--- Modules/python.c
+++ Modules/python.c
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 #include "Python.h"
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+#include <linux/prctl.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 #include <floatingpoint.h>
 #endif
@@ -9,6 +16,8 @@
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
+	char *process_name;
+
 	/* 754 requires that FP exceptions run in "no stop" mode by default,
 	 * and until C vendors implement C99's ways to control FP exceptions,
 	 * Python requires non-stop mode.  Alas, some platforms enable FP
@@ -20,5 +29,12 @@
 	m = fpgetmask();
 	fpsetmask(m & ~FP_X_OFL);
 #endif
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+	if ((process_name = getenv("PYTHON_PROCESS_NAME"))) {
+		prctl(PR_SET_NAME, process_name);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	return Py_Main(argc, argv);
 }