1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py
index 63fc9468b3..090b40a814 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/core/target/ssh.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def SSHCall(command, logger, timeout=None, **opts):
         "stdin": None,
         "shell": False,
         "bufsize": -1,
-        "preexec_fn": os.setsid,
+        "start_new_session": True,
     }
     options.update(opts)
     output = ''