diff --git a/Sources/Subprocess/Platforms/Subprocess+Linux.swift b/Sources/Subprocess/Platforms/Subprocess+Linux.swift
index f731981..4b18dd4 100644
--- a/Sources/Subprocess/Platforms/Subprocess+Linux.swift
+++ b/Sources/Subprocess/Platforms/Subprocess+Linux.swift
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ extension Configuration {
 public struct ProcessIdentifier: Sendable, Hashable {
     /// The platform specific process identifier value
     public let value: pid_t
-    internal let processDescriptor: PlatformFileDescriptor
+    public let processDescriptor: CInt
 
     internal init(value: pid_t, processDescriptor: PlatformFileDescriptor) {
         self.value = value
diff --git a/Sources/Subprocess/Platforms/Subprocess+Windows.swift b/Sources/Subprocess/Platforms/Subprocess+Windows.swift
index 5b46933..541cc7e 100644
--- a/Sources/Subprocess/Platforms/Subprocess+Windows.swift
+++ b/Sources/Subprocess/Platforms/Subprocess+Windows.swift
@@ -677,9 +677,8 @@ extension Environment {
 public struct ProcessIdentifier: Sendable, Hashable {
     /// Windows specific process identifier value
     public let value: DWORD
-    internal nonisolated(unsafe) let processDescriptor: HANDLE
-    internal nonisolated(unsafe) let threadHandle: HANDLE
-
+    public nonisolated(unsafe) let processDescriptor: HANDLE
+    public nonisolated(unsafe) let threadHandle: HANDLE
 
     internal init(value: DWORD, processDescriptor: HANDLE, threadHandle: HANDLE) {
         self.value = value
diff --git a/Tests/SubprocessTests/PlatformConformance.swift b/Tests/SubprocessTests/PlatformConformance.swift
index 8cbbacf..3c619d2 100644
--- a/Tests/SubprocessTests/PlatformConformance.swift
+++ b/Tests/SubprocessTests/PlatformConformance.swift
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ protocol ProcessIdentifierProtocol: Sendable, Hashable, CustomStringConvertible,
     #else
     var value: pid_t { get }
     #endif
+
+    #if os(Linux) || os(Android)
+    var processDescriptor: PlatformFileDescriptor { get }
+    #endif
+
+    #if os(Windows)
+    nonisolated(unsafe) var processDescriptor: PlatformFileDescriptor { get }
+    nonisolated(unsafe) var threadHandle: PlatformFileDescriptor { get }
+    #endif
 }
 
 extension ProcessIdentifier : ProcessIdentifierProtocol {}
diff --git a/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Linux.swift b/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Linux.swift
index 2e2e7d2..f4e87f2 100644
--- a/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Linux.swift
+++ b/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Linux.swift
@@ -114,6 +114,22 @@ struct SubprocessLinuxTests {
             #expect(result.terminationStatus == .unhandledException(SIGTERM))
         }
     }
+
+    @Test func testUniqueProcessIdentifier() async throws {
+        _ = try await Subprocess.run(
+            .path("/bin/echo"),
+            output: .discarded,
+            error: .discarded
+        ) { subprocess in
+            if subprocess.processIdentifier.processDescriptor > 0 {
+                var statinfo = stat()
+                try #require(fstat(subprocess.processIdentifier.processDescriptor, &statinfo) == 0)
+                
+                // In kernel 6.9+, st_ino globally uniquely identifies the process
+                #expect(statinfo.st_ino > 0)
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fileprivate enum ProcessState: String {
diff --git a/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Windows.swift b/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Windows.swift
index b01301c..363fb70 100644
--- a/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Windows.swift
+++ b/Tests/SubprocessTests/SubprocessTests+Windows.swift
@@ -697,6 +697,36 @@ extension SubprocessWindowsTests {
         }
         #expect(stuckProcess.terminationStatus.isSuccess)
     }
+
+    /// Tests a use case for Windows platform handles by assigning the newly created process to a Job Object
+    /// - see: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20131209-00/
+    @Test func testPlatformHandles() async throws {
+        let hJob = CreateJobObjectW(nil, nil)
+        defer { #expect(CloseHandle(hJob)) }
+        var info = JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION()
+        info.BasicLimitInformation.LimitFlags = DWORD(JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE)
+        #expect(SetInformationJobObject(hJob, JobObjectExtendedLimitInformation, &info,     DWORD(MemoryLayout<JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION>.size)))
+
+        var platformOptions = PlatformOptions()
+        platformOptions.preSpawnProcessConfigurator = { (createProcessFlags, startupInfo) in
+            createProcessFlags |= DWORD(CREATE_SUSPENDED)
+        }
+
+        let result = try await Subprocess.run(
+            self.cmdExe,
+            arguments: ["/c", "echo"],
+            platformOptions: platformOptions,
+            output: .discarded
+        ) { execution, _ in
+            guard AssignProcessToJobObject(hJob, execution.processIdentifier.processDescriptor) else {
+                throw SubprocessError.UnderlyingError(rawValue: GetLastError())
+            }
+            guard ResumeThread(execution.processIdentifier.threadHandle) != DWORD(bitPattern: -1) else {
+                throw SubprocessError.UnderlyingError(rawValue: GetLastError())
+            }
+        }
+        #expect(result.terminationStatus.isSuccess)
+    }
 }
 
 // MARK: - User Utils