diff --git a/src/libstd/process.rs b/src/libstd/process.rs
index ae9316ddd62..42d9ad81b59 100644
--- a/src/libstd/process.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/process.rs
@@ -22,11 +22,8 @@ use io::{self, Error, ErrorKind};
 use path;
 use sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver};
 use sys::pipe::{self, AnonPipe};
-use sys::process::Command as CommandImp;
-use sys::process::Process as ProcessImp;
-use sys::process::ExitStatus as ExitStatusImp;
-use sys::process::Stdio as StdioImp2;
-use sys_common::{AsInner, AsInnerMut};
+use sys::process as imp;
+use sys_common::{AsInner, AsInnerMut, FromInner};
 use thread;
 
 /// Representation of a running or exited child process.
@@ -52,10 +49,10 @@ use thread;
 /// ```
 #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct Child {
-    handle: ProcessImp,
+    handle: imp::Process,
 
     /// None until wait() or wait_with_output() is called.
-    status: Option<ExitStatusImp>,
+    status: Option<imp::ExitStatus>,
 
     /// The handle for writing to the child's stdin, if it has been captured
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -70,6 +67,10 @@ pub struct Child {
     pub stderr: Option<ChildStderr>,
 }
 
+impl AsInner<imp::Process> for Child {
+    fn as_inner(&self) -> &imp::Process { &self.handle }
+}
+
 /// A handle to a child procesess's stdin
 #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct ChildStdin {
@@ -87,6 +88,10 @@ impl Write for ChildStdin {
     }
 }
 
+impl AsInner<AnonPipe> for ChildStdin {
+    fn as_inner(&self) -> &AnonPipe { &self.inner }
+}
+
 /// A handle to a child procesess's stdout
 #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct ChildStdout {
@@ -100,6 +105,10 @@ impl Read for ChildStdout {
     }
 }
 
+impl AsInner<AnonPipe> for ChildStdout {
+    fn as_inner(&self) -> &AnonPipe { &self.inner }
+}
+
 /// A handle to a child procesess's stderr
 #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct ChildStderr {
@@ -113,6 +122,10 @@ impl Read for ChildStderr {
     }
 }
 
+impl AsInner<AnonPipe> for ChildStderr {
+    fn as_inner(&self) -> &AnonPipe { &self.inner }
+}
+
 /// The `Command` type acts as a process builder, providing fine-grained control
 /// over how a new process should be spawned. A default configuration can be
 /// generated using `Command::new(program)`, where `program` gives a path to the
@@ -131,12 +144,12 @@ impl Read for ChildStderr {
 /// ```
 #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub struct Command {
-    inner: CommandImp,
+    inner: imp::Command,
 
     // Details explained in the builder methods
-    stdin: Option<StdioImp>,
-    stdout: Option<StdioImp>,
-    stderr: Option<StdioImp>,
+    stdin: Option<Stdio>,
+    stdout: Option<Stdio>,
+    stderr: Option<Stdio>,
 }
 
 impl Command {
@@ -153,7 +166,7 @@ impl Command {
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn new<S: AsRef<OsStr>>(program: S) -> Command {
         Command {
-            inner: CommandImp::new(program.as_ref()),
+            inner: imp::Command::new(program.as_ref()),
             stdin: None,
             stdout: None,
             stderr: None,
@@ -210,25 +223,26 @@ impl Command {
     /// Configuration for the child process's stdin handle (file descriptor 0).
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn stdin(&mut self, cfg: Stdio) -> &mut Command {
-        self.stdin = Some(cfg.0);
+        self.stdin = Some(cfg);
         self
     }
 
     /// Configuration for the child process's stdout handle (file descriptor 1).
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn stdout(&mut self, cfg: Stdio) -> &mut Command {
-        self.stdout = Some(cfg.0);
+        self.stdout = Some(cfg);
         self
     }
 
     /// Configuration for the child process's stderr handle (file descriptor 2).
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn stderr(&mut self, cfg: Stdio) -> &mut Command {
-        self.stderr = Some(cfg.0);
+        self.stderr = Some(cfg);
         self
     }
 
     fn spawn_inner(&self, default_io: StdioImp) -> io::Result<Child> {
+        let default_io = Stdio(default_io);
         let (their_stdin, our_stdin) = try!(
             setup_io(self.stdin.as_ref().unwrap_or(&default_io), true)
         );
@@ -239,7 +253,8 @@ impl Command {
             setup_io(self.stderr.as_ref().unwrap_or(&default_io), false)
         );
 
-        match ProcessImp::spawn(&self.inner, their_stdin, their_stdout, their_stderr) {
+        match imp::Process::spawn(&self.inner, their_stdin, their_stdout,
+                                  their_stderr) {
             Err(e) => Err(e),
             Ok(handle) => Ok(Child {
                 handle: handle,
@@ -256,7 +271,7 @@ impl Command {
     /// By default, stdin, stdout and stderr are inherited by the parent.
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn spawn(&mut self) -> io::Result<Child> {
-        self.spawn_inner(StdioImp::Inherit)
+        self.spawn_inner(StdioImp::Raw(imp::Stdio::Inherit))
     }
 
     /// Executes the command as a child process, waiting for it to finish and
@@ -279,7 +294,7 @@ impl Command {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn output(&mut self) -> io::Result<Output> {
-        self.spawn_inner(StdioImp::Piped).and_then(|p| p.wait_with_output())
+        self.spawn_inner(StdioImp::MakePipe).and_then(|p| p.wait_with_output())
     }
 
     /// Executes a command as a child process, waiting for it to finish and
@@ -318,29 +333,27 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Command {
     }
 }
 
-impl AsInner<CommandImp> for Command {
-    fn as_inner(&self) -> &CommandImp { &self.inner }
+impl AsInner<imp::Command> for Command {
+    fn as_inner(&self) -> &imp::Command { &self.inner }
 }
 
-impl AsInnerMut<CommandImp> for Command {
-    fn as_inner_mut(&mut self) -> &mut CommandImp { &mut self.inner }
+impl AsInnerMut<imp::Command> for Command {
+    fn as_inner_mut(&mut self) -> &mut imp::Command { &mut self.inner }
 }
 
-fn setup_io(io: &StdioImp, readable: bool)
-            -> io::Result<(StdioImp2, Option<AnonPipe>)>
+fn setup_io(io: &Stdio, readable: bool)
+            -> io::Result<(imp::Stdio, Option<AnonPipe>)>
 {
-    use self::StdioImp::*;
-    Ok(match *io {
-        Null => (StdioImp2::None, None),
-        Inherit => (StdioImp2::Inherit, None),
-        Piped => {
+    Ok(match io.0 {
+        StdioImp::MakePipe => {
             let (reader, writer) = try!(pipe::anon_pipe());
             if readable {
-                (StdioImp2::Piped(reader), Some(writer))
+                (imp::Stdio::Piped(reader), Some(writer))
             } else {
-                (StdioImp2::Piped(writer), Some(reader))
+                (imp::Stdio::Piped(writer), Some(reader))
             }
         }
+        StdioImp::Raw(ref raw) => (raw.clone_if_copy(), None),
     })
 }
 
@@ -364,32 +377,36 @@ pub struct Output {
 pub struct Stdio(StdioImp);
 
 // The internal enum for stdio setup; see below for descriptions.
-#[derive(Clone)]
 enum StdioImp {
-    Piped,
-    Inherit,
-    Null,
+    MakePipe,
+    Raw(imp::Stdio),
 }
 
 impl Stdio {
     /// A new pipe should be arranged to connect the parent and child processes.
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
-    pub fn piped() -> Stdio { Stdio(StdioImp::Piped) }
+    pub fn piped() -> Stdio { Stdio(StdioImp::MakePipe) }
 
     /// The child inherits from the corresponding parent descriptor.
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
-    pub fn inherit() -> Stdio { Stdio(StdioImp::Inherit) }
+    pub fn inherit() -> Stdio { Stdio(StdioImp::Raw(imp::Stdio::Inherit)) }
 
     /// This stream will be ignored. This is the equivalent of attaching the
     /// stream to `/dev/null`
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
-    pub fn null() -> Stdio { Stdio(StdioImp::Null) }
+    pub fn null() -> Stdio { Stdio(StdioImp::Raw(imp::Stdio::None)) }
+}
+
+impl FromInner<imp::Stdio> for Stdio {
+    fn from_inner(inner: imp::Stdio) -> Stdio {
+        Stdio(StdioImp::Raw(inner))
+    }
 }
 
 /// Describes the result of a process after it has terminated.
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
-pub struct ExitStatus(ExitStatusImp);
+pub struct ExitStatus(imp::ExitStatus);
 
 impl ExitStatus {
     /// Was termination successful? Signal termination not considered a success,
@@ -410,8 +427,8 @@ impl ExitStatus {
     }
 }
 
-impl AsInner<ExitStatusImp> for ExitStatus {
-    fn as_inner(&self) -> &ExitStatusImp { &self.0 }
+impl AsInner<imp::ExitStatus> for ExitStatus {
+    fn as_inner(&self) -> &imp::ExitStatus { &self.0 }
 }
 
 #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/process.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/process.rs
index 45d0d62a015..2d30b016a2d 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/process.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/process.rs
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 
 use os::unix::raw::{uid_t, gid_t};
+use os::unix::io::{FromRawFd, RawFd, AsRawFd};
 use prelude::v1::*;
 use process;
 use sys;
-use sys_common::{AsInnerMut, AsInner};
+use sys_common::{AsInnerMut, AsInner, FromInner};
 
 /// Unix-specific extensions to the `std::process::Command` builder
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -63,3 +64,49 @@ impl ExitStatusExt for process::ExitStatus {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[stable(feature = "from_raw_os", since = "1.1.0")]
+impl FromRawFd for process::Stdio {
+    /// Creates a new instance of `Stdio` from the raw underlying file
+    /// descriptor.
+    ///
+    /// When this `Stdio` is used as an I/O handle for a child process the given
+    /// file descriptor will be `dup`d into the destination file descriptor in
+    /// the child process.
+    ///
+    /// Note that this function **does not** take ownership of the file
+    /// descriptor provided and it will **not** be closed when `Stdio` goes out
+    /// of scope. As a result this method is unsafe because due to the lack of
+    /// knowledge about the lifetime of the provided file descriptor, this could
+    /// cause another I/O primitive's ownership property of its file descriptor
+    /// to be violated.
+    ///
+    /// Also note that this file descriptor may be used multiple times to spawn
+    /// processes. For example the `Command::spawn` function could be called
+    /// more than once to spawn more than one process sharing this file
+    /// descriptor.
+    unsafe fn from_raw_fd(fd: RawFd) -> process::Stdio {
+        process::Stdio::from_inner(sys::process::Stdio::Fd(fd))
+    }
+}
+
+#[stable(feature = "from_raw_os", since = "1.1.0")]
+impl AsRawFd for process::ChildStdin {
+    fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd {
+        self.as_inner().fd().raw()
+    }
+}
+
+#[stable(feature = "from_raw_os", since = "1.1.0")]
+impl AsRawFd for process::ChildStdout {
+    fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd {
+        self.as_inner().fd().raw()
+    }
+}
+
+#[stable(feature = "from_raw_os", since = "1.1.0")]
+impl AsRawFd for process::ChildStderr {
+    fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd {
+        self.as_inner().fd().raw()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/pipe.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/pipe.rs
index e9d8c69fefb..6283a29ae46 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/pipe.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/pipe.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ impl AnonPipe {
         self.0.write(buf)
     }
 
-    pub fn into_fd(self) -> FileDesc {
-        self.0
-    }
+    pub fn fd(&self) -> &FileDesc { &self.0 }
+    pub fn into_fd(self) -> FileDesc { self.0 }
 }
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/process.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/process.rs
index f4bc5973040..76af42d9348 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/process.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/process.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ pub enum Stdio {
     Inherit,
     Piped(AnonPipe),
     None,
+    Fd(c_int),
 }
 
 const CLOEXEC_MSG_FOOTER: &'static [u8] = b"NOEX";
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ impl Process {
         let setup = |src: Stdio, dst: c_int| {
             let fd = match src {
                 Stdio::Inherit => return true,
+                Stdio::Fd(fd) => return cvt_r(|| libc::dup2(fd, dst)).is_ok(),
                 Stdio::Piped(pipe) => pipe.into_fd(),
 
                 // If a stdio file descriptor is set to be ignored, we open up
@@ -416,3 +418,14 @@ fn translate_status(status: c_int) -> ExitStatus {
         ExitStatus::Signal(imp::WTERMSIG(status))
     }
 }
+
+impl Stdio {
+    pub fn clone_if_copy(&self) -> Stdio {
+        match *self {
+            Stdio::Inherit => Stdio::Inherit,
+            Stdio::None => Stdio::None,
+            Stdio::Fd(fd) => Stdio::Fd(fd),
+            Stdio::Piped(_) => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/ext/mod.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/ext/mod.rs
index 08dfa4cc877..ead533e7759 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/ext/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/ext/mod.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub mod ffi;
 pub mod fs;
 pub mod io;
 pub mod raw;
+pub mod process;
 
 /// A prelude for conveniently writing platform-specific code.
 ///
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/ext/process.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/ext/process.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fd43a450f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/ext/process.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+//! Extensions to `std::process` for Windows.
+
+#![stable(feature = "from_raw_os", since = "1.1.0")]
+
+use os::windows::io::{FromRawHandle, RawHandle, AsRawHandle};
+use process;
+use sys;
+use sys_common::{AsInner, FromInner};
+
+#[stable(feature = "from_raw_os", since = "1.1.0")]
+impl FromRawHandle for process::Stdio {
+    /// Creates a new instance of `Stdio` from the raw underlying handle.
+    ///
+    /// When this `Stdio` is used as an I/O handle for a child process the given
+    /// handle will be duplicated via `DuplicateHandle` to ensure that the
+    /// handle has the correct permissions to cross the process boundary.
+    ///
+    /// Note that this function **does not** take ownership of the handle
+    /// provided and it will **not** be closed when `Stdio` goes out of scope.
+    /// As a result this method is unsafe because due to the lack of knowledge
+    /// about the lifetime of the provided handle, this could cause another I/O
+    /// primitive's ownership property of its handle to be violated.
+    ///
+    /// Also note that this handle may be used multiple times to spawn
+    /// processes. For example the `Command::spawn` function could be called
+    /// more than once to spawn more than one process sharing this handle.
+    unsafe fn from_raw_handle(handle: RawHandle) -> process::Stdio {
+        let handle = sys::handle::RawHandle::new(handle as *mut _);
+        process::Stdio::from_inner(sys::process::Stdio::Handle(handle))
+    }
+}
+
+#[stable(feature = "from_raw_os", since = "1.1.0")]
+impl AsRawHandle for process::Child {
+    fn as_raw_handle(&self) -> RawHandle {
+        self.as_inner().handle().raw() as *mut _
+    }
+}
+
+#[stable(feature = "from_raw_os", since = "1.1.0")]
+impl AsRawHandle for process::ChildStdin {
+    fn as_raw_handle(&self) -> RawHandle {
+        self.as_inner().handle().raw() as *mut _
+    }
+}
+
+#[stable(feature = "from_raw_os", since = "1.1.0")]
+impl AsRawHandle for process::ChildStdout {
+    fn as_raw_handle(&self) -> RawHandle {
+        self.as_inner().handle().raw() as *mut _
+    }
+}
+
+#[stable(feature = "from_raw_os", since = "1.1.0")]
+impl AsRawHandle for process::ChildStderr {
+    fn as_raw_handle(&self) -> RawHandle {
+        self.as_inner().handle().raw() as *mut _
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/handle.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/handle.rs
index c835d503388..a566c5eff32 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/handle.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/handle.rs
@@ -15,26 +15,55 @@ use io;
 use libc::funcs::extra::kernel32::{GetCurrentProcess, DuplicateHandle};
 use libc::{self, HANDLE};
 use mem;
+use ops::Deref;
 use ptr;
 use sys::cvt;
 
-pub struct Handle(HANDLE);
+/// An owned container for `HANDLE` object, closing them on Drop.
+///
+/// All methods are inherited through a `Deref` impl to `RawHandle`
+pub struct Handle(RawHandle);
 
-unsafe impl Send for Handle {}
-unsafe impl Sync for Handle {}
+/// A wrapper type for `HANDLE` objects to give them proper Send/Sync inference
+/// as well as Rust-y methods.
+///
+/// This does **not** drop the handle when it goes out of scope, use `Handle`
+/// instead for that.
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct RawHandle(HANDLE);
+
+unsafe impl Send for RawHandle {}
+unsafe impl Sync for RawHandle {}
 
 impl Handle {
     pub fn new(handle: HANDLE) -> Handle {
-        Handle(handle)
+        Handle(RawHandle::new(handle))
     }
 
-    pub fn raw(&self) -> HANDLE { self.0 }
-
     pub fn into_raw(self) -> HANDLE {
-        let ret = self.0;
+        let ret = self.raw();
         mem::forget(self);
         return ret;
     }
+}
+
+impl Deref for Handle {
+    type Target = RawHandle;
+    fn deref(&self) -> &RawHandle { &self.0 }
+}
+
+impl Drop for Handle {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        unsafe { let _ = libc::CloseHandle(self.raw()); }
+    }
+}
+
+impl RawHandle {
+    pub fn new(handle: HANDLE) -> RawHandle {
+        RawHandle(handle)
+    }
+
+    pub fn raw(&self) -> HANDLE { self.0 }
 
     pub fn read(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         let mut read = 0;
@@ -79,9 +108,3 @@ impl Handle {
         Ok(Handle::new(ret))
     }
 }
-
-impl Drop for Handle {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        unsafe { let _ = libc::CloseHandle(self.0); }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/process.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/process.rs
index 178b6ea42d2..05073e60f5d 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/process.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/process.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use ptr;
 use sync::StaticMutex;
 use sys::c;
 use sys::fs::{OpenOptions, File};
-use sys::handle::Handle;
+use sys::handle::{Handle, RawHandle};
 use sys::pipe::AnonPipe;
 use sys::stdio;
 use sys::{self, cvt};
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ pub enum Stdio {
     Inherit,
     Piped(AnonPipe),
     None,
+    Handle(RawHandle),
 }
 
 impl Process {
@@ -217,6 +218,8 @@ impl Process {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn handle(&self) -> &Handle { &self.handle }
 }
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Debug)]
@@ -353,6 +356,15 @@ fn make_dirp(d: Option<&OsString>) -> (*const u16, Vec<u16>) {
 }
 
 impl Stdio {
+    pub fn clone_if_copy(&self) -> Stdio {
+        match *self {
+            Stdio::Inherit => Stdio::Inherit,
+            Stdio::None => Stdio::None,
+            Stdio::Handle(handle) => Stdio::Handle(handle),
+            Stdio::Piped(_) => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+
     fn to_handle(&self, stdio_id: libc::DWORD) -> io::Result<Handle> {
         use libc::DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS;
 
@@ -362,6 +374,9 @@ impl Stdio {
                     io.handle().duplicate(0, true, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)
                 })
             }
+            Stdio::Handle(ref handle) => {
+                handle.duplicate(0, true, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)
+            }
             Stdio::Piped(ref pipe) => {
                 pipe.handle().duplicate(0, true, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)
             }