diff --git a/.serena/memories/adding_new_language_support_guide.md b/.serena/memories/adding_new_language_support_guide.md
index e80f1cf8..03b5ed06 100644
--- a/.serena/memories/adding_new_language_support_guide.md
+++ b/.serena/memories/adding_new_language_support_guide.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ To implement a new language server using the DependencyProvider pattern:
 
 **Implementation Pointers::**
   - Override `create_launch_command_env` if the launch command needs environment variables to be set (defaults to `{}` in the base implementation)
+  - When calling subprocesses, e.g. to install dependencies, do not use `subprocess.run` directly; instead, use the `subprocess_run` helper method from `solidlsp.utils.subprocess_utils`
 
 You should look at at least one existing implementation of each base class to understand how they work.
 
diff --git a/src/solidlsp/util/subprocess_util.py b/src/solidlsp/util/subprocess_util.py
index bf994e45..e88b9a4f 100644
--- a/src/solidlsp/util/subprocess_util.py
+++ b/src/solidlsp/util/subprocess_util.py
@@ -19,6 +19,35 @@ def subprocess_kwargs() -> dict:
     return kwargs
 
 
+def subprocess_run(
+    cmd: list[str] | str, timeout: int | None = None, check: bool = False, capture_output: bool = True, text: bool = True, **kwargs
+) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
+    """
+    Runs a command in a subprocess, applying safe default settings.
+
+    The stdin of the subprocess is set to DEVNULL to avoid interference with the parent process' stdin;
+    this cannot be overridden by passing a different value for stdin in kwargs.
+
+    :param cmd: the command to run, specified as a list of arguments or a string
+    :param timeout: the timeout in seconds for the command to complete; if None, no timeout is applied
+    :param check: if True, raises CalledProcessError if the command exits with a non-zero status
+    :param capture_output: if True, captures stdout and stderr; otherwise, they are not captured
+    :param text: if True, captures output as text (str); otherwise, captures as bytes
+    :return: a CompletedProcess instance containing information about the completed process
+    """
+    kwargs = dict(kwargs)
+    kwargs.update(subprocess_kwargs())
+    kwargs.update(
+        {
+            "timeout": timeout,
+            "capture_output": capture_output,
+            "text": text,
+            "stdin": subprocess.DEVNULL,  # important to avoid interference with parent process' stdin
+        }
+    )
+    return subprocess.run(cmd, check=check, **kwargs)
+
+
 def convert_shell_cmd(cmd: str | list[str]) -> str:
     """
     Converts a command (specified as a list or string) to a format supported by subprocess calls with shell=True on the current platform,