+		int status = close0(master.getFD());
 		if (status == -1)
 			throw new IOException("close error");
-		fd = -1;
+		master.setFD(-1);
 	}
 
 	private native int read0(int fd, byte[] buf, int len) throws IOException;
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/pty/PTYOutputStream.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/pty/PTYOutputStream.java
index 31ba3235246..4537478e1ce 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/pty/PTYOutputStream.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/pty/PTYOutputStream.java
@@ -8,15 +8,18 @@ package org.eclipse.cdt.utils.pty;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.eclipse.cdt.utils.pty.PTY.MasterFD;
+
 public class PTYOutputStream extends OutputStream {
-	private int fd;
+
+	MasterFD master;
 
 	/**
 	 * Fome a Unix valid file descriptor set a Reader.
 	 * @param desc file descriptor.
 	 */
-	public PTYOutputStream(int fd) {
-		this.fd = fd;
+	public PTYOutputStream(MasterFD fd) {
+		master = fd;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ public class PTYOutputStream extends OutputStream {
 		}
 		byte[] tmpBuf = new byte[len];
 		System.arraycopy(b, off, tmpBuf, off, len);
-		write0(fd, tmpBuf, len);
+		write0(master.getFD(), tmpBuf, len);
 	}
 	/**
 	 * Implementation of read for the InputStream.
@@ -55,12 +58,12 @@ public class PTYOutputStream extends OutputStream {
 	 * @exception IOException on error.
 	 */
 	public void close() throws IOException {
-		if (fd == -1)
+		if (master.getFD() == -1)
 			return;
-		int status = close0(fd);
+		int status = close0(master.getFD());
 		if (status == -1)
 			throw new IOException("close error"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-		fd = -1;
+		master.setFD(-1);
 	}
 
 	private native int write0(int fd, byte[] b, int len) throws IOException;