diff --git a/packages/bun-usockets/src/bsd.c b/packages/bun-usockets/src/bsd.c
index 07a32d4b70a5..bee84866b337 100644
--- a/packages/bun-usockets/src/bsd.c
+++ b/packages/bun-usockets/src/bsd.c
@@ -736,6 +736,21 @@ LIBUS_SOCKET_DESCRIPTOR bsd_create_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol, in
     }
 
     return apple_no_sigpipe(created_fd);
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+    /* Plain socket() returns an inheritable handle, so any child spawned with
+     * bInheritHandles=TRUE (e.g. node:child_process stdio) would duplicate it
+     * and keep listen sockets alive after the parent exits. */
+    created_fd = WSASocketW(domain, type, protocol, NULL, 0,
+                            WSA_FLAG_OVERLAPPED | WSA_FLAG_NO_HANDLE_INHERIT);
+
+    if (UNLIKELY(created_fd == INVALID_SOCKET)) {
+        if (err != NULL) {
+            *err = WSAGetLastError();
+        }
+        return LIBUS_SOCKET_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    return bsd_set_nonblocking(created_fd);
 #else
     do {
         created_fd = socket(domain, type, protocol);
@@ -872,6 +887,12 @@ LIBUS_SOCKET_DESCRIPTOR bsd_accept_socket(LIBUS_SOCKET_DESCRIPTOR fd, struct bsd
         break;
     }
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    /* accept() returns an inheritable handle regardless of the listening
+     * socket's flags; keep it out of spawned children. */
+    SetHandleInformation((HANDLE) accepted_fd, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0);
+#endif
+
     internal_finalize_bsd_addr(addr);
 
 #if defined(SOCK_CLOEXEC) && defined(SOCK_NONBLOCK)
diff --git a/test/js/node/child_process/child-process-socket-inherit.test.ts b/test/js/node/child_process/child-process-socket-inherit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c05e012bc3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/node/child_process/child-process-socket-inherit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe, isWindows, tempDir } from "harness";
+import { connect } from "node:net";
+
+// https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/36936
+// On Windows, sockets created with plain socket() are inheritable, so a
+// detached child spawned while a server is listening would duplicate the
+// listen handle and keep the port open after the parent exits.
+test.skipIf(!isWindows)("detached child does not inherit the parent's listening socket", async () => {
+  using dir = tempDir("socket-inherit", {
+    "parent.mjs": `
+      import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+      import { createServer } from "node:http";
+
+      const server = createServer((_request, response) => response.end("ok"));
+      await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        server.once("error", reject);
+        server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve);
+      });
+      const port = server.address().port;
+
+      // Spawn a detached child while the listen socket is open, then exit.
+      const child = spawn(process.execPath, ["-e", "setTimeout(() => {}, 100000)"], {
+        detached: true,
+        stdio: "ignore",
+        windowsHide: true,
+      });
+      child.unref();
+
+      await new Promise((resolve, reject) => server.close(error => (error ? reject(error) : resolve())));
+      console.log(JSON.stringify({ port, childPid: child.pid }));
+    `,
+  });
+
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "parent.mjs"],
+    env: bunEnv,
+    cwd: String(dir),
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+  expect(stderr).toBe("");
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+  const { port, childPid } = JSON.parse(stdout.trim());
+
+  try {
+    // The parent has exited and closed its server, so nothing may be listening
+    // on the port even though the detached child is still alive.
+    const result = await new Promise<string>(resolve => {
+      const socket = connect({ port, host: "127.0.0.1" });
+      socket.on("connect", () => {
+        socket.destroy();
+        resolve("connected");
+      });
+      socket.on("error", error => resolve((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code ?? "error"));
+    });
+    expect(result).toBe("ECONNREFUSED");
+  } finally {
+    try {
+      process.kill(childPid);
+    } catch {}
+  }
+});