diff --git a/lib/util.h b/lib/util.h
index 176d62f56..5b1a1c01c 100644
--- a/lib/util.h
+++ b/lib/util.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ int close_error_pipe (int error, const char *text);
 
 /* Process spawning */
 int my_system (int flags, const char *shell, const char *command);
+void my_exit (int status);
 void save_stop_handler (void);
 
 /* Tilde expansion */
diff --git a/lib/utilunix.c b/lib/utilunix.c
index c3c670442..dab48f297 100644
--- a/lib/utilunix.c
+++ b/lib/utilunix.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    Various utilities - Unix variants
 
    Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
-   2004, 2005, 2007, 2011
+   2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
    The Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    Written by:
@@ -196,6 +196,21 @@ save_stop_handler (void)
     sigaction (SIGTSTP, NULL, &startup_handler);
 }
 
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/**
+ * Wrapper for _exit() system call.
+ * The _exit() function has gcc's attribute 'noreturn', and this is reason why we can't
+ * mock the call.
+ *
+ * @param status exit code
+ */
+
+void
+my_exit (int status)
+{
+    _exit (status);
+}
+
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 int
@@ -253,7 +268,7 @@ my_system (int flags, const char *shell, const char *command)
 
         }
 
-        _exit (127);            /* Exec error */
+        my_exit (127);            /* Exec error */
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/src/cons.handler.c b/src/cons.handler.c
index a2a283d4a..5797ab8e2 100644
--- a/src/cons.handler.c
+++ b/src/cons.handler.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ handle_console_linux (console_action_t action)
             while (0);
             mc_global.tty.console_flag = '\0';
             status = write (1, &mc_global.tty.console_flag, 1);
-            _exit (3);
+            my_exit (3);
         }                       /* if (cons_saver_pid ...) */
         break;
 
diff --git a/src/filemanager/file.c b/src/filemanager/file.c
index 452303ec2..80460f66e 100644
--- a/src/filemanager/file.c
+++ b/src/filemanager/file.c
@@ -3082,7 +3082,7 @@ panel_operate (void *source_panel, FileOperation operation, gboolean force_singl
         parent_call ((void *) end_bg_process, ctx, 0);
 
         vfs_shut ();
-        _exit (0);
+        my_exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
     }
 #endif /* ENABLE_BACKGROUND */
 
diff --git a/src/subshell.c b/src/subshell.c
index c0ba7ec74..70378b2ca 100644
--- a/src/subshell.c
+++ b/src/subshell.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ init_subshell_child (const char *pty_name)
     if (tcsetattr (subshell_pty_slave, TCSANOW, &shell_mode))
     {
         fprintf (stderr, "Cannot set pty terminal modes: %s\r\n", unix_error_string (errno));
-        _exit (FORK_FAILURE);
+        my_exit (FORK_FAILURE);
     }
 
     /* Set the pty's size (80x25 by default on Linux) according to the */
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ init_subshell_child (const char *pty_name)
 
     default:
         fprintf (stderr, __FILE__ ": unimplemented subshell type %d\r\n", subshell_type);
-        _exit (FORK_FAILURE);
+        my_exit (FORK_FAILURE);
     }
 
     /* Attach all our standard file descriptors to the pty */
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ init_subshell_child (const char *pty_name)
 
     /* If we get this far, everything failed miserably */
     g_free (init_file);
-    _exit (FORK_FAILURE);
+    my_exit (FORK_FAILURE);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/vfs/fish/fish.c b/src/vfs/fish/fish.c
index cabf7cdb9..6cac04d7b 100644
--- a/src/vfs/fish/fish.c
+++ b/src/vfs/fish/fish.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #include "lib/strescape.h"
 #include "lib/unixcompat.h"
 #include "lib/fileloc.h"
+#include "lib/util.h"           /* my_exit() */
 #include "lib/mcconfig.h"
 
 #include "src/execute.h"        /* pre_exec, post_exec */
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ fish_pipeopen (struct vfs_s_super *super, const char *path, const char *argv[])
         close (fileset2[0]);
         close (fileset2[1]);
         execvp (path, const_cast (char **, argv));
-        _exit (3);
+        my_exit (3);
     }
 }