diff --git a/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/CFPlatform.c b/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/CFPlatform.c
index b4a274568f..d5e65c5be0 100644
--- a/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/CFPlatform.c
+++ b/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/CFPlatform.c
@@ -2158,6 +2158,10 @@ CF_EXPORT int _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsAddClose(_CFPosixSpawnFileActionsRef file_
   return posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose((posix_spawn_file_actions_t *)file_actions, filedes);
 }
 
+CF_EXPORT int _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsAddChdirNP(_CFPosixSpawnFileActionsRef file_actions, const char *path) {
+  return posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np((posix_spawn_file_actions_t *)file_actions, path);
+}
+
 CF_EXPORT int _CFPosixSpawn(pid_t *_CF_RESTRICT pid, const char *_CF_RESTRICT path, _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsRef file_actions, _CFPosixSpawnAttrRef _Nullable _CF_RESTRICT attrp, char *_Nullable const argv[_Nullable _CF_RESTRICT], char *_Nullable const envp[_Nullable _CF_RESTRICT]) {
   return posix_spawn(pid, path, (posix_spawn_file_actions_t *)file_actions, (posix_spawnattr_t *)attrp, argv, envp);
 }
diff --git a/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/ForSwiftFoundationOnly.h b/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/ForSwiftFoundationOnly.h
index 233b6f8775..46c1779155 100644
--- a/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/ForSwiftFoundationOnly.h
+++ b/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/ForSwiftFoundationOnly.h
@@ -709,6 +709,10 @@ CF_EXPORT int _CFPosixSpawn(pid_t *_CF_RESTRICT pid, const char *_CF_RESTRICT pa
 #else
 CF_EXPORT int _CFPosixSpawn(pid_t *_CF_RESTRICT pid, const char *_CF_RESTRICT path, _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsRef file_actions, _CFPosixSpawnAttrRef _Nullable _CF_RESTRICT attrp, char *_Nullable const argv[_Nullable _CF_RESTRICT], char *_Nullable const envp[_Nullable _CF_RESTRICT]);
 #endif // __cplusplus
+
+#if TARGET_OS_LINUX
+CF_EXPORT int _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsAddChdirNP(_CFPosixSpawnFileActionsRef file_actions, const char *path);
+#endif // TARGET_OS_LINUX
 #endif // !TARGET_OS_WIN32
 
 _CF_EXPORT_SCOPE_END
diff --git a/Sources/Foundation/Process.swift b/Sources/Foundation/Process.swift
index d9449366f7..ea91825e49 100644
--- a/Sources/Foundation/Process.swift
+++ b/Sources/Foundation/Process.swift
@@ -938,6 +938,17 @@ open class Process: NSObject {
         }
 #endif
 
+        #if os(Linux)
+        if let dir = currentDirectoryURL?.path {
+            try _throwIfPosixError(_CFPosixSpawnFileActionsAddChdirNP(fileActions, dir))
+        }
+        #else
+        // This is an unfortunate workaround: posix_spawn has no POSIX-specified way to set the working directory
+        // of the child process. glibc has a non-POSIX API option, which we use above. Here we take a brute-force
+        // approach of just changing our current working directory. This is not a great implementation and it's likely
+        // to cause subtle issues in those environments. However, the Apple Foundation library doesn't have this problem,
+        // and this library does the right thing on Linux and Windows, so the overwhelming majority of users are
+        // well-served.
         let fileManager = FileManager()
         let previousDirectoryPath = fileManager.currentDirectoryPath
         if let dir = currentDirectoryURL?.path, !fileManager.changeCurrentDirectoryPath(dir) {
@@ -948,6 +959,7 @@ open class Process: NSObject {
             // Reset the previous working directory path.
             fileManager.changeCurrentDirectoryPath(previousDirectoryPath)
         }
+        #endif
 
         // Launch
         var pid = pid_t()
diff --git a/Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestProcess.swift b/Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestProcess.swift
index e314be517d..aa933e5b45 100644
--- a/Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestProcess.swift
+++ b/Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestProcess.swift
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 // See http://swift.org/CONTRIBUTORS.txt for the list of Swift project authors
 //
 
+import Dispatch
+
 class TestProcess : XCTestCase {
     
     func test_exit0() throws {
@@ -699,6 +701,55 @@ class TestProcess : XCTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    func test_currentDirectoryDoesNotChdirParentProcess() throws {
+        // This test only behaves correctly on Linux and Windows: other platforms don't have an
+        // appropriate API for this in posix_spawn or similar.
+        #if os(Linux) || os(Windows)
+        let backgroundQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "background-processor")
+        let group = DispatchGroup()
+        let startSemaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
+        let currentWorkingDirectory = FileManager.default.currentDirectoryPath
+        var shouldRun = true
+        let shouldRunLock = NSLock()
+
+        XCTAssertNotEqual(currentWorkingDirectory, "/")
+
+        // Kick off the background task. This will spin on our current working directory and confirm
+        // it doesn't change.
+        backgroundQueue.async(group: group) {
+            startSemaphore.signal()
+
+            while true {
+                let newCWD = FileManager.default.currentDirectoryPath
+                XCTAssertEqual(newCWD, currentWorkingDirectory)
+
+                shouldRunLock.lock()
+                if shouldRun {
+                    shouldRunLock.unlock()
+                } else {
+                    shouldRunLock.unlock()
+                    break
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        startSemaphore.wait()
+
+        // We run the task 50 times just to try to encourage it to fail.
+        for _ in 0..<50 {
+            XCTAssertNoThrow(try runTask([xdgTestHelperURL().path, "--getcwd"], currentDirectoryPath: "/"))
+        }
+
+        shouldRunLock.lock()
+        shouldRun = false
+        shouldRunLock.unlock()
+
+        group.wait()
+        #else
+        throw XCTSkip()
+        #endif
+    }
+
     #if !os(Windows)
     func test_fileDescriptorsAreNotInherited() throws {
         let task = Process()
@@ -866,6 +917,7 @@ class TestProcess : XCTestCase {
             ("test_currentDirectory", test_currentDirectory),
             ("test_pipeCloseBeforeLaunch", test_pipeCloseBeforeLaunch),
             ("test_multiProcesses", test_multiProcesses),
+            ("test_currentDirectoryDoesNotChdirParentProcess", test_currentDirectoryDoesNotChdirParentProcess),
         ]
 
 #if !os(Windows)