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diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/application_master.erl b/lib/kernel/src/application_master.erl
index 5da2b0b06c..06991b45e1 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/application_master.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/application_master.erl
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ init(Parent, Starter, ApplData, Type) ->
link(Parent),
process_flag(trap_exit, true),
OldGleader = group_leader(),
+ %% We become the group leader, but forward all I/O to OldGleader.
+ %% This is just a way to identify processes that belong to the
+ %% application. Used for example to find ourselves from any
+ %% process, or, reciprocally, to kill them all when we terminate.
group_leader(self(), self()),
%% Insert ourselves as master for the process. This ensures that
%% the processes in the application can use get_env/1 at startup.