diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/tasks/ps.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/tasks/ps.go
index f371e4458..1d61ef6df 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/tasks/ps.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/tasks/ps.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/cmd/ctr/commands"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/windows/hcsshimtypes"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ var psCommand = cli.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
 		task, err := container.Task(ctx, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -38,21 +37,19 @@ var psCommand = cli.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 10, 1, 3, ' ', 0)
+		w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 1, 8, 4, ' ', 0)
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, "PID\tINFO")
 		for _, ps := range processes {
+			var info interface{} = "-"
 			if ps.Info != nil {
-				var details hcsshimtypes.ProcessDetails
-				if err := details.Unmarshal(ps.Info.Value); err == nil {
-					if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d\t%+v\n", ps.Pid, details); err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-				}
-			} else {
-				if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d\t-\n", ps.Pid); err != nil {
+				info, err = typeurl.UnmarshalAny(ps.Info)
+				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
 			}
+			if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d\t%+v\n", ps.Pid, info); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 		return w.Flush()
 	},
diff --git a/linux/runcopts/next.pb.txt b/linux/runcopts/next.pb.txt
index 414543bd7..a5daad170 100755
--- a/linux/runcopts/next.pb.txt
+++ b/linux/runcopts/next.pb.txt
@@ -165,6 +165,16 @@ file {
       json_name: "cgroupsMode"
     }
   }
+  message_type {
+    name: "ProcessDetails"
+    field {
+      name: "exec_id"
+      number: 1
+      label: LABEL_OPTIONAL
+      type: TYPE_STRING
+      json_name: "execId"
+    }
+  }
   options {
     go_package: "github.com/containerd/containerd/linux/runcopts;runcopts"
   }
diff --git a/linux/runcopts/runc.pb.go b/linux/runcopts/runc.pb.go
index e22b106c3..3acca26e0 100644
--- a/linux/runcopts/runc.pb.go
+++ b/linux/runcopts/runc.pb.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 		RuncOptions
 		CreateOptions
 		CheckpointOptions
+		ProcessDetails
 */
 package runcopts
 
@@ -78,10 +79,19 @@ func (m *CheckpointOptions) Reset()                    { *m = CheckpointOptions{
 func (*CheckpointOptions) ProtoMessage()               {}
 func (*CheckpointOptions) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorRunc, []int{2} }
 
+type ProcessDetails struct {
+	ExecID string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=exec_id,json=execId,proto3" json:"exec_id,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *ProcessDetails) Reset()                    { *m = ProcessDetails{} }
+func (*ProcessDetails) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*ProcessDetails) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptorRunc, []int{3} }
+
 func init() {
 	proto.RegisterType((*RuncOptions)(nil), "containerd.linux.runc.RuncOptions")
 	proto.RegisterType((*CreateOptions)(nil), "containerd.linux.runc.CreateOptions")
 	proto.RegisterType((*CheckpointOptions)(nil), "containerd.linux.runc.CheckpointOptions")
+	proto.RegisterType((*ProcessDetails)(nil), "containerd.linux.runc.ProcessDetails")
 }
 func (m *RuncOptions) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
 	size := m.Size()
@@ -333,6 +343,30 @@ func (m *CheckpointOptions) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	return i, nil
 }
 
+func (m *ProcessDetails) Marshal() (dAtA []byte, err error) {
+	size := m.Size()
+	dAtA = make([]byte, size)
+	n, err := m.MarshalTo(dAtA)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return dAtA[:n], nil
+}
+
+func (m *ProcessDetails) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
+	var i int
+	_ = i
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	if len(m.ExecID) > 0 {
+		dAtA[i] = 0xa
+		i++
+		i = encodeVarintRunc(dAtA, i, uint64(len(m.ExecID)))
+		i += copy(dAtA[i:], m.ExecID)
+	}
+	return i, nil
+}
+
 func encodeVarintRunc(dAtA []byte, offset int, v uint64) int {
 	for v >= 1<<7 {
 		dAtA[offset] = uint8(v&0x7f | 0x80)
@@ -438,6 +472,16 @@ func (m *CheckpointOptions) Size() (n int) {
 	return n
 }
 
+func (m *ProcessDetails) Size() (n int) {
+	var l int
+	_ = l
+	l = len(m.ExecID)
+	if l > 0 {
+		n += 1 + l + sovRunc(uint64(l))
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
 func sovRunc(x uint64) (n int) {
 	for {
 		n++
@@ -500,6 +544,16 @@ func (this *CheckpointOptions) String() string {
 	}, "")
 	return s
 }
+func (this *ProcessDetails) String() string {
+	if this == nil {
+		return "nil"
+	}
+	s := strings.Join([]string{`&ProcessDetails{`,
+		`ExecID:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.ExecID) + `,`,
+		`}`,
+	}, "")
+	return s
+}
 func valueToStringRunc(v interface{}) string {
 	rv := reflect.ValueOf(v)
 	if rv.IsNil() {
@@ -1168,6 +1222,85 @@ func (m *CheckpointOptions) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+func (m *ProcessDetails) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
+	l := len(dAtA)
+	iNdEx := 0
+	for iNdEx < l {
+		preIndex := iNdEx
+		var wire uint64
+		for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+			if shift >= 64 {
+				return ErrIntOverflowRunc
+			}
+			if iNdEx >= l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+			iNdEx++
+			wire |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+			if b < 0x80 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		fieldNum := int32(wire >> 3)
+		wireType := int(wire & 0x7)
+		if wireType == 4 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: ProcessDetails: wiretype end group for non-group")
+		}
+		if fieldNum <= 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("proto: ProcessDetails: illegal tag %d (wire type %d)", fieldNum, wire)
+		}
+		switch fieldNum {
+		case 1:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field ExecID", wireType)
+			}
+			var stringLen uint64
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowRunc
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				stringLen |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			intStringLen := int(stringLen)
+			if intStringLen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthRunc
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + intStringLen
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			m.ExecID = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		default:
+			iNdEx = preIndex
+			skippy, err := skipRunc(dAtA[iNdEx:])
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if skippy < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthRunc
+			}
+			if (iNdEx + skippy) > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			iNdEx += skippy
+		}
+	}
+
+	if iNdEx > l {
+		return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+	}
+	return nil
+}
 func skipRunc(dAtA []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	l := len(dAtA)
 	iNdEx := 0
@@ -1278,36 +1411,39 @@ func init() {
 }
 
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diff --git a/linux/runcopts/runc.proto b/linux/runcopts/runc.proto
index 3d10dc9dc..2ed8dab70 100644
--- a/linux/runcopts/runc.proto
+++ b/linux/runcopts/runc.proto
@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@ message CheckpointOptions {
 	repeated string empty_namespaces = 6;
 	string cgroups_mode = 7;
 }
+
+message ProcessDetails {
+	string exec_id = 1;
+}
diff --git a/linux/shim/service.go b/linux/shim/service.go
index 7b5c5e116..7cc4cc4a4 100644
--- a/linux/shim/service.go
+++ b/linux/shim/service.go
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/api/types/task"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/events"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/linux/runcopts"
 	shimapi "github.com/containerd/containerd/linux/shim/v1"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/namespaces"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/reaper"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/runtime"
 	runc "github.com/containerd/go-runc"
+	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
 	google_protobuf "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -357,9 +359,23 @@ func (s *Service) ListPids(ctx context.Context, r *shimapi.ListPidsRequest) (*sh
 	}
 	var processes []*task.ProcessInfo
 	for _, pid := range pids {
-		processes = append(processes, &task.ProcessInfo{
+		pInfo := task.ProcessInfo{
 			Pid: pid,
-		})
+		}
+		for _, p := range s.processes {
+			if p.Pid() == int(pid) {
+				d := &runcopts.ProcessDetails{
+					ExecID: p.ID(),
+				}
+				a, err := typeurl.MarshalAny(d)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to marshal process %d info", pid)
+				}
+				pInfo.Info = a
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		processes = append(processes, &pInfo)
 	}
 	return &shimapi.ListPidsResponse{
 		Processes: processes,
diff --git a/linux/task.go b/linux/task.go
index 268e91a94..91a5279a8 100644
--- a/linux/task.go
+++ b/linux/task.go
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ func (t *Task) Pids(ctx context.Context) ([]runtime.ProcessInfo, error) {
 	var processList []runtime.ProcessInfo
 	for _, p := range resp.Processes {
 		processList = append(processList, runtime.ProcessInfo{
-			Pid: p.Pid,
+			Pid:  p.Pid,
+			Info: p.Info,
 		})
 	}
 	return processList, nil
diff --git a/services/tasks/service.go b/services/tasks/service.go
index 725b446fd..8ddb4a017 100644
--- a/services/tasks/service.go
+++ b/services/tasks/service.go
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ func (s *service) ListPids(ctx context.Context, r *api.ListPidsRequest) (*api.Li
 	}
 	var processes []*task.ProcessInfo
 	for _, p := range processList {
-		processInfo := task.ProcessInfo{
+		pInfo := task.ProcessInfo{
 			Pid: p.Pid,
 		}
 		if p.Info != nil {
@@ -356,9 +356,9 @@ func (s *service) ListPids(ctx context.Context, r *api.ListPidsRequest) (*api.Li
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to marshal process %d info", p.Pid)
 			}
-			processInfo.Info = a
+			pInfo.Info = a
 		}
-		processes = append(processes, &processInfo)
+		processes = append(processes, &pInfo)
 	}
 	return &api.ListPidsResponse{
 		Processes: processes,
diff --git a/windows/hcsshimtypes/hcsshim.pb.go b/windows/hcsshimtypes/hcsshim.pb.go
index 572701068..79baaf6ea 100644
--- a/windows/hcsshimtypes/hcsshim.pb.go
+++ b/windows/hcsshimtypes/hcsshim.pb.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type ProcessDetails struct {
 	MemoryWorkingSetSharedBytes  uint64    `protobuf:"varint,6,opt,name=memory_working_set_shared_bytes,json=memoryWorkingSetSharedBytes,proto3" json:"memory_working_set_shared_bytes,omitempty"`
 	ProcessID                    uint32    `protobuf:"varint,7,opt,name=process_id,json=processId,proto3" json:"process_id,omitempty"`
 	UserTime_100Ns               uint64    `protobuf:"varint,8,opt,name=user_time_100_ns,json=userTime100Ns,proto3" json:"user_time_100_ns,omitempty"`
+	ExecID                       string    `protobuf:"bytes,9,opt,name=exec_id,json=execId,proto3" json:"exec_id,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *ProcessDetails) Reset()                    { *m = ProcessDetails{} }
@@ -155,6 +156,12 @@ func (m *ProcessDetails) MarshalTo(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 		i++
 		i = encodeVarintHcsshim(dAtA, i, uint64(m.UserTime_100Ns))
 	}
+	if len(m.ExecID) > 0 {
+		dAtA[i] = 0x4a
+		i++
+		i = encodeVarintHcsshim(dAtA, i, uint64(len(m.ExecID)))
+		i += copy(dAtA[i:], m.ExecID)
+	}
 	return i, nil
 }
 
@@ -202,6 +209,10 @@ func (m *ProcessDetails) Size() (n int) {
 	if m.UserTime_100Ns != 0 {
 		n += 1 + sovHcsshim(uint64(m.UserTime_100Ns))
 	}
+	l = len(m.ExecID)
+	if l > 0 {
+		n += 1 + l + sovHcsshim(uint64(l))
+	}
 	return n
 }
 
@@ -241,6 +252,7 @@ func (this *ProcessDetails) String() string {
 		`MemoryWorkingSetSharedBytes:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.MemoryWorkingSetSharedBytes) + `,`,
 		`ProcessID:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.ProcessID) + `,`,
 		`UserTime_100Ns:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.UserTime_100Ns) + `,`,
+		`ExecID:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.ExecID) + `,`,
 		`}`,
 	}, "")
 	return s
@@ -535,6 +547,35 @@ func (m *ProcessDetails) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 					break
 				}
 			}
+		case 9:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field ExecID", wireType)
+			}
+			var stringLen uint64
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowHcsshim
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				stringLen |= (uint64(b) & 0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			intStringLen := int(stringLen)
+			if intStringLen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthHcsshim
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + intStringLen
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			m.ExecID = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
+			iNdEx = postIndex
 		default:
 			iNdEx = preIndex
 			skippy, err := skipHcsshim(dAtA[iNdEx:])
@@ -666,35 +707,37 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 var fileDescriptorHcsshim = []byte{
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 }
diff --git a/windows/hcsshimtypes/hcsshim.proto b/windows/hcsshimtypes/hcsshim.proto
index 7fcc0547b..265e13b9b 100644
--- a/windows/hcsshimtypes/hcsshim.proto
+++ b/windows/hcsshimtypes/hcsshim.proto
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ message ProcessDetails {
 	uint64 memory_working_set_shared_bytes = 6;
 	uint32 process_id = 7;
 	uint64 user_time_100_ns = 8;
+	string exec_id = 9;
 }
diff --git a/windows/hcsshimtypes/next.pb.txt b/windows/hcsshimtypes/next.pb.txt
index 813db134e..2d084439f 100755
--- a/windows/hcsshimtypes/next.pb.txt
+++ b/windows/hcsshimtypes/next.pb.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ file {
       type: TYPE_UINT64
       json_name: "userTime100Ns"
     }
+    field {
+      name: "exec_id"
+      number: 9
+      label: LABEL_OPTIONAL
+      type: TYPE_STRING
+      json_name: "execId"
+    }
   }
   options {
     go_package: "github.com/containerd/containerd/windows/hcsshimtypes;hcsshimtypes"
diff --git a/windows/process.go b/windows/process.go
index 539830ee7..816ef1121 100644
--- a/windows/process.go
+++ b/windows/process.go
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ func (p *process) Pid() uint32 {
 	return p.pid
 }
 
+func (p *process) HcsPid() uint32 {
+	return uint32(p.hcs.Pid())
+}
+
 func (p *process) ExitCode() (uint32, time.Time, error) {
 	if s := p.Status(); s != runtime.StoppedStatus && s != runtime.CreatedStatus {
 		return 255, time.Time{}, errors.Wrapf(errdefs.ErrFailedPrecondition, "process is not stopped: %s", s)
diff --git a/windows/task.go b/windows/task.go
index 642fb86be..492d03674 100644
--- a/windows/task.go
+++ b/windows/task.go
@@ -218,24 +218,36 @@ func (t *task) Pids(ctx context.Context) ([]runtime.ProcessInfo, error) {
 	t.Lock()
 	defer t.Unlock()
 
-	var infoList []runtime.ProcessInfo
+	var processList []runtime.ProcessInfo
 	hcsProcessList, err := t.hcsContainer.ProcessList()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	for _, process := range hcsProcessList {
-		info, err := t.convertToProcessDetails(process)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+	for _, hcsProcess := range hcsProcessList {
+		info := &hcsshimtypes.ProcessDetails{
+			ImageName:                    hcsProcess.ImageName,
+			CreatedAt:                    hcsProcess.CreateTimestamp,
+			KernelTime_100Ns:             hcsProcess.KernelTime100ns,
+			MemoryCommitBytes:            hcsProcess.MemoryCommitBytes,
+			MemoryWorkingSetPrivateBytes: hcsProcess.MemoryWorkingSetPrivateBytes,
+			MemoryWorkingSetSharedBytes:  hcsProcess.MemoryWorkingSetSharedBytes,
+			ProcessID:                    hcsProcess.ProcessId,
+			UserTime_100Ns:               hcsProcess.UserTime100ns,
 		}
-		infoList = append(infoList, runtime.ProcessInfo{
-			Pid:  process.ProcessId,
+		for _, p := range t.processes {
+			if p.HcsPid() == hcsProcess.ProcessId {
+				info.ExecID = p.ID()
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		processList = append(processList, runtime.ProcessInfo{
+			Pid:  hcsProcess.ProcessId,
 			Info: info,
 		})
 	}
 
-	return infoList, nil
+	return processList, nil
 }
 
 func (t *task) Checkpoint(_ context.Context, _ string, _ *types.Any) error {
@@ -397,17 +409,3 @@ func (t *task) cleanup() {
 	removeLayer(context.Background(), t.rwLayer)
 	t.Unlock()
 }
-
-// convertToProcessDetails converts a given hcsshim ProcessListItem to proto ProcessDetails
-func (t *task) convertToProcessDetails(p hcsshim.ProcessListItem) (*hcsshimtypes.ProcessDetails, error) {
-	return &hcsshimtypes.ProcessDetails{
-		ImageName:                    p.ImageName,
-		CreatedAt:                    p.CreateTimestamp,
-		KernelTime_100Ns:             p.KernelTime100ns,
-		MemoryCommitBytes:            p.MemoryCommitBytes,
-		MemoryWorkingSetPrivateBytes: p.MemoryWorkingSetPrivateBytes,
-		MemoryWorkingSetSharedBytes:  p.MemoryWorkingSetSharedBytes,
-		ProcessID:                    p.ProcessId,
-		UserTime_100Ns:               p.UserTime100ns,
-	}, nil
-}