diff --git a/src/scheme/proc.rs b/src/scheme/proc.rs
--- a/src/scheme/proc.rs
+++ b/src/scheme/proc.rs
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ enum ContextHandle {
     Priority,
     SchedAffinity,
     SchedPolicy,
+    Name,
 
     MmapMinAddr(Arc<AddrSpaceWrapper>),
 }
@@ -267,7 +268,8 @@ impl ProcScheme {
             "sched-affinity" => (ContextHandle::SchedAffinity, true),
             // TODO: Switch this kernel-local proc handle over to a stable upstream
             // redox_syscall ProcCall::SetSchedPolicy opcode once that lands.
             "sched-policy" => (ContextHandle::SchedPolicy, false),
+            "name" => (ContextHandle::Name, false),
             "status" => (ContextHandle::Status { privileged: false }, false),
             _ if path.starts_with("auth-") => {
                 let nonprefix = &path["auth-".len()..];
@@ -1218,5 +1220,15 @@ impl ContextHandle {
                 Ok(2)
             }
+            ContextHandle::Name => {
+                let mut name_buf = [0u8; 32];
+                let len = buf.copy_common_bytes_to_slice(&mut name_buf[..31]).unwrap_or(0);
+                let mut context = context.write(token.token());
+                context.name.clear();
+                if let Ok(s) = core::str::from_utf8(&name_buf[..len]) {
+                    context.name.push_str(s);
+                }
+                Ok(len)
+            }
             ContextHandle::Status { privileged } => {
                 let mut args = buf.usizes();
 
@@ -1532,6 +1544,10 @@ impl ContextHandle {
                 let data = [context.sched_policy as u8, context.sched_rt_priority];
                 buf.copy_common_bytes_from_slice(&data)
             }
+            ContextHandle::Name => {
+                let context = context.read(token.token());
+                buf.copy_common_bytes_from_slice(context.name.as_bytes())
+            }
             ContextHandle::Status { .. } => {
                 let status = {
                     let context = context.read(token.token());