diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/CMakeLists.txt b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/CMakeLists.txt
index adafbcc559..1bf5af2204 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ set(SOURCES
     NetworkResponse.cpp
     Notifier.cpp
     Object.cpp
+    Process.cpp
     ProcessStatisticsReader.cpp
     Property.cpp
     Socket.cpp
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/Process.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/Process.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d01b86306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/Process.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <AK/String.h>
+#include <LibCore/Process.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <spawn.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#ifdef __serenity__
+#    include <serenity.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace Core {
+
+pid_t Process::spawn(StringView path)
+{
+    String path_string = path;
+
+    pid_t pid;
+    char const* argv[] = { path_string.characters(), nullptr };
+    if ((errno = posix_spawn(&pid, path_string.characters(), nullptr, nullptr, const_cast<char**>(argv), environ))) {
+        perror("Process::spawn posix_spawn");
+    } else {
+#ifdef __serenity__
+        if (disown(pid) < 0)
+            perror("Process::spawn disown");
+#endif
+    }
+    return pid;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/Process.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/Process.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79820451e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/Process.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <AK/Forward.h>
+
+namespace Core {
+
+class Process {
+public:
+    static pid_t spawn(StringView path);
+};
+
+}