diff --git a/pexec/managed_process.go b/pexec/managed_process.go
index 306e6311..14752998 100644
--- a/pexec/managed_process.go
+++ b/pexec/managed_process.go
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ type ManagedProcess interface {
 	// Status return nil when the process is both alive and owned.
 	// If err is non-nil, process may be a) alive but not owned or b) dead.
 	Status() error
+
+	// UnixPid returns the pid of the process. This method returns an error if the pid is
+	// unknown. For example, if the process hasn't been `Start`ed yet. Or if not on a unix system.
+	UnixPid() (int, error)
 }
 
 // NewManagedProcess returns a new, unstarted, from the given configuration.
@@ -107,6 +111,13 @@ func (p *managedProcess) ID() string {
 	return p.id
 }
 
+func (p *managedProcess) UnixPid() (int, error) {
+	if p.cmd == nil || p.cmd.Process == nil {
+		return 0, errors.New("Process not started")
+	}
+	return p.cmd.Process.Pid, nil
+}
+
 func (p *managedProcess) Status() error {
 	p.mu.Lock()
 	defer p.mu.Unlock()
diff --git a/pexec/managed_process_test.go b/pexec/managed_process_test.go
index bde8917f..75e3e44f 100644
--- a/pexec/managed_process_test.go
+++ b/pexec/managed_process_test.go
@@ -695,3 +695,10 @@ func (fp *fakeProcess) Status() error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (fp *fakeProcess) UnixPid() (int, error) {
+	return 0, errors.New(`the NewManagedProcess API needlessly returns an interface
+ instead of the structure itself. Thus tests depend on the returned interface. When
+in reality tests should just depend on the methods they rely on. UnixPid is not one
+of those methods (for better or worse)`)
+}