cmd->close_out = 1;
        }
 
-       need_err = cmd->err < 0;
+       need_err = !cmd->no_stderr && cmd->err < 0;
        if (need_err) {
                if (pipe(fderr) < 0) {
                        if (need_in)
                        close(cmd->out);
                }
 
-               if (need_err) {
+               if (cmd->no_stderr)
+                       dup_devnull(2);
+               else if (need_err) {
                        dup2(fderr[1], 2);
                        close_pair(fderr);
                }