diff --git a/Sources/Subprocess/API.swift b/Sources/Subprocess/API.swift
index b7788d6..1c1c97e 100644
--- a/Sources/Subprocess/API.swift
+++ b/Sources/Subprocess/API.swift
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ public func runDetached(
     input: FileDescriptor? = nil,
     output: FileDescriptor? = nil,
     error: FileDescriptor? = nil
-) throws -> ProcessIdentifier {
+) throws -> ProcessHandle {
     let config: Configuration = Configuration(
         executable: executable,
         arguments: arguments,
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ public func runDetached(
     input: FileDescriptor? = nil,
     output: FileDescriptor? = nil,
     error: FileDescriptor? = nil
-) throws -> ProcessIdentifier {
+) throws -> ProcessHandle {
     let execution: Execution
     switch (input, output, error) {
     case (.none, .none, .none):
@@ -753,7 +753,6 @@ public func runDetached(
             errorPipe: try processError.createPipe()
         ).execution
     }
-    execution.release()
-    return execution.processIdentifier
+    return ProcessHandle(execution: execution)
 }
 
diff --git a/Sources/Subprocess/Execution.swift b/Sources/Subprocess/Execution.swift
index ded276f..fcd816d 100644
--- a/Sources/Subprocess/Execution.swift
+++ b/Sources/Subprocess/Execution.swift
@@ -50,6 +50,32 @@ public struct Execution: Sendable {
     }
 }
 
+/// An object that represents a subprocess that has been
+/// executed without monitoring the state of the subprocess
+/// nor waiting until it exits. You can use this object to control
+/// the process using platform-native APIs.
+public struct ProcessHandle: Sendable, ~Copyable {
+    /// The process identifier of the current execution
+    public var processIdentifier: ProcessIdentifier {
+        execution.processIdentifier
+    }
+
+    /// The collection of platform-specific handles of the current execution.
+    public var platformHandles: PlatformHandles {
+        execution.platformHandles
+    }
+
+    private let execution: Execution
+
+    init(execution: Execution) {
+        self.execution = execution
+    }
+
+    deinit {
+        execution.release()
+    }
+}
+
 // MARK: - Output Capture
 internal enum OutputCapturingState<Output: Sendable, Error: Sendable>: Sendable {
     case standardOutputCaptured(Output)
diff --git a/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Unix.swift b/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Unix.swift
index a50c4e8..d1d469d 100644
--- a/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Unix.swift
+++ b/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Unix.swift
@@ -779,11 +779,12 @@ extension SubprocessUnixTests {
 extension SubprocessUnixTests {
     @Test func testRunDetached() async throws {
         let (readFd, writeFd) = try FileDescriptor.pipe()
-        let pid = try runDetached(
+        let execution = try runDetached(
             .path("/bin/sh"),
             arguments: ["-c", "echo $$"],
             output: writeFd
         )
+        let pid = execution.processIdentifier
         var status: Int32 = 0
         waitpid(pid.value, &status, 0)
         #expect(_was_process_exited(status) > 0)
diff --git a/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Windows.swift b/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Windows.swift
index 00d9416..9c222e3 100644
--- a/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Windows.swift
+++ b/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Windows.swift
@@ -729,27 +729,16 @@ extension SubprocessWindowsTests {
             DWORD(HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT),
             0
         )
-        let pid = try Subprocess.runDetached(
+        let execution = try Subprocess.runDetached(
             .path("C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe"),
             arguments: [
                 "-Command", "Write-Host $PID",
             ],
             output: writeFd
         )
-        // Wait for process to finish
-        guard
-            let processHandle = OpenProcess(
-                DWORD(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | SYNCHRONIZE),
-                false,
-                pid.value
-            )
-        else {
-            Issue.record("Failed to get process handle")
-            return
-        }
 
         // Wait for the process to finish
-        WaitForSingleObject(processHandle, INFINITE)
+        WaitForSingleObject(execution.platformHandles.processInformation.hProcess, INFINITE)
 
         // Up to 10 characters because Windows process IDs are DWORDs (UInt32), whose max value is 10 digits.
         try writeFd.close()
@@ -757,7 +746,7 @@ extension SubprocessWindowsTests {
         let resultPID = try #require(
             String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)
         ).trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
-        #expect("\(pid.value)" == resultPID)
+        #expect("\(execution.processIdentifier.value)" == resultPID)
         try readFd.close()
     }
 }