diff --git a/doc/go1.16.html b/doc/go1.16.html
index 2f2e395729e492..4ba9d6785c8bc2 100644
--- a/doc/go1.16.html
+++ b/doc/go1.16.html
@@ -331,6 +331,14 @@ <h3 id="minor_library_changes">Minor changes to the library</h3>
   </dd>
 </dl><!-- runtime/debug -->
 
+<dl id="syscall"><dt><a href="/pkg/syscall/">syscall</a></dt>
+  <dd>
+    <p><!-- CL 261917 -->
+      <a href="/pkg/syscall/#SysProcAttr"><code>SysProcAttr</code></a> on Windows has a new NoInheritHandles field that disables inheriting handles when creating a new process.
+    </p>
+  </dd>
+</dl><!-- syscall -->
+
 <dl id="strconv"><dt><a href="/pkg/strconv/">strconv</a></dt>
   <dd>
     <p><!-- CL 260858 -->
diff --git a/src/syscall/exec_windows.go b/src/syscall/exec_windows.go
index 4a1d74ba3f3721..46cbd7567dd560 100644
--- a/src/syscall/exec_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/exec_windows.go
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ type SysProcAttr struct {
 	Token             Token               // if set, runs new process in the security context represented by the token
 	ProcessAttributes *SecurityAttributes // if set, applies these security attributes as the descriptor for the new process
 	ThreadAttributes  *SecurityAttributes // if set, applies these security attributes as the descriptor for the main thread of the new process
+	NoInheritHandles  bool                // if set, each inheritable handle in the calling process is not inherited by the new process
 }
 
 var zeroProcAttr ProcAttr
@@ -341,9 +342,9 @@ func StartProcess(argv0 string, argv []string, attr *ProcAttr) (pid int, handle
 
 	flags := sys.CreationFlags | CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT
 	if sys.Token != 0 {
-		err = CreateProcessAsUser(sys.Token, argv0p, argvp, sys.ProcessAttributes, sys.ThreadAttributes, true, flags, createEnvBlock(attr.Env), dirp, si, pi)
+		err = CreateProcessAsUser(sys.Token, argv0p, argvp, sys.ProcessAttributes, sys.ThreadAttributes, !sys.NoInheritHandles, flags, createEnvBlock(attr.Env), dirp, si, pi)
 	} else {
-		err = CreateProcess(argv0p, argvp, sys.ProcessAttributes, sys.ThreadAttributes, true, flags, createEnvBlock(attr.Env), dirp, si, pi)
+		err = CreateProcess(argv0p, argvp, sys.ProcessAttributes, sys.ThreadAttributes, !sys.NoInheritHandles, flags, createEnvBlock(attr.Env), dirp, si, pi)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, 0, err