diff --git a/doc/api.markdown b/doc/api.markdown
index 162321e61b..677af4f90d 100644
--- a/doc/api.markdown
+++ b/doc/api.markdown
@@ -750,6 +750,10 @@ The PID of the process.
 
     console.log('This process is pid ' + process.pid);
 
+### process.title
+
+Getter/setter to set what is displayed in 'ps'.
+
 
 ### process.platform
 
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index e72c8dfb9b..72dc481bc0 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1506,6 +1506,24 @@ static Handle<Value> Binding(const Arguments& args) {
 }
 
 
+static Handle<Value> ProcessTitleGetter(Local<String> property,
+                                        const AccessorInfo& info) {
+  HandleScope scope;
+  int len;
+  const char *s = OS::GetProcessTitle(&len);
+  return scope.Close(s ? String::New(s, len) : String::Empty());
+}
+
+
+static void ProcessTitleSetter(Local<String> property,
+                               Local<Value> value,
+                               const AccessorInfo& info) {
+  HandleScope scope;
+  String::Utf8Value title(value->ToString());
+  OS::SetProcessTitle(*title);
+}
+
+
 static void Load(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   HandleScope scope;
 
@@ -1514,6 +1532,12 @@ static void Load(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   process = Persistent<Object>::New(process_template->GetFunction()->NewInstance());
 
+
+  process->SetAccessor(String::New("title"),
+                       ProcessTitleGetter,
+                       ProcessTitleSetter);
+
+
   // Add a reference to the global object
   Local<Object> global = v8::Context::GetCurrent()->Global();
   process->Set(String::NewSymbol("global"), global);
@@ -1733,6 +1757,9 @@ static void AtExit() {
 
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  // Hack aroung with the argv pointer. Used for process.title = "blah".
+  argv = node::OS::SetupArgs(argc, argv);
+
   // Parse a few arguments which are specific to Node.
   node::ParseArgs(&argc, argv);
   // Parse the rest of the args (up to the 'option_end_index' (where '--' was
diff --git a/src/platform.h b/src/platform.h
index 45f4754726..f025230725 100644
--- a/src/platform.h
+++ b/src/platform.h
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ namespace node {
 
 class OS {
  public:
+  static char** SetupArgs(int argc, char *argv[]);
+  static void SetProcessTitle(char *title);
+  static const char* GetProcessTitle(int *len);
+
   static int GetMemory(size_t *rss, size_t *vsize);
   static int GetExecutablePath(char* buffer, size_t* size);
 };
diff --git a/src/platform_cygwin.cc b/src/platform_cygwin.cc
index 31276bd2ed..f2a1e84324 100644
--- a/src/platform_cygwin.cc
+++ b/src/platform_cygwin.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ namespace node {
 
 static char buf[MAXPATHLEN + 1];
 
+
+char** OS::SetupArgs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  return argv;
+}
+
+
+void OS::SetProcessTitle(char *title) {
+  ;
+}
+
+
+const char* OS::GetProcessTitle(int *len) {
+  *len = 0;
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+
 int OS::GetMemory(size_t *rss, size_t *vsize) {
   FILE *f = fopen("/proc/self/stat", "r");
   if (!f) return -1;
diff --git a/src/platform_darwin.cc b/src/platform_darwin.cc
index 2ff43f278f..16897b28d9 100644
--- a/src/platform_darwin.cc
+++ b/src/platform_darwin.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@
 
 namespace node {
 
+
+char** OS::SetupArgs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  return argv;
+}
+
+
+void OS::SetProcessTitle(char *title) {
+  ;
+}
+
+
+const char* OS::GetProcessTitle(int *len) {
+  *len = 0;
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 // Researched by Tim Becker and Michael Knight
 // http://blog.kuriositaet.de/?p=257
 int OS::GetMemory(size_t *rss, size_t *vsize) {
diff --git a/src/platform_freebsd.cc b/src/platform_freebsd.cc
index a0d25dd206..0a2c28bec9 100644
--- a/src/platform_freebsd.cc
+++ b/src/platform_freebsd.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@
 namespace node {
 
 
+char** OS::SetupArgs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  return argv;
+}
+
+
+void OS::SetProcessTitle(char *title) {
+  ;
+}
+
+
+const char* OS::GetProcessTitle(int *len) {
+  *len = 0;
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+
 int OS::GetMemory(size_t *rss, size_t *vsize) {
   kvm_t *kd = NULL;
   struct kinfo_proc *kinfo = NULL;
diff --git a/src/platform_linux.cc b/src/platform_linux.cc
index 31276bd2ed..f2a1e84324 100644
--- a/src/platform_linux.cc
+++ b/src/platform_linux.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ namespace node {
 
 static char buf[MAXPATHLEN + 1];
 
+
+char** OS::SetupArgs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  return argv;
+}
+
+
+void OS::SetProcessTitle(char *title) {
+  ;
+}
+
+
+const char* OS::GetProcessTitle(int *len) {
+  *len = 0;
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+
 int OS::GetMemory(size_t *rss, size_t *vsize) {
   FILE *f = fopen("/proc/self/stat", "r");
   if (!f) return -1;
diff --git a/src/platform_none.cc b/src/platform_none.cc
index 56a36e1dd5..420efe189b 100644
--- a/src/platform_none.cc
+++ b/src/platform_none.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@
 namespace node {
 
 
+char** OS::SetupArgs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  return argv;
+}
+
+
+void OS::SetProcessTitle(char *title) {
+  ;
+}
+
+
+const char* OS::GetProcessTitle(int *len) {
+  *len = 0;
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+
 int OS::GetMemory(size_t *rss, size_t *vsize) {
   // Not implemented
   *rss = 0;
diff --git a/src/platform_sunos.cc b/src/platform_sunos.cc
index 34c47fcedd..7723035a3b 100644
--- a/src/platform_sunos.cc
+++ b/src/platform_sunos.cc
@@ -24,6 +24,22 @@
 namespace node {
 
 
+char** OS::SetupArgs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  return argv;
+}
+
+
+void OS::SetProcessTitle(char *title) {
+  ;
+}
+
+
+const char* OS::GetProcessTitle(int *len) {
+  *len = 0;
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+
 int OS::GetMemory(size_t *rss, size_t *vsize) {
   pid_t pid = getpid();
 
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index f29174f271..f55ea5d88b 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -187,12 +187,8 @@ def configure(conf):
     if not conf.check(lib='nsl', uselib_store="NSL"):
       conf.fatal("Cannot find nsl library")
 
-
-
   conf.sub_config('deps/libeio')
 
-
-
   if conf.env['USE_SHARED_V8']:
     v8_includes = [];
     if o.shared_v8_includes: v8_includes.append(o.shared_v8_includes);