diff --git a/library/std/src/process.rs b/library/std/src/process.rs
index d91d4fa64caa5..4c14158fc01cc 100644
--- a/library/std/src/process.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/process.rs
@@ -1860,6 +1860,38 @@ impl Child {
         self.handle.kill()
     }
 
+    /// Signals the child process to exit. If the child has already exited, an [`InvalidInput`]
+    /// error is returned.
+    /// 
+    /// Unlike [`kill`] this allows the process to catch the signal and gracefully exit.
+    ///
+    /// The mapping to [`ErrorKind`]s is not part of the compatibility contract of the function.
+    ///
+    /// This is equivalent to sending a SIGINT on Unix platforms.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// Basic usage:
+    ///
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// use std::process::Command;
+    ///
+    /// let mut command = Command::new("yes");
+    /// if let Ok(mut child) = command.spawn() {
+    ///     child.interrupt().expect("command wasn't running");
+    /// } else {
+    ///     println!("yes command didn't start");
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// [`ErrorKind`]: io::ErrorKind
+    /// [`InvalidInput`]: io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput
+    #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
+    pub fn interrupt(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.handle.interrupt()
+    }
+
+
     /// Returns the OS-assigned process identifier associated with this child.
     ///
     /// # Examples
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_fuchsia.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_fuchsia.rs
index 73f5d3a618bad..e599378769efb 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_fuchsia.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_fuchsia.rs
@@ -160,6 +160,16 @@ impl Process {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub fn interrupt(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        use crate::sys::process::zircon::*;
+
+        unsafe {
+            zx_cvt(zx_task_kill(self.handle.raw()))?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn wait(&mut self) -> io::Result<ExitStatus> {
         use crate::default::Default;
         use crate::sys::process::zircon::*;
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs
index 26ae62817713e..f821633c37efa 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs
@@ -604,6 +604,20 @@ impl Process {
             cvt(unsafe { libc::kill(self.pid, libc::SIGKILL) }).map(drop)
         }
     }
+    
+    pub fn interrupt(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        // If we've already waited on this process then the pid can be recycled
+        // and used for another process, and we probably shouldn't be interrupting
+        // random processes, so just return an error.
+        if self.status.is_some() {
+            Err(io::const_io_error!(
+                ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                "invalid argument: can't interrupt an exited process",
+            ))
+        } else {
+            cvt(unsafe { libc::kill(self.pid, libc::SIGINT) }).map(drop)
+        }
+    }
 
     pub fn wait(&mut self) -> io::Result<ExitStatus> {
         use crate::sys::cvt_r;
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unsupported.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unsupported.rs
index 72f9f3f9ca74c..5bcf62b648e58 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unsupported.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unsupported.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ impl Process {
         unsupported()
     }
 
+    pub fn interrupt(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        unsupported()
+    }
+
     pub fn wait(&mut self) -> io::Result<ExitStatus> {
         unsupported()
     }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_vxworks.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_vxworks.rs
index 200ef67196798..ba9a8f2ceaf4f 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_vxworks.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_vxworks.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,20 @@ impl Process {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn interrupt(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        // If we've already waited on this process then the pid can be recycled
+        // and used for another process, and we probably shouldn't be interrupting
+        // random processes, so just return an error.
+        if self.status.is_some() {
+            Err(io::const_io_error!(
+                ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                "invalid argument: can't kill an exited process",
+            ))
+        } else {
+            cvt(unsafe { libc::kill(self.pid, libc::SIGINT) }).map(drop)
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn wait(&mut self) -> io::Result<ExitStatus> {
         use crate::sys::cvt_r;
         if let Some(status) = self.status {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unsupported/process.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unsupported/process.rs
index 633f17c054bc6..058b428426c92 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unsupported/process.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unsupported/process.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ impl Process {
         self.0
     }
 
+    pub fn interrupt(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.0
+    }
+
     pub fn wait(&mut self) -> io::Result<ExitStatus> {
         self.0
     }