diff --git a/unix/syscall_darwin.go b/unix/syscall_darwin.go
index a8c13317..b799c5d7 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_darwin.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_darwin.go
@@ -430,6 +430,23 @@ func GetsockoptXucred(fd, level, opt int) (*Xucred, error) {
 	return x, err
 }
 
+func SysctlKinfoProc(name string, args ...int) (*KinfoProc, error) {
+	mib, err := sysctlmib(name, args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var kinfo KinfoProc
+	n := uintptr(SizeofKinfoProc)
+	if err := sysctl(mib, (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&kinfo)), &n, nil, 0); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if n != SizeofKinfoProc {
+		return nil, EIO
+	}
+	return &kinfo, nil
+}
+
 func SysctlKinfoProcSlice(name string) ([]KinfoProc, error) {
 	mib, err := sysctlmib(name)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/unix/syscall_darwin_test.go b/unix/syscall_darwin_test.go
index 731488f4..9a68bfba 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_darwin_test.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_darwin_test.go
@@ -256,3 +256,14 @@ func TestGetsockoptXucred(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSysctlKinfoProc(t *testing.T) {
+	pid := unix.Getpid()
+	kp, err := unix.SysctlKinfoProc("kern.proc.pid", pid)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SysctlKinfoProc: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got, want := int(kp.Proc.P_pid), pid; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got pid %d, want %d", got, want)
+	}
+}