diff --git a/src/daemonize.c b/src/daemonize.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6776da1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daemonize.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include <stdio.h>      /* for printf() and fprintf() */
+#include <unistd.h>     /* for getopt */
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+
+void daemonize(void) {
+    pid_t pid;
+
+    if (0 > ((pid = fork()))) {
+        perror("deamoinze[fork]");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    } else if (0 != pid) {
+        exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+    }
+
+    /* make new child session leader */
+    setsid();
+
+    /* connect all standard streams to /dev/null */
+    freopen("/dev/null", "w", stderr);
+    freopen("/dev/null", "r", stdin);
+    freopen("/dev/null", "w", stdout);
+}