diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/ffmpeg/FFmpeg.java b/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/ffmpeg/FFmpeg.java
index 0edf7932..6c1b65e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/ffmpeg/FFmpeg.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/ffmpeg/FFmpeg.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import com.github.kokorin.jaffree.process.LoggingStdReader;
 import com.github.kokorin.jaffree.process.ProcessHandler;
 import com.github.kokorin.jaffree.process.ProcessHelper;
+import com.github.kokorin.jaffree.process.ProcessListener;
 import com.github.kokorin.jaffree.process.StdReader;
 import com.github.kokorin.jaffree.process.Stopper;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public class FFmpeg {
     private boolean overwriteOutput;
     private ProgressListener progressListener;
     private OutputListener outputListener;
+    private ProcessListener processListener;
     private String progress;
     //-filter_threads nb_threads (global)
     //-debug_ts (global)
@@ -344,6 +346,17 @@ public FFmpeg setOutputListener(final OutputListener outputListener) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Supply a ProcessListener to receive access to the Active Process instance of FFmpeg.
+     * <p>
+     * Providing you self control on how the processes are kept alive or tracked.
+     * Since the commandline doesn't guarantee to listen to shutdown commands.
+     */
+    public FFmpeg setProcessListener(final ProcessListener processListener) {
+        this.processListener = processListener;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Send program-friendly progress information to url.
      * <p>
@@ -506,6 +519,7 @@ protected ProcessHandler<FFmpegResult> createProcessHandler() {
                         .setStdErrReader(createStdErrReader(outputListener))
                         .setStdOutReader(createStdOutReader())
                         .setHelpers(helpers)
+                        .setProcessListener(processListener)
                         .setArguments(buildArguments());
         if (executorTimeoutMillis != null) {
             processHandler.setExecutorTimeoutMillis(executorTimeoutMillis);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/ffprobe/FFprobe.java b/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/ffprobe/FFprobe.java
index 9e58bb4c..f5f04b1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/ffprobe/FFprobe.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/ffprobe/FFprobe.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.github.kokorin.jaffree.ffprobe.data.FormatParser;
 import com.github.kokorin.jaffree.ffprobe.data.JsonFormatParser;
 import com.github.kokorin.jaffree.process.ProcessHandler;
+import com.github.kokorin.jaffree.process.ProcessListener;
 import com.github.kokorin.jaffree.process.ProcessHelper;
 import com.github.kokorin.jaffree.process.StdReader;
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ public class FFprobe {
     private String format;
     private Input input;
 
+    private ProcessListener processListener;
     private FormatParser formatParser = new JsonFormatParser();
 
     private final Path executable;
@@ -472,6 +474,17 @@ public FFprobe setInput(final Input input) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Supply a ProcessListener to receive access to the Active Process instance of FFprobe.
+     * <p>
+     * Providing you self control on how the processes are kept alive or tracked.
+     * Since the commandline doesn't guarantee to listen to shutdown commands.
+     */
+    public FFprobe setProcessListener(final ProcessListener processListener) {
+        this.processListener = processListener;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets ffprobe output format parser (and corresponding output format).
      * <p>
@@ -545,6 +558,7 @@ public FFprobeResult execute() {
                 .setStdOutReader(createStdOutReader(formatParser))
                 .setStdErrReader(createStdErrReader())
                 .setHelpers(helpers)
+                .setProcessListener(processListener)
                 .setArguments(buildArguments())
                 .execute();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/process/ProcessHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/process/ProcessHandler.java
index 4ed9d280..ecd921e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/process/ProcessHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/process/ProcessHandler.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public class ProcessHandler<T> {
     private StdReader<T> stdOutReader = new GobblingStdReader<>();
     private StdReader<T> stdErrReader = new GobblingStdReader<>();
     private List<ProcessHelper> helpers = null;
+    private ProcessListener listener = null;
     private Stopper stopper = null;
     private List<String> arguments = Collections.emptyList();
     private int executorTimeoutMillis = DEFAULT_EXECUTOR_TIMEOUT_MILLIS;
@@ -99,6 +100,17 @@ public synchronized ProcessHandler<T> setHelpers(final List<ProcessHelper> helpe
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets a {@link ProcessListener Listener} that gets called when a process gets started or stopped.
+     * 
+     * @param listener the listener
+     * @return this
+     */
+    public synchronized ProcessHandler<T> setProcessListener(final ProcessListener listener) {
+        this.listener =  listener;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets {@link Stopper} which can be used to interrupt program execution.
      *
@@ -158,6 +170,9 @@ public synchronized T execute() {
                 if (stopper != null) {
                     stopper.setProcess(process);
                 }
+                if(listener != null) {
+                    listener.onProcessStart(process);
+                }
 
                 return interactWithProcess(process);
             } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -165,6 +180,9 @@ public synchronized T execute() {
                 throw new JaffreeException("Failed to start process.", e);
             } finally {
                 if (process != null) {
+                    if(listener != null) {
+                        listener.onProcessStop(process);
+                    }
                     process.destroy();
                     // Process must be destroyed before closing streams, can't use
                     // try-with-resources, as resources are closing when leaving try block,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/process/ProcessListener.java b/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/process/ProcessListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb9c571c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/kokorin/jaffree/process/ProcessListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.github.kokorin.jaffree.process;
+
+/**
+ * @Author Speiger
+ */
+public class ProcessListener {
+
+    /**
+     * Callback for when the Process is started.
+     * @param process the started process
+     */
+    public void onProcessStart(Process process);
+    /**
+     * Callback for when the Process is stopped for whatever reason.
+     * @param process the stopped process
+     */
+    public void onProcessStop(Process process);
+}
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