diff --git a/src/simplehttpd.c b/src/simplehttpd.c
index d4b943da2ee39efca3a678214655457d50bc66ff..f0a8271a08cf8c977c0efafb65c13a329a8643c5 100644
--- a/src/simplehttpd.c
+++ b/src/simplehttpd.c
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ int StartHttpServerSync(const char *ip, uint16_t port)
     struct sockaddr_in client_name;
     socklen_t client_name_len = sizeof(client_name);
     pthread_t newthread;
+    pthread_attr_t threadAttr;
     struct sockaddr_in name;
 
     server_sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
@@ -453,11 +454,14 @@ int StartHttpServerSync(const char *ip, uint16_t port)
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (pthread_create(&newthread, NULL, accept_request, (void *)&client_sock) != 0)
+        pthread_attr_init(&threadAttr);
+        pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&threadAttr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
+        if (pthread_create(&newthread, &threadAttr, accept_request, (void *)&client_sock) != 0)
         {
             HTTPD_LOG_ERROR("create new thread failed.");
             close(client_sock);
         }
+        pthread_attr_destroy(&threadAttr);
     }
 
     close(server_sock);