diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kiwiproject/base/DefaultEnvironment.java b/src/main/java/org/kiwiproject/base/DefaultEnvironment.java
index 6cec09ec..2e1fa2c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kiwiproject/base/DefaultEnvironment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kiwiproject/base/DefaultEnvironment.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.OptionalLong;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -143,6 +144,11 @@ public ProcessHandle currentProcessHandle() {
         return ProcessHandle.current();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Optional<ProcessHandle> processHandleOfPid(long pid) {
+        return ProcessHandle.of(pid);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void sleep(long milliseconds) throws InterruptedException {
         Thread.sleep(milliseconds);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kiwiproject/base/KiwiEnvironment.java b/src/main/java/org/kiwiproject/base/KiwiEnvironment.java
index dacf876f..755847c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kiwiproject/base/KiwiEnvironment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kiwiproject/base/KiwiEnvironment.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.OptionalLong;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -189,6 +190,19 @@ public interface KiwiEnvironment {
      */
     ProcessHandle currentProcessHandle();
 
+    /**
+     * Tries to obtain a {@link ProcessHandle} for a process with the given ID. If the process does not exist, then
+     * an empty Optional is returned.
+     *
+     * @param pid the process ID
+     * @return an Optional containing a ProcessHandle for the given process ID, or an empty Optional if the process
+     * does not exist
+     * @see ProcessHandle#of(long)
+     * @implNote Implementations may throw the same exceptions as {@link ProcessHandle#of(long)}, but are not required
+     * to do so.
+     */
+    Optional<ProcessHandle> processHandleOfPid(long pid);
+
     /**
      * Sleep for the given number of milliseconds.
      *
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/kiwiproject/base/DefaultEnvironmentTest.java b/src/test/java/org/kiwiproject/base/DefaultEnvironmentTest.java
index c236ec73..5fac1059 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/kiwiproject/base/DefaultEnvironmentTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/kiwiproject/base/DefaultEnvironmentTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions.assumeTrue;
+import static org.kiwiproject.base.KiwiStrings.format;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyLong;
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.RepeatedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.kiwiproject.collect.KiwiMaps;
 
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 @DisplayName("DefaultKiwiEnvironment")
@@ -263,6 +267,27 @@ void shouldAllowUnsupportedExceptionsToEscape() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Nested
+    class ProcessHandleOfPid {
+
+        @Test
+        void shouldReturnProcessHandle_ForAnExistingProcess() {
+            var pid = ProcessHandle.current().pid();
+            var processHandle = env.processHandleOfPid(pid).orElseThrow();
+            assertThat(processHandle).isEqualTo(ProcessHandle.current());
+        }
+
+        @RepeatedTest(5)
+        void shouldReturnEmptyOptional_WhenProcessDoesNotExist() {
+            // use a range for pids that should never exist
+            var randomPid = ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextLong(100_000, 200_001);
+            assumeTrue(ProcessHandle.of(randomPid).isEmpty(),
+                    () -> format("Expected process having pid {} not to exist, but it does", randomPid));
+
+            assertThat(env.processHandleOfPid(randomPid)).isEmpty();
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testSleep() throws InterruptedException {
         long sleepTime = 50;
@@ -429,4 +454,4 @@ void testGetProperties() {
         assertThat(props).isEqualTo(System.getProperties());
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}