diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index 5cd8517380..0bf6f0a356 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -760,9 +760,13 @@ int qemu_fdatasync(int fd);
 /**
  * qemu_close_all_open_fd:
  *
- * Close all open file descriptors
+ * Close all open file descriptors except the ones supplied in the @skip array
+ *
+ * @skip: ordered array of distinct file descriptors that should not be closed
+ *        if any, or NULL.
+ * @nskip: number of entries in the @skip array or 0 if @skip is NULL.
  */
-void qemu_close_all_open_fd(void);
+void qemu_close_all_open_fd(const int *skip, unsigned int nskip);
 
 /**
  * Sync changes made to the memory mapped file back to the backing
diff --git a/system/async-teardown.c b/system/async-teardown.c
index edf49e1007..9148ee8d04 100644
--- a/system/async-teardown.c
+++ b/system/async-teardown.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int async_teardown_fn(void *arg)
      * Close all file descriptors that might have been inherited from the
      * main qemu process when doing clone, needed to make libvirt happy.
      */
-    qemu_close_all_open_fd();
+    qemu_close_all_open_fd(NULL, 0);
 
     /* Set up a handler for SIGHUP and unblock SIGHUP. */
     sigaction(SIGHUP, &sa, NULL);
diff --git a/util/oslib-posix.c b/util/oslib-posix.c
index a6749d9f9b..e7bffaea16 100644
--- a/util/oslib-posix.c
+++ b/util/oslib-posix.c
@@ -808,11 +808,14 @@ int qemu_msync(void *addr, size_t length, int fd)
     return msync(addr, length, MS_SYNC);
 }
 
-static bool qemu_close_all_open_fd_proc(void)
+
+static bool qemu_close_all_open_fd_proc(const int *skip, unsigned int nskip)
 {
     struct dirent *de;
     int fd, dfd;
+    bool close_fd;
     DIR *dir;
+    unsigned int i, skip_start = 0, skip_end = nskip;
 
     dir = opendir("/proc/self/fd");
     if (!dir) {
@@ -823,8 +826,31 @@ static bool qemu_close_all_open_fd_proc(void)
     dfd = dirfd(dir);
 
     for (de = readdir(dir); de; de = readdir(dir)) {
+        if (de->d_name[0] == '.') {
+            continue;
+        }
         fd = atoi(de->d_name);
-        if (fd != dfd) {
+        close_fd = true;
+        if (fd == dfd) {
+            close_fd = false;
+        } else {
+            for (i = skip_start; i < skip_end; i++) {
+                if (fd < skip[i]) {
+                    /* We are below the next skipped fd, break */
+                    break;
+                } else if (fd == skip[i]) {
+                    close_fd = false;
+                    /* Restrict the range as we found fds matching start/end */
+                    if (i == skip_start) {
+                        skip_start++;
+                    } else if (i == skip_end) {
+                        skip_end--;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (close_fd) {
             close(fd);
         }
     }
@@ -833,36 +859,79 @@ static bool qemu_close_all_open_fd_proc(void)
     return true;
 }
 
-static bool qemu_close_all_open_fd_close_range(void)
+static bool qemu_close_all_open_fd_close_range(const int *skip,
+                                               unsigned int nskip)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CLOSE_RANGE
-    int r = close_range(0, ~0U, 0);
-    if (!r) {
-        /* Success, no need to try other ways. */
-        return true;
-    }
-#endif
+    int max_fd = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) - 1;
+    int first = 0, last = max_fd;
+    unsigned int cur_skip = 0;
+    int ret;
+
+    do {
+        /* Find the start boundary of the range to close */
+        while (cur_skip < nskip && first == skip[cur_skip]) {
+            cur_skip++;
+            first++;
+        }
+
+        /* Find the upper boundary of the range to close */
+        if (cur_skip < nskip) {
+            last = skip[cur_skip] - 1;
+        }
+        /*
+         * Adjust the maximum fd to close if it's above what the system
+         * supports
+         */
+        if (last > max_fd) {
+            last = max_fd;
+            /*
+             * We can directly skip the remaining skip fds since the current
+             * one is already above the maximum supported one.
+             */
+            cur_skip = nskip;
+        }
+        /* If last was adjusted, we might be > first, bail out */
+        if (first > last) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        ret = close_range(first, last, 0);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        first = last + 1;
+        last = max_fd;
+    } while (cur_skip < nskip);
+
+    return true;
+#else
     return false;
+#endif
 }
 
-/*
- * Close all open file descriptors.
- */
-void qemu_close_all_open_fd(void)
+void qemu_close_all_open_fd(const int *skip, unsigned int nskip)
 {
     int open_max = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
+    unsigned int cur_skip = 0;
     int i;
 
-    if (qemu_close_all_open_fd_close_range()) {
+    assert(skip != NULL || nskip == 0);
+
+    if (qemu_close_all_open_fd_close_range(skip, nskip)) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if (qemu_close_all_open_fd_proc()) {
+    if (qemu_close_all_open_fd_proc(skip, nskip)) {
         return;
     }
 
     /* Fallback */
     for (i = 0; i < open_max; i++) {
+        if (cur_skip < nskip && i == skip[cur_skip]) {
+            cur_skip++;
+            continue;
+        }
         close(i);
     }
 }
