diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5c3c4f5e..7c29eb20 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ NEWS
   * [mod_fastcgi] fix use after free (only triggered if fastcgi debug is active)
   * [mod_rrdtool] fix invalid read (string not null terminated)
   * [mod_dirlisting] fix memory leak if pcre fails
+  * [mod_fastcgi,mod_scgi] fix resource leaks on spawning backends
 
 - 1.4.34
   * [mod_auth] explicitly link ssl for SHA1 (fixes #2517)
diff --git a/src/mod_fastcgi.c b/src/mod_fastcgi.c
index 64cc2442..e925b262 100644
--- a/src/mod_fastcgi.c
+++ b/src/mod_fastcgi.c
@@ -969,6 +969,7 @@ static int fcgi_spawn_connection(server *srv,
 		if (setsockopt(fcgi_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &val, sizeof(val)) < 0) {
 			log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "ss",
 					"socketsockopt failed:", strerror(errno));
+			close(fcgi_fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -978,12 +979,14 @@ static int fcgi_spawn_connection(server *srv,
 				"bind failed for:",
 				proc->connection_name,
 				strerror(errno));
+			close(fcgi_fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
 		if (-1 == listen(fcgi_fd, 1024)) {
 			log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "ss",
 				"listen failed:", strerror(errno));
+			close(fcgi_fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/mod_scgi.c b/src/mod_scgi.c
index e61bd730..fe280a1e 100644
--- a/src/mod_scgi.c
+++ b/src/mod_scgi.c
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ static int scgi_spawn_connection(server *srv,
 		if (setsockopt(scgi_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &val, sizeof(val)) < 0) {
 			log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "ss",
 					"socketsockopt failed:", strerror(errno));
+			close(scgi_fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -762,12 +763,14 @@ static int scgi_spawn_connection(server *srv,
 				proc->socket,
 				proc->port,
 				strerror(errno));
+			close(scgi_fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
 		if (-1 == listen(scgi_fd, 1024)) {
 			log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "ss",
 				"listen failed:", strerror(errno));
+			close(scgi_fd);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -2997,6 +3000,7 @@ TRIGGER_FUNC(mod_scgi_handle_trigger) {
 					if (scgi_spawn_connection(srv, p, host, fp)) {
 						log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "s",
 								"ERROR: spawning fcgi failed.");
+						scgi_process_free(fp);
 						return HANDLER_ERROR;
 					}