diff --git a/luneTypes.d.luau b/luneTypes.d.luau
index 44bc1dc..132cbc8 100644
--- a/luneTypes.d.luau
+++ b/luneTypes.d.luau
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ declare process: {
 		options: {
 			cwd: string?,
 			env: { [string]: string }?,
-			shell: boolean | string,
+			shell: (boolean | string)?,
 			stdio: ("inherit" | "default")?,
 		}?
 	) -> {
diff --git a/src/lib/globals/process.rs b/src/lib/globals/process.rs
index c9520e8..9c901e8 100644
--- a/src/lib/globals/process.rs
+++ b/src/lib/globals/process.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,26 @@
-use std::{env, process::Stdio, sync::Weak};
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
+    env,
+    path::PathBuf,
+    process::{Command, Stdio},
+    sync::Weak,
+};
 
 use mlua::prelude::*;
 use os_str_bytes::RawOsString;
-use smol::{channel::Sender, process::Command};
+use smol::channel::Sender;
 
-use crate::{utils::table::TableBuilder, LuneMessage};
+use crate::{
+    utils::{process::pipe_and_inherit_child_process_stdio, table::TableBuilder},
+    LuneMessage,
+};
 
 pub fn create(lua: &Lua, args_vec: Vec<String>) -> LuaResult<()> {
+    let cwd = env::current_dir()?.canonicalize()?;
+    let mut cwd_str = cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+    if !cwd_str.ends_with('/') {
+        cwd_str = format!("{}/", cwd_str);
+    }
     // Create readonly args array
     let args_tab = TableBuilder::new(lua)?
         .with_sequential_values(args_vec)?
@@ -26,9 +40,10 @@ pub fn create(lua: &Lua, args_vec: Vec<String>) -> LuaResult<()> {
         "process",
         TableBuilder::new(lua)?
             .with_value("args", args_tab)?
+            .with_value("cwd", cwd_str)?
             .with_value("env", env_tab)?
             .with_async_function("exit", process_exit)?
-            .with_async_function("spawn", process_spawn)?
+            .with_function("spawn", process_spawn)?
             .build_readonly()?,
     )
 }
@@ -112,37 +127,141 @@ async fn process_exit(lua: &Lua, exit_code: Option<u8>) -> LuaResult<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-async fn process_spawn(
-    lua: &Lua,
-    (program, args): (String, Option<Vec<String>>),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
-    // Create and spawn our child process
-    let pwd = env::current_dir()?;
-    let mut cmd = Command::new(program);
-    if let Some(args) = args {
-        cmd.args(args);
-    }
-    let output = cmd
-        .current_dir(pwd)
+fn process_spawn<'a>(
+    lua: &'a Lua,
+    (mut program, args, options): (String, Option<Vec<String>>, Option<LuaTable<'a>>),
+) -> LuaResult<LuaTable<'a>> {
+    // Parse any given options or create defaults
+    let (child_cwd, child_envs, child_shell, child_stdio_inherit) = match options {
+        Some(options) => {
+            let mut cwd = env::current_dir()?;
+            let mut envs = HashMap::new();
+            let mut shell = None;
+            let mut inherit = false;
+            match options.raw_get("cwd")? {
+                LuaValue::Nil => {}
+                LuaValue::String(s) => {
+                    cwd = PathBuf::from(s.to_string_lossy().to_string());
+                    if !cwd.exists() {
+                        return Err(LuaError::RuntimeError(
+                            "Invalid value for option 'cwd' - path does not exist".to_string(),
+                        ));
+                    }
+                }
+                value => {
+                    return Err(LuaError::RuntimeError(format!(
+                        "Invalid type for option 'cwd' - expected 'string', got '{}'",
+                        value.type_name()
+                    )))
+                }
+            }
+            match options.raw_get("env")? {
+                LuaValue::Nil => {}
+                LuaValue::Table(t) => {
+                    for pair in t.pairs::<String, String>() {
+                        let (k, v) = pair?;
+                        envs.insert(k, v);
+                    }
+                }
+                value => {
+                    return Err(LuaError::RuntimeError(format!(
+                        "Invalid type for option 'env' - expected 'table', got '{}'",
+                        value.type_name()
+                    )))
+                }
+            }
+            match options.raw_get("shell")? {
+                LuaValue::Nil => {}
+                LuaValue::String(s) => shell = Some(s.to_string_lossy().to_string()),
+                LuaValue::Boolean(true) => {
+                    shell = match env::consts::FAMILY {
+                        "unix" => Some("/bin/sh".to_string()),
+                        "windows" => Some("/bin/sh".to_string()),
+                        _ => None,
+                    };
+                }
+                value => {
+                    return Err(LuaError::RuntimeError(format!(
+                        "Invalid type for option 'shell' - expected 'true' or 'string', got '{}'",
+                        value.type_name()
+                    )))
+                }
+            }
+            match options.raw_get("stdio")? {
+                LuaValue::Nil => {}
+                LuaValue::String(s) => {
+                    match s.to_str()? {
+                        "inherit" => {
+                            inherit = true;
+                        },
+                        "default" => {
+                            inherit = false;
+                        }
+                        _ => return Err(LuaError::RuntimeError(
+                            format!("Invalid value for option 'stdio' - expected 'inherit' or 'default', got '{}'", s.to_string_lossy()),
+                        ))
+                    }
+                }
+                value => {
+                    return Err(LuaError::RuntimeError(format!(
+                        "Invalid type for option 'stdio' - expected 'string', got '{}'",
+                        value.type_name()
+                    )))
+                }
+            }
+            Ok::<_, LuaError>((cwd, envs, shell, inherit))
+        }
+        None => Ok((env::current_dir()?, HashMap::new(), None, false)),
+    }?;
+    // Run a shell using the command param if wanted
+    let child_args = if let Some(shell) = child_shell {
+        let shell_args = match args {
+            Some(args) => vec!["-c".to_string(), format!("{} {}", program, args.join(" "))],
+            None => vec!["-c".to_string(), program],
+        };
+        program = shell;
+        Some(shell_args)
+    } else {
+        args
+    };
+    // Create command with the wanted options
+    let mut cmd = match child_args {
+        None => Command::new(program),
+        Some(args) => {
+            let mut cmd = Command::new(program);
+            cmd.args(args);
+            cmd
+        }
+    };
+    // FUTURE: Implement and test for tilde (~) to home dir substitution in child_cwd
+    cmd.current_dir(child_cwd);
+    cmd.envs(child_envs);
+    // Spawn the child process
+    let child = cmd
         .stdin(Stdio::null())
         .stdout(Stdio::piped())
         .stderr(Stdio::piped())
-        .output()
-        .await?;
+        .spawn()?;
+    // Inherit the output and stderr if wanted
+    let result = if child_stdio_inherit {
+        pipe_and_inherit_child_process_stdio(child)
+    } else {
+        let output = child.wait_with_output()?;
+        Ok((output.status, output.stdout, output.stderr))
+    };
+    // Extract result
+    let (status, stdout, stderr) = result?;
     // NOTE: If an exit code was not given by the child process,
     // we default to 1 if it yielded any error output, otherwise 0
-    let code = output
-        .status
-        .code()
-        .unwrap_or(match output.stderr.is_empty() {
-            true => 0,
-            false => 1,
-        });
+    let code = status.code().unwrap_or(match stderr.is_empty() {
+        true => 0,
+        false => 1,
+    });
     // Construct and return a readonly lua table with results
     TableBuilder::new(lua)?
         .with_value("ok", code == 0)?
         .with_value("code", code)?
-        .with_value("stdout", lua.create_string(&output.stdout)?)?
-        .with_value("stderr", lua.create_string(&output.stderr)?)?
+        .with_value("stdout", lua.create_string(&stdout)?)?
+        .with_value("stderr", lua.create_string(&stderr)?)?
         .build_readonly()
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/lib.rs b/src/lib/lib.rs
index 6236635..937c197 100644
--- a/src/lib/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib/lib.rs
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ mod tests {
         net_json_decode: "net/json/decode",
         net_json_encode: "net/json/encode",
         process_args: "process/args",
+        process_cwd: "process/cwd",
         process_env: "process/env",
         process_exit: "process/exit",
         process_spawn: "process/spawn",
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/mod.rs b/src/lib/utils/mod.rs
index 8775dcd..a43306a 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lib/utils/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod formatting;
 pub mod net;
+pub mod process;
 pub mod table;
 pub mod task;
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/process.rs b/src/lib/utils/process.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49ad233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/utils/process.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71141122/-
+
+use std::{
+    io,
+    io::Write,
+    process::{Child, ExitStatus},
+};
+
+use mlua::prelude::*;
+
+pub struct TeeWriter<'a, W0: Write, W1: Write> {
+    w0: &'a mut W0,
+    w1: &'a mut W1,
+}
+
+impl<'a, W0: Write, W1: Write> TeeWriter<'a, W0, W1> {
+    pub fn new(w0: &'a mut W0, w1: &'a mut W1) -> Self {
+        Self { w0, w1 }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, W0: Write, W1: Write> Write for TeeWriter<'a, W0, W1> {
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        // We have to use write_all() otherwise what
+        // happens if different amounts are written?
+        self.w0.write_all(buf)?;
+        self.w1.write_all(buf)?;
+        Ok(buf.len())
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.w0.flush()?;
+        self.w1.flush()?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn pipe_and_inherit_child_process_stdio(
+    mut child: Child,
+) -> LuaResult<(ExitStatus, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> {
+    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71141122/-
+    let mut child_stdout = child.stdout.take().unwrap();
+    let mut child_stderr = child.stderr.take().unwrap();
+    std::thread::scope(|s| {
+        let stdout_thread = s.spawn(|| {
+            let stdout = io::stdout();
+            let mut log = Vec::new();
+            let mut stdout = stdout.lock();
+            let mut tee = TeeWriter::new(&mut stdout, &mut log);
+
+            io::copy(&mut child_stdout, &mut tee).map_err(LuaError::external)?;
+
+            Ok(log)
+        });
+
+        let stderr_thread = s.spawn(|| {
+            let stderr = io::stderr();
+            let mut log = Vec::new();
+            let mut stderr = stderr.lock();
+            let mut tee = TeeWriter::new(&mut stderr, &mut log);
+
+            io::copy(&mut child_stderr, &mut tee).map_err(LuaError::external)?;
+
+            Ok(log)
+        });
+
+        let status = child.wait().expect("child wasn't running");
+
+        let stdout_log: Result<_, LuaError> = stdout_thread.join().expect("stdout thread panicked");
+        let stderr_log: Result<_, LuaError> = stderr_thread.join().expect("stderr thread panicked");
+
+        Ok::<_, LuaError>((status, stdout_log?, stderr_log?))
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/tests/process/cwd.luau b/src/tests/process/cwd.luau
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a41d42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/process/cwd.luau
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+assert(process.cwd ~= nil, "Process cwd is missing")
+
+assert(type(process.cwd) == "string", "Process cwd is not a string")
+
+assert(#process.cwd > 0, "Process cwd is an empty string")
+
+assert(string.sub(process.cwd, -1) == "/", "Process cwd does not end with '/'")
diff --git a/src/tests/process/spawn.luau b/src/tests/process/spawn.luau
index cd6bda8..e7bcc55 100644
--- a/src/tests/process/spawn.luau
+++ b/src/tests/process/spawn.luau
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-- Spawning a child process should work with options
+
 local result = process.spawn("ls", {
 	"-a",
 })
@@ -9,3 +11,62 @@ assert(result.stdout ~= "", "Stdout was empty")
 
 assert(string.find(result.stdout, "Cargo.toml") ~= nil, "Missing Cargo.toml in output")
 assert(string.find(result.stdout, ".gitignore") ~= nil, "Missing .gitignore in output")
+
+-- It should also work the same when spawned using a shell
+
+local shellResult = process.spawn("ls", {
+	"-a",
+}, {
+	shell = true,
+})
+
+assert(shellResult.ok, "Failed to spawn child process (shell)")
+
+assert(shellResult.stderr == "", "Stderr was not empty (shell)")
+assert(shellResult.stdout ~= "", "Stdout was empty (shell)")
+
+assert(string.find(shellResult.stdout, "Cargo.toml") ~= nil, "Missing Cargo.toml in output (shell)")
+assert(string.find(shellResult.stdout, ".gitignore") ~= nil, "Missing .gitignore in output (shell)")
+
+-- Make sure the cwd option actually uses the directory we want
+local rootPwd = process.spawn("pwd", {}, {
+	cwd = "/",
+}).stdout
+rootPwd = string.gsub(rootPwd, "^%s+", "")
+rootPwd = string.gsub(rootPwd, "%s+$", "")
+if rootPwd ~= "/" then
+	error(
+		string.format(
+			"Current working directory for child process was not set correctly!"
+				.. "\nExpected '/', got '%s'",
+			rootPwd
+		)
+	)
+end
+
+-- Setting cwd should not change the cwd of this process
+
+local before = process.spawn("pwd").stdout
+process.spawn("ls", {}, {
+	cwd = "/",
+	shell = true,
+})
+local after = process.spawn("pwd").stdout
+assert(before == after, "Current working directory changed after running child process")
+
+-- Inheriting stdio & environment variables should work
+
+task.delay(2, function()
+	local message = "Hello from child process!"
+	local result = process.spawn("echo", {
+		'"$TEST_VAR"',
+	}, {
+		env = { TEST_VAR = message },
+		shell = "bash",
+		stdio = "inherit",
+	})
+	assert(
+		result.stdout == (message .. "\n"), -- Note that echo adds a newline
+		"Inheriting stdio did not return proper output"
+	)
+end)