diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 045756ddb3..d077aae95d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 <!--### Added-->
 - Added `nix::unistd::{openat, fstatat, readlink, readlinkat}`
   ([#497](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/551))
+- Added `nix::sys::ui::{process_vm_readv, process_vm_writev}`
+  ([#568](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/568))
 
 ### Changed
 - Marked `sys::mman::{ mmap, munmap, madvise, munlock, msync }` as unsafe.
diff --git a/src/sys/uio.rs b/src/sys/uio.rs
index 5af1093070..18cf67a4cd 100644
--- a/src/sys/uio.rs
+++ b/src/sys/uio.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,26 @@ pub fn pread(fd: RawFd, buf: &mut [u8], offset: off_t) -> Result<usize>{
     Errno::result(res).map(|r| r as usize)
 }
 
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+pub fn process_vm_writev(pid: libc::pid_t, local_iov: &[IoVec<&[u8]>], remote_iov: &mut [IoVec<&mut [u8]>]) -> Result<usize> {
+    let res = unsafe {
+        libc::process_vm_writev(pid, local_iov.as_ptr() as *const libc::iovec, local_iov.len() as libc::c_ulong,
+                                     remote_iov.as_ptr() as *const libc::iovec, remote_iov.len() as libc::c_ulong, 0)
+    };
+
+    Errno::result(res).map(|r| r as usize)
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+pub fn process_vm_readv(pid: libc::pid_t, local_iov: &mut [IoVec<&mut [u8]>], remote_iov: &[IoVec<&[u8]>]) -> Result<usize> {
+    let res = unsafe {
+        libc::process_vm_readv(pid, local_iov.as_ptr() as *const libc::iovec, local_iov.len() as libc::c_ulong,
+                                    remote_iov.as_ptr() as *const libc::iovec, remote_iov.len() as libc::c_ulong, 0)
+    };
+
+    Errno::result(res).map(|r| r as usize)
+}
+
 #[repr(C)]
 pub struct IoVec<T>(libc::iovec, PhantomData<T>); 
 
diff --git a/test/sys/test_uio.rs b/test/sys/test_uio.rs
index 90cda56f5d..658d96b454 100644
--- a/test/sys/test_uio.rs
+++ b/test/sys/test_uio.rs
@@ -190,3 +190,48 @@ fn test_preadv() {
     let all = buffers.concat();
     assert_eq!(all, expected);
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+fn test_process_vm_readv() {
+    use nix::unistd::ForkResult::*;
+    use nix::sys::signal::*;
+    use nix::sys::wait::*;
+    use std::{str, slice};
+
+    let (r, w) = pipe().unwrap();
+    match fork() {
+        Ok(Parent { child }) => {
+            close(w).unwrap();
+            let mut msg = vec![0u8; 32];
+            let bytes_read = read(r, &mut msg).unwrap();
+            msg.truncate(bytes_read);
+            close(r).unwrap();
+
+            let ptr: usize = str::from_utf8(&msg).unwrap().parse().unwrap();
+            let remote_iov = IoVec::from_slice(unsafe {
+                slice::from_raw_parts(ptr as *const _, 4)
+            });
+            let mut buf = vec![0u8; 4];
+
+            let ret = process_vm_readv(child,
+                                       &mut [IoVec::from_mut_slice(&mut buf)],
+                                       &[remote_iov]);
+
+            kill(child, SIGTERM).unwrap();
+            waitpid(child, None).unwrap();
+
+            assert_eq!(Ok(4), ret);
+            assert_eq!(&buf, b"test");
+        },
+        Ok(Child) => {
+            close(r).unwrap();
+            let s = String::from("test");
+            let msg = format!("{}", s.as_bytes().as_ptr() as usize);
+            write(w, msg.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+            close(w).unwrap();
+            pause().unwrap();
+        },
+        Err(_) => panic!("fork failed")
+    }
+}