diff --git a/tlsserver.go b/tlsserver.go
index 4564a4f..77963c2 100644
--- a/tlsserver.go
+++ b/tlsserver.go
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"os/signal"
+	"os/user"
+	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
 )
 
@@ -15,27 +18,108 @@ var (
 	cfile = flag.String("cert", "cert.pem", "Certificate file in PEM format")
 	kfile = flag.String("key", "key.pem", "Key file in PEM format")
 	port  = flag.Int("port", 1234, "Port to bind to")
-	/*
-		Rather than using setuid/setgid we rely on setcap CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
-		uid   = flag.Int("uid", -1, "UID to run under")
-		gid   = flag.Int("gid", -1, "GID to run under")
-	*/
+	uid   = flag.Int("uid", -1, "UID to run under")
+	child = flag.Bool("child", false, "running as child")
 	args  []string
-	nargs int
 )
 
 func main() {
-
 	flag.Parse()
-	args = flag.Args()
-	nargs = flag.NArg()
-	if nargs < 1 {
+
+	if flag.NArg() < 1 {
 		fmt.Println("Usage: tlsserver [options] cmd [flags for cmd]")
 		fmt.Println("options:")
 		flag.PrintDefaults()
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	if *child {
+		log.Fatal(serve())
+	} else {
+		log.Fatal(fork())
+	}
+}
+
+func fork() error {
+	if *uid < 0 {
+		fmt.Println("uid not set → not forking")
+		return serve()
+	}
+
+	// Collect information about the user
+	user, err := user.LookupId(strconv.Itoa(*uid))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Get the groups
+	gid, err := strconv.Atoi(user.Gid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't parse user.Gid, strconv.Atoi(%s): %v", user.Gid, err)
+	}
+
+	gids := []uint32{uint32(gid)}
+
+	if sgids, err := user.GroupIds(); err != nil {
+		log.Println("weird, couldn't get supplimentary groups: %v", err)
+	} else {
+		for _, s := range sgids {
+			v, e := strconv.Atoi(s)
+			if e != nil {
+				log.Println("weird, strconv.Atoi(%s): %v", s, e)
+				continue
+			} else if v != gid {
+				gids = append(gids, uint32(v))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	args := []string{
+		"-child",
+		"-cert", *cfile,
+		"-key", *kfile,
+		"-port", strconv.Itoa(*port)}
+	args = append(args, flag.Args()...)
+
+	cmd := exec.Command(os.Args[0], args...)
+
+	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+
+	// set the uid/gid
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+		Pdeathsig: syscall.SIGTERM,
+		Credential: &syscall.Credential{
+			Uid:    uint32(*uid),
+			Gid:    gids[0],
+			Groups: gids[1:],
+		},
+	}
+
+	// pass on signals that we receive
+	ch := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(ch,
+		os.Interrupt,
+		syscall.SIGTERM,
+		syscall.SIGHUP,
+	)
+	go func() {
+		select {
+		case sig := <-ch:
+			log.Printf("received signal %s, killing child with pid %d\n", sig, cmd.Process.Pid)
+			cmd.Process.Kill()
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// energy!
+	return cmd.Run()
+}
+
+func serve() error {
+	args = flag.Args()
+
 	// setup certs etc. for TLS-socket
 	tconf := new(tls.Config)
 	cert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(*cfile, *kfile)
@@ -56,29 +140,6 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer sock.Close()
 
-	/*
-		The right way to handle/drop privileges is to start with a
-		low-privileged user and use setcap CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE on the
-		binary to allow for the listen-operation.
-
-		// set uid/gid
-		if *gid >= 0 {
-			err := setgid(*gid) // syscall.Setgid(*gid)
-			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Println("Couldn't setgid to", *gid, ":", err)
-				os.Exit(4)
-			}
-		}
-
-		if *uid >= 0 {
-			err := setuid(*uid) // syscall.Setuid(*uid)
-			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Println("Couldn't setuid to", *uid, ":", err)
-				os.Exit(4)
-			}
-		}
-	*/
-
 	// accept-loop
 	for {
 		conn, err := sock.Accept()
@@ -87,11 +148,11 @@ func main() {
 			continue
 		}
 		log.Println("Got connection:", conn.RemoteAddr())
-		go handleConnection(conn)
+		go handleConnection(conn, args...)
 	}
 }
 
-func handleConnection(conn net.Conn) {
+func handleConnection(conn net.Conn, args ...string) {
 	defer conn.Close()
 
 	// setup cmd
@@ -100,7 +161,6 @@ func handleConnection(conn net.Conn) {
 	cmd.Stdin = conn
 	cmd.Stdout = conn
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
-	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{}
 
 	// prepare environment according to tcp-environ(5)
 	lh, lp, err := net.SplitHostPort(conn.LocalAddr().String())