diff --git a/client/driver/utils.go b/client/driver/utils.go
index e8935c80e..f2f8fc02a 100644
--- a/client/driver/utils.go
+++ b/client/driver/utils.go
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ import (
 func createExecutor(config *plugin.ClientConfig, w io.Writer) (executor.Executor, *plugin.Client, error) {
 	config.HandshakeConfig = HandshakeConfig
 	config.Plugins = GetPluginMap(w)
+	if config.Cmd != nil {
+		isolateCommand(config.Cmd)
+	}
 	executorClient := plugin.NewClient(config)
 	rpcClient, err := executorClient.Client()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/client/driver/utils_posix.go b/client/driver/utils_posix.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..693bba6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/driver/utils_posix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package driver
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// isolateCommand sets the setsid flag in exec.Cmd to true so that the process
+// becomes the process leader in a new session and doesn't receive signals that
+// are sent to the parent process.
+func isolateCommand(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+	if cmd.SysProcAttr == nil {
+		cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{}
+	}
+	cmd.SysProcAttr.Setsid = true
+}
diff --git a/client/driver/utils_windows.go b/client/driver/utils_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b2b7d842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/driver/utils_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package driver
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+// TODO Figure out if this is needed in Wondows
+func isolateCommand(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+}