diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/procctl.2 b/lib/libc/sys/procctl.2
index 30933875ccb..7412c2ee9d5 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/procctl.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/procctl.2
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ The following identifier types are supported:
 .It Dv P_PID
 Control the process with the process ID
 .Fa id .
+.Fa id
+zero is a shortcut for the calling process ID.
 .It Dv P_PGID
 Control processes belonging to the process group with the ID
 .Fa id .
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_procctl.c b/sys/kern/kern_procctl.c
index 90c5e63c721..613fabc4ca3 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_procctl.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_procctl.c
@@ -904,12 +904,18 @@ kern_procctl(struct thread *td, idtype_t idtype, id_t id, int com, void *data)
 
 	switch (idtype) {
 	case P_PID:
-		p = pfind(id);
-		if (p == NULL) {
-			error = ESRCH;
-			break;
+		if (id == 0) {
+			p = td->td_proc;
+			error = 0;
+			PROC_LOCK(p);
+		} else {
+			p = pfind(id);
+			if (p == NULL) {
+				error = ESRCH;
+				break;
+			}
+			error = p_cansee(td, p);
 		}
-		error = p_cansee(td, p);
 		if (error == 0)
 			error = kern_procctl_single(td, p, com, data);
 		PROC_UNLOCK(p);