diff --git a/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/CFPlatform.c b/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/CFPlatform.c
index 3c13da72c8..e7f1385dd3 100644
--- a/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/CFPlatform.c
+++ b/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/CFPlatform.c
@@ -2210,8 +2210,28 @@ CF_EXPORT int _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsAddClose(_CFPosixSpawnFileActionsRef file_
   return posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose((posix_spawn_file_actions_t *)file_actions, filedes);
 }
 
+CF_EXPORT bool _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsAddChdirNPIsSupported() {
+#if defined(__GLIBC__)
+#  if __GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 29)
+    return true;
+#  else
+    return false;
+#  endif
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 CF_EXPORT int _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsAddChdirNP(_CFPosixSpawnFileActionsRef file_actions, const char *path) {
-  return posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np((posix_spawn_file_actions_t *)file_actions, path);
+#if defined(__GLIBC__)
+#  if __GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 29)
+    return posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np((posix_spawn_file_actions_t *)file_actions, path);
+#  else
+    return ENOSYS;
+#  endif
+#else
+    return ENOSYS;
+#endif
 }
 
 CF_EXPORT int _CFPosixSpawn(pid_t *_CF_RESTRICT pid, const char *_CF_RESTRICT path, _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsRef file_actions, _CFPosixSpawnAttrRef _Nullable _CF_RESTRICT attrp, char *_Nullable const argv[_Nullable _CF_RESTRICT], char *_Nullable const envp[_Nullable _CF_RESTRICT]) {
diff --git a/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/ForSwiftFoundationOnly.h b/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/ForSwiftFoundationOnly.h
index 811f3fd6d7..145ac92bc8 100644
--- a/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/ForSwiftFoundationOnly.h
+++ b/CoreFoundation/Base.subproj/ForSwiftFoundationOnly.h
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ CF_EXPORT int _CFPosixSpawn(pid_t *_CF_RESTRICT pid, const char *_CF_RESTRICT pa
 #endif // __cplusplus
 
 #if TARGET_OS_LINUX
+CF_EXPORT bool _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsAddChdirNPIsSupported(void);
 CF_EXPORT int _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsAddChdirNP(_CFPosixSpawnFileActionsRef file_actions, const char *path);
 #endif // TARGET_OS_LINUX
 #endif // !TARGET_OS_WIN32
diff --git a/Sources/Foundation/Process.swift b/Sources/Foundation/Process.swift
index 3d0b481bd3..d07254b4a0 100644
--- a/Sources/Foundation/Process.swift
+++ b/Sources/Foundation/Process.swift
@@ -944,11 +944,38 @@ open class Process: NSObject {
         }
 #endif
 
-        #if os(Linux)
-        if let dir = currentDirectoryURL?.path {
+#if os(Linux)
+        if let dir = currentDirectoryURL?.path, _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsAddChdirNPIsSupported() {
             try _throwIfPosixError(_CFPosixSpawnFileActionsAddChdirNP(fileActions, dir))
+        } else {
+            try withCurrentDirectoryPath {
+                try posixLaunch(
+                    launchPath: launchPath, 
+                    taskSocketPair: taskSocketPair, 
+                    fileActions: fileActions, 
+                    spawnAttrs: &spawnAttrs, 
+                    argv: argv, 
+                    envp: envp
+                )
+            }
         }
-        #else
+#else
+        try withCurrentDirectoryPath {
+            try posixLaunch(
+                launchPath: launchPath, 
+                taskSocketPair: taskSocketPair, 
+                fileActions: fileActions, 
+                spawnAttrs: &spawnAttrs, 
+                argv: argv, 
+                envp: envp
+            )
+        }
+#endif // os(Linux)
+#endif // os(Windows)
+    }
+
+#if !os(Windows)
+    private func withCurrentDirectoryPath(_ closure: () throws -> ()) throws {
         // This is an unfortunate workaround: posix_spawn has no POSIX-specified way to set the working directory
         // of the child process. glibc has a non-POSIX API option, which we use above. Here we take a brute-force
         // approach of just changing our current working directory. This is not a great implementation and it's likely
@@ -965,14 +992,24 @@ open class Process: NSObject {
             // Reset the previous working directory path.
             fileManager.changeCurrentDirectoryPath(previousDirectoryPath)
         }
-        #endif
 
+        try closure()
+    }
+
+    private func posixLaunch(
+        launchPath: String,
+        taskSocketPair: [Int32], 
+        fileActions: _CFPosixSpawnFileActionsRef, 
+        spawnAttrs: UnsafeMutablePointer<posix_spawnattr_t>,
+        argv: UnsafeMutablePointer<UnsafeMutablePointer<Int8>?>,
+        envp: UnsafeMutablePointer<UnsafeMutablePointer<Int8>?>
+    ) throws {
         // Launch
         var pid = pid_t()
-        guard _CFPosixSpawn(&pid, launchPath, fileActions, &spawnAttrs, argv, envp) == 0 else {
+        guard _CFPosixSpawn(&pid, launchPath, fileActions, spawnAttrs, argv, envp) == 0 else {
             throw _NSErrorWithErrno(errno, reading: true, path: launchPath)
         }
-        posix_spawnattr_destroy(&spawnAttrs)
+        posix_spawnattr_destroy(spawnAttrs)
 
         // Close the write end of the input and output pipes.
         if let pipe = standardInput as? Pipe {
@@ -1004,9 +1041,9 @@ open class Process: NSObject {
         isRunning = true
         
         self.processIdentifier = pid
-#endif
     }
-    
+#endif
+
     open func interrupt() {
         precondition(hasStarted, "task not launched")
 #if os(Windows)