diff --git a/crates/axl-runtime/src/engine/std/process.rs b/crates/axl-runtime/src/engine/std/process.rs
index 792b1c8e3..3160ad045 100644
--- a/crates/axl-runtime/src/engine/std/process.rs
+++ b/crates/axl-runtime/src/engine/std/process.rs
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ pub(crate) fn command_methods(registry: &mut MethodsBuilder) {
         Ok(this)
     }
 
+    /// Executes the command as a child process, returning a handle to it.
+    ///
+    /// By default, stdin, stdout and stderr are inherited from the parent.
     fn spawn<'v>(#[allow(unused)] this: values::Value<'v>) -> anyhow::Result<Child> {
         let cmd = this.downcast_ref_err::<Command>()?;
         let child = cmd.inner.borrow_mut().spawn()?;
@@ -185,6 +188,17 @@ pub(crate) fn command_methods(registry: &mut MethodsBuilder) {
             inner: Rc::new(RefCell::new(Some(child))),
         })
     }
+
+    /// Executes a command as a child process, waiting for it to finish and collecting its status.
+    /// Unlike `cmd.spawn().wait()` and `cmd.spawn().wait_with_output()`, this function does not
+    /// close the stdin handle.
+    ///
+    /// By default, stdin, stdout and stderr are inherited from the parent.
+    fn status<'v>(#[allow(unused)] this: values::Value<'v>) -> anyhow::Result<ExitStatus> {
+        let cmd = this.downcast_ref_err::<Command>()?;
+        let status = cmd.inner.borrow_mut().status()?;
+        Ok(ExitStatus(status))
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Display, Trace, ProvidesStaticType, NoSerialize, Allocative)]
diff --git a/docs/lib/std/process/command.md b/docs/lib/std/process/command.md
index 51634a0fc..0fb542c11 100644
--- a/docs/lib/std/process/command.md
+++ b/docs/lib/std/process/command.md
@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@
 <pre class="language-python"><code><span class="source python"><span class="meta function python"><span class="storage type function python">def</span> <span class="entity name function python"><span class="meta generic-name python">Command</span></span>.<span class="entity name function python"><span class="meta generic-name python">spawn</span></span></span><span class="meta function parameters python"><span class="punctuation section parameters begin python">(</span></span><span class="meta function parameters python">
 <span class="punctuation section parameters end python">)</span></span><span class="meta function python"> </span><span class="meta function annotation return python"><span class="punctuation separator annotation return python">-&gt;</span> <span class="meta string python"><span class="string quoted single python"><span class="punctuation definition string begin python">&#39;</span></span></span><span class="meta string python"><span class="string quoted single python"><a href="/lib/std/process/child">std.process.Child</a><span class="punctuation definition string end python">&#39;</span></span></span></span></span></code></pre>
 
+Executes the command as a child process, returning a handle to it.
+
+By default, stdin, stdout and stderr are inherited from the parent.
+
+***
+
+## Command.status
+
+<pre class="language-python"><code><span class="source python"><span class="meta function python"><span class="storage type function python">def</span> <span class="entity name function python"><span class="meta generic-name python">Command</span></span>.<span class="entity name function python"><span class="meta generic-name python">status</span></span></span><span class="meta function parameters python"><span class="punctuation section parameters begin python">(</span></span><span class="meta function parameters python">
+<span class="punctuation section parameters end python">)</span></span><span class="meta function python"> </span><span class="meta function annotation return python"><span class="punctuation separator annotation return python">-&gt;</span> <span class="meta string python"><span class="string quoted single python"><span class="punctuation definition string begin python">&#39;</span></span></span><span class="meta string python"><span class="string quoted single python"><a href="/lib/std/process/exit_status">std.process.ExitStatus</a><span class="punctuation definition string end python">&#39;</span></span></span></span></span></code></pre>
+
+Executes a command as a child process, waiting for it to finish and collecting its status. Unlike `cmd.spawn().wait()` and `cmd.spawn().wait_with_output()`, this function does not close the stdin handle.
+
+By default, stdin, stdout and stderr are inherited from the parent.
+
 ***
 
 ## Command.stderr