diff --git a/process/process_darwin.go b/process/process_darwin.go
index 414ea98e5a8ef0b607c5d3c8abf1f85289f7f71a..f2bd0a828f52e0e4fc5a923b851c9955e67a59ff 100644
--- a/process/process_darwin.go
+++ b/process/process_darwin.go
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ func (p *Process) Cmdline() (string, error) {
 	}
 	return strings.Join(r[0], " "), err
 }
+func (p *Process) CmdlineSlice() ([]string, error) {
+	return nil, common.NotImplementedError
+}
 func (p *Process) CreateTime() (int64, error) {
 	return 0, common.NotImplementedError
 }
diff --git a/process/process_freebsd.go b/process/process_freebsd.go
index 9835bc99e14a2a3b92dc8156a3c629ab5c9ef511..49898670e6b95e9a0261a8527d5efb2f5f35aff9 100644
--- a/process/process_freebsd.go
+++ b/process/process_freebsd.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func (p *Process) Name() (string, error) {
 func (p *Process) Exe() (string, error) {
 	return "", common.NotImplementedError
 }
+
 func (p *Process) Cmdline() (string, error) {
 	mib := []int32{CTLKern, KernProc, KernProcArgs, p.Pid}
 	buf, _, err := common.CallSyscall(mib)
@@ -69,6 +70,24 @@ func (p *Process) Cmdline() (string, error) {
 
 	return strings.Join(ret, " "), nil
 }
+
+func (p *Process) CmdlineSlice() ([]string, error) {
+	mib := []int32{CTLKern, KernProc, KernProcArgs, p.Pid}
+	buf, _, err := common.CallSyscall(mib)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if buf[len(buf)-1] == 0 {
+		buf = buf[:len(buf)-1]
+	}
+	parts := bytes.Split(buf, []byte{0})
+	var strParts []string
+	for _, p := range parts {
+		strParts = append(strParts, string(p))
+	}
+
+	return strParts, nil
+}
 func (p *Process) CreateTime() (int64, error) {
 	return 0, common.NotImplementedError
 }
diff --git a/process/process_linux.go b/process/process_linux.go
index 1783d2f2245d49023a818c9e5e4283657f8284dd..7c6bb29a53a5796c023d7c08898ce0ac5ef0c809 100644
--- a/process/process_linux.go
+++ b/process/process_linux.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package process
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -84,9 +85,19 @@ func (p *Process) Name() (string, error) {
 func (p *Process) Exe() (string, error) {
 	return p.fillFromExe()
 }
+
+// Cmdline returns the command line arguments of the process as a string with
+// each argument separated by 0x20 ascii character.
 func (p *Process) Cmdline() (string, error) {
 	return p.fillFromCmdline()
 }
+
+// CmdlineSlice returns the command line arguments of the process as a slice with each
+// element being an argument.
+func (p *Process) CmdlineSlice() ([]string, error) {
+	return p.fillSliceFromCmdline()
+}
+
 func (p *Process) CreateTime() (int64, error) {
 	_, _, _, createTime, _, err := p.fillFromStat()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -403,6 +414,25 @@ func (p *Process) fillFromCmdline() (string, error) {
 	return strings.Join(ret, " "), nil
 }
 
+func (p *Process) fillSliceFromCmdline() ([]string, error) {
+	pid := p.Pid
+	cmdPath := common.HostProc(strconv.Itoa(int(pid)), "cmdline")
+	cmdline, err := ioutil.ReadFile(cmdPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if cmdline[len(cmdline)-1] == 0 {
+		cmdline = cmdline[:len(cmdline)-1]
+	}
+	parts := bytes.Split(cmdline, []byte{0})
+	var strParts []string
+	for _, p := range parts {
+		strParts = append(strParts, string(p))
+	}
+
+	return strParts, nil
+}
+
 // Get IO status from /proc/(pid)/io
 func (p *Process) fillFromIO() (*IOCountersStat, error) {
 	pid := p.Pid
diff --git a/process/process_test.go b/process/process_test.go
index 129204f98d55dca057382bbd76748f57e23e246f..c5aac11f6f56bca3482e4a7b68b317834fefb54d 100644
--- a/process/process_test.go
+++ b/process/process_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
+	"reflect"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -120,6 +121,18 @@ func Test_Process_CmdLine(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func Test_Process_CmdLineSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	p := testGetProcess()
+
+	v, err := p.CmdlineSlice()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("geting cmdline slice error %v", err)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(v, os.Args) {
+		t.Errorf("returned cmdline slice not as expected:\nexp: %v\ngot: %v", os.Args, v)
+	}
+}
+
 func Test_Process_Ppid(t *testing.T) {
 	p := testGetProcess()
 
diff --git a/process/process_windows.go b/process/process_windows.go
index 51a0ee10dc2cbd17d2f82f0666053ea4c44190a4..6fd972ee71c351098b2cb7ac3cc0bb5f3ec00abd 100644
--- a/process/process_windows.go
+++ b/process/process_windows.go
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ func (p *Process) Cmdline() (string, error) {
 	}
 	return *dst[0].CommandLine, nil
 }
-
+func (p *Process) CmdlineSlice() ([]string, error) {
+	return nil, common.NotImplementedError
+}
 func (p *Process) CreateTime() (int64, error) {
 	dst, err := GetWin32Proc(p.Pid)
 	if err != nil {