diff --git a/lib/spawn/spawn.c b/lib/spawn/spawn.c
index d0d46be..c39051a 100644
--- a/lib/spawn/spawn.c
+++ b/lib/spawn/spawn.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 extern struct bootinfo *bi;
 extern coreid_t my_core_id;
 
-
+struct spawninfo *spawn_process_list = NULL;
 
 
 
@@ -324,5 +324,11 @@ errval_t spawn_load_by_name(char *binary_name, struct spawninfo * si,
     err = spawn_load_argv(argc, argv, si, pid);
     if (err_is_fail(err)) return err;
 
+    // add to process list
+    if (spawn_process_list != NULL) {
+        si->next = spawn_process_list->next;
+    }
+    spawn_process_list = si;
+
     return SYS_ERR_OK;
 }