diff --git a/MedallionShell.Tests/GeneralTest.cs b/MedallionShell.Tests/GeneralTest.cs
index a4b641e..5edfc3c 100644
--- a/MedallionShell.Tests/GeneralTest.cs
+++ b/MedallionShell.Tests/GeneralTest.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Management;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -314,6 +316,64 @@ public void TestGetOutputAndErrorLines()
             CollectionAssert.AreEquivalent(lines, outputLines);
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TestProcessAndProcessId()
+        {
+            void testHelper(bool disposeOnExit)
+            {
+                var shell = new Shell(o => o.DisposeOnExit(disposeOnExit));
+                var command1 = shell.Run("SampleCommand", "pipe", "--id1");
+                var command2 = shell.Run("SampleCommand", "pipe", "--id2");
+                var pipeCommand = command1.PipeTo(command2);
+                try
+                {
+                    if (disposeOnExit)
+                    {
+                        // invalid due to DisposeOnExit()
+                        UnitTestHelpers.AssertThrows<InvalidOperationException>(() => command1.Process.ToString())
+                            .Message.ShouldContain("dispose on exit");
+                        UnitTestHelpers.AssertThrows<InvalidOperationException>(() => command2.Processes.Count())
+                            .Message.ShouldContain("dispose on exit");
+                        UnitTestHelpers.AssertThrows<InvalidOperationException>(() => pipeCommand.Processes.Count())
+                            .Message.ShouldContain("dispose on exit");
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        command1.Process.StartInfo.Arguments.ShouldContain("--id1");
+                        command1.Processes.SequenceEqual(new[] { command1.Process });
+                        command2.Process.StartInfo.Arguments.ShouldContain("--id2");
+                        command2.Processes.SequenceEqual(new[] { command2.Process }).ShouldEqual(true);
+                        pipeCommand.Process.ShouldEqual(command2.Process);
+                        pipeCommand.Processes.SequenceEqual(new[] { command1.Process, command2.Process }).ShouldEqual(true);
+                    }
+
+                    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2633628/can-i-get-command-line-arguments-of-other-processes-from-net-c
+                    string getCommandLine(int processId)
+                    {
+                        using (var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT CommandLine FROM Win32_Process WHERE ProcessId = " + processId))
+                        {
+                            return searcher.Get().Cast<ManagementBaseObject>().Single()["CommandLine"].ToString();
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    getCommandLine(command1.ProcessId).ShouldContain("--id1");
+                    command1.ProcessIds.SequenceEqual(new[] { command1.ProcessId }).ShouldEqual(true);
+                    getCommandLine(command2.ProcessId).ShouldContain("--id2");
+                    command2.ProcessIds.SequenceEqual(new[] { command2.ProcessId }).ShouldEqual(true);
+                    pipeCommand.ProcessId.ShouldEqual(command2.ProcessId);
+                    pipeCommand.ProcessIds.SequenceEqual(new[] { command1.ProcessId, command2.ProcessId }).ShouldEqual(true);
+                }
+                finally
+                {
+                    command1.RedirectFrom(new[] { "data" });
+                    pipeCommand.Wait();
+                }
+            }
+
+            testHelper(disposeOnExit: true);
+            testHelper(disposeOnExit: false);
+        }
+
         private IEnumerable<string> ErrorLines()
         {
             yield return "1";
diff --git a/MedallionShell.Tests/MedallionShell.Tests.csproj b/MedallionShell.Tests/MedallionShell.Tests.csproj
index c7a8d55..4c57e1d 100644
--- a/MedallionShell.Tests/MedallionShell.Tests.csproj
+++ b/MedallionShell.Tests/MedallionShell.Tests.csproj
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel.Composition" />
     <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Management" />
     <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
     <Reference Include="System.Numerics" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
diff --git a/MedallionShell.Tests/UnitTestHelpers.cs b/MedallionShell.Tests/UnitTestHelpers.cs
index 384047a..840066b 100644
--- a/MedallionShell.Tests/UnitTestHelpers.cs
+++ b/MedallionShell.Tests/UnitTestHelpers.cs
@@ -43,5 +43,16 @@ public static void AssertIsInstanceOf<T>(object value, string message = null)
         {
             Assert.IsInstanceOfType(value, typeof(T), message);
         }
+
+        public static string ShouldContain(this string haystack, string needle, string message = null)
+        {
+            Assert.IsNotNull(haystack, $"Expected: contains '{needle}'. Was: NULL{(message != null ? $" ({message})" : string.Empty)}");
+            if (!haystack.Contains(needle))
+            {
+                Assert.Fail($"Expected: contains '{needle}'. Was: '{haystack}'{(message != null ? $" ({message})" : string.Empty)}");
+            }
+
+            return haystack;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/MedallionShell/Command.cs b/MedallionShell/Command.cs
index 54b01b7..7270e7e 100644
--- a/MedallionShell/Command.cs
+++ b/MedallionShell/Command.cs
@@ -20,17 +20,31 @@ public abstract class Command : IDisposable
         internal Command() { }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The <see cref="Process"/> associated with this <see cref="Command"/>. In a multi-process command,
-        /// this will be the final <see cref="Process"/> in the chain. NOTE: this property cannot be accessed when using
-        /// the DisposeOnExit option
+        /// The <see cref="System.Diagnostics.Process"/> associated with this <see cref="Command"/>. In a multi-process command,
+        /// this will be the final <see cref="System.Diagnostics.Process"/> in the chain. NOTE: this property cannot be accessed when using
+        /// the <see cref="Shell.Options.DisposeOnExit(bool)"/> option
         /// </summary>
         public abstract Process Process { get; }
         /// <summary>
-        /// All <see cref="Process"/>es associated with this <see cref="Command"/>. NOTE: this property cannot be accessed when using
-        /// the DisposeOnExit option
+        /// All <see cref="System.Diagnostics.Process"/>es associated with this <see cref="Command"/>. NOTE: this property cannot be accessed when using
+        /// the <see cref="Shell.Options.DisposeOnExit(bool)"/> option
         /// </summary>
         public abstract IReadOnlyList<Process> Processes { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The PID of the process associated with this <see cref="Command"/>. In a multi-process command,
+        /// this will be the PID of the final <see cref="System.Diagnostics.Process"/> in the chain. NOTE: unlike
+        /// the <see cref="Process"/> property, this property is compatible with the <see cref="Shell.Options.DisposeOnExit(bool)"/>
+        /// option
+        /// </summary>
+        public abstract int ProcessId { get; }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// All PIDs of the <see cref="System.Diagnostics.Process"/>es associated with this <see cref="Command"/>. NOTE: unlike
+        /// the <see cref="Processes"/> property, this property is compatible with the 
+        /// <see cref="Shell.Options.DisposeOnExit(bool)"/> option
+        /// </summary>
+        public abstract IReadOnlyList<int> ProcessIds { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Writes to the process's standard input
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MedallionShell/IoCommand.cs b/MedallionShell/IoCommand.cs
index 4663289..0b0c11e 100644
--- a/MedallionShell/IoCommand.cs
+++ b/MedallionShell/IoCommand.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ public override IReadOnlyList<System.Diagnostics.Process> Processes
             get { return this.command.Processes; }
         }
 
+        public override int ProcessId => this.command.ProcessId;
+        public override IReadOnlyList<int> ProcessIds => this.command.ProcessIds;
+
         public override Streams.ProcessStreamWriter StandardInput
         {
             get { return this.command.StandardInput; }
diff --git a/MedallionShell/PipedCommand.cs b/MedallionShell/PipedCommand.cs
index ed2d169..7f86eb6 100644
--- a/MedallionShell/PipedCommand.cs
+++ b/MedallionShell/PipedCommand.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ public override IReadOnlyList<Process> Processes
             get { return this.processes ?? (this.processes = this.first.Processes.Concat(this.second.Processes).ToList().AsReadOnly()); }
         }
 
+        public override int ProcessId => this.second.ProcessId;
+
+        private IReadOnlyList<int> processIds;
+        public override IReadOnlyList<int> ProcessIds
+        {
+            get { return this.processIds ?? (this.processIds = this.first.ProcessIds.Concat(this.second.ProcessIds).ToList().AsReadOnly()); }
+        }
+
         public override Task<CommandResult> Task
         {
             get { return this.task; }
diff --git a/MedallionShell/ProcessCommand.cs b/MedallionShell/ProcessCommand.cs
index 2ff1c8b..185e26d 100644
--- a/MedallionShell/ProcessCommand.cs
+++ b/MedallionShell/ProcessCommand.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.ExceptionServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -51,6 +52,15 @@ internal ProcessCommand(
                 this.standardInput = new ProcessStreamWriter(streamWriter);
             }
 
+            // according to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.process.id?view=netcore-1.1#System_Diagnostics_Process_Id,
+            // this can throw PlatformNotSupportedException on some older windows systems in some StartInfo configurations. To be as
+            // robust as possible, we thus make this a best-effort attempt
+            try { this.processIdOrExceptionDispatchInfo = process.Id; }
+            catch (PlatformNotSupportedException processIdException)
+            {
+                this.processIdOrExceptionDispatchInfo = ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(processIdException);
+            }
+
             this.task = this.CreateCombinedTask(processTask, ioTasks);
         }
 
@@ -95,6 +105,28 @@ public override IReadOnlyList<Process> Processes
             get { return this.processes ?? (this.processes = new ReadOnlyCollection<Process>(new[] { this.Process })); }
         }
 
+        private readonly object processIdOrExceptionDispatchInfo;
+        public override int ProcessId
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                this.ThrowIfDisposed();
+
+                if (this.processIdOrExceptionDispatchInfo is ExceptionDispatchInfo exceptionDispatchInfo)
+                {
+                    exceptionDispatchInfo.Throw();
+                }
+
+                return (int)this.processIdOrExceptionDispatchInfo;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private IReadOnlyList<int> processIds;
+        public override IReadOnlyList<int> ProcessIds
+        {
+            get { return this.processIds ?? (this.processIds = new ReadOnlyCollection<int>(new[] { this.ProcessId })); }
+        }
+
         private readonly ProcessStreamWriter standardInput;
         public override ProcessStreamWriter StandardInput
         {