diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a298023c0f..d80045552a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Mar  4 11:46:32 2004  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* lib/drb/extservm.rb (DRb::ExtServManager#invoke_service_command):
+	  detach server processes to get rid of zombies.
+
 Thu Mar  4 08:08:36 2004  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/syck/rubyext.c: get rid of warnings.
diff --git a/lib/drb/extservm.rb b/lib/drb/extservm.rb
index 6367fe5e1c..d29a0802a9 100644
--- a/lib/drb/extservm.rb
+++ b/lib/drb/extservm.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ module DRb
 	return if @servers.include?(name)
 	@servers[name] = false
       end
-      Process.spawn("#{command} #{DRb.uri} #{name}")
+      Process.detach(Process.spawn("#{command} #{DRb.uri} #{name}"))
+      true
     end
   end
 end