diff --git a/tokio/src/process/mod.rs b/tokio/src/process/mod.rs
index bd4a7ecee7b..8ca4818362a 100644
--- a/tokio/src/process/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/process/mod.rs
@@ -330,6 +330,15 @@ impl Command {
         &mut self.std
     }
 
+    /// Cheaply convert into a `std::process::Command`.
+    ///
+    /// Note that Tokio specific options will be lost. Currently, this only applies to [`kill_on_drop`].
+    ///
+    /// [`kill_on_drop`]: Command::kill_on_drop
+    pub fn into_std(self) -> StdCommand {
+        self.std
+    }
+
     /// Adds an argument to pass to the program.
     ///
     /// Only one argument can be passed per use. So instead of: