diff --git a/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c b/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c
index 2fcd01d9..03c7eee9 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c
+++ b/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c
@@ -1163,6 +1163,16 @@ static int jsigar_ptql_re_impl(void *data,
                                          JENV->NewStringUTF(env, needle));
 }
 
+static void re_impl_set(JNIEnv *env, sigar_t *sigar, jobject obj, jni_ptql_re_data_t *re)
+{
+    re->env = env;
+    re->cls = NULL;
+    re->obj = obj;
+    re->id = NULL;
+
+    sigar_ptql_re_impl_set(sigar, re, jsigar_ptql_re_impl);
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT jboolean SIGAR_JNI(ptql_SigarProcessQuery_match)
 (JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, jobject sigar_obj, jlong pid)
 {
@@ -1172,12 +1182,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jboolean SIGAR_JNI(ptql_SigarProcessQuery_match)
         (sigar_ptql_query_t *)sigar_get_pointer(env, obj);
     dSIGAR(JNI_FALSE);
 
-    re.env = env;
-    re.cls = NULL;
-    re.obj = obj;
-    re.id = NULL;
-
-    sigar_ptql_re_impl_set(sigar, &re, jsigar_ptql_re_impl);
+    re_impl_set(env, sigar, obj, &re);
 
     status = sigar_ptql_query_match(sigar, query, pid);
 
@@ -1233,6 +1238,32 @@ JNIEXPORT void SIGAR_JNI(ptql_SigarProcessQuery_destroy)
     }
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT jlong SIGAR_JNI(ptql_SigarProcessQuery_findProcess)
+(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, jobject sigar_obj)
+{
+    sigar_pid_t pid;
+    int status;
+    jni_ptql_re_data_t re;
+    sigar_ptql_query_t *query =
+        (sigar_ptql_query_t *)sigar_get_pointer(env, obj);
+    dSIGAR(0);
+
+    re_impl_set(env, sigar, obj, &re);
+
+    status = sigar_ptql_query_find_process(sigar, query, &pid);
+
+    sigar_ptql_re_impl_set(sigar, NULL, NULL);
+
+    if (status < 0) {
+        sigar_throw_ptql_malformed(env, sigar->errbuf);
+    }
+    else if (status != SIGAR_OK) {
+        sigar_throw_error(env, jsigar, status);
+    }
+
+    return pid;
+}
+
 #include "sigar_getline.h"
 
 JNIEXPORT jboolean SIGAR_JNI(util_Getline_isatty)
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/ProcessFinder.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/ProcessFinder.java
index d60a4941..c547c7a0 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/ProcessFinder.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/ProcessFinder.java
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ public class ProcessFinder {
     public long findSingleProcess(ProcessQuery query)
         throws SigarException, SigarNotImplementedException,
         MalformedQueryException {
-        //XXX bring back in another form
-        //if (query instanceof PidQuery) {
-        //    return ((PidQuery)query).getPid();
-        //}
+
+        if (query instanceof SigarProcessQuery) {
+            return ((SigarProcessQuery)query).findProcess(this.proxy);
+        }
 
         int i, matches = 0;
 
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/SigarProcessQuery.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/SigarProcessQuery.java
index 4cbb2e8d..7efcb306 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/SigarProcessQuery.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/SigarProcessQuery.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.hyperic.sigar.ptql;
 
 import org.hyperic.sigar.Sigar;
 import org.hyperic.sigar.SigarException;
+import org.hyperic.sigar.SigarNotImplementedException;
 import org.hyperic.sigar.SigarProxy;
 import org.hyperic.sigar.SigarProxyCache;
 
@@ -45,6 +46,15 @@ public class SigarProcessQuery implements ProcessQuery {
         return match(SigarProxyCache.getSigar(sigar), pid);
     }
 
+    public native long findProcess(Sigar sigar)
+        throws SigarException, SigarNotImplementedException, MalformedQueryException;
+
+    public long findProcess(SigarProxy sigar)
+        throws SigarException, SigarNotImplementedException, MalformedQueryException {
+
+        return findProcess(SigarProxyCache.getSigar(sigar));
+    }
+
     static boolean re(String haystack, String needle) {
         if (haystack == null) {
             return false;
diff --git a/include/sigar_ptql.h b/include/sigar_ptql.h
index 1c5b1ecf..02b26d72 100644
--- a/include/sigar_ptql.h
+++ b/include/sigar_ptql.h
@@ -37,4 +37,8 @@ SIGAR_DECLARE(int) sigar_ptql_query_match(sigar_t *sigar,
 
 SIGAR_DECLARE(int) sigar_ptql_query_destroy(sigar_ptql_query_t *query);
 
+SIGAR_DECLARE(int) sigar_ptql_query_find_process(sigar_t *sigar,
+                                                 sigar_ptql_query_t *query,
+                                                 sigar_pid_t *pid);
+
 #endif /*SIGAR_PTQL_H*/
diff --git a/src/sigar_ptql.c b/src/sigar_ptql.c
index ad57f889..c15f0757 100644
--- a/src/sigar_ptql.c
+++ b/src/sigar_ptql.c
@@ -1363,3 +1363,52 @@ SIGAR_DECLARE(int) sigar_ptql_query_match(sigar_t *sigar,
 
     return SIGAR_OK;
 }
+
+SIGAR_DECLARE(int) sigar_ptql_query_find_process(sigar_t *sigar,
+                                                 sigar_ptql_query_t *query,
+                                                 sigar_pid_t *pid)
+{
+    sigar_proc_list_t pids;
+    int status = sigar_proc_list_get(sigar, &pids);
+    int i, matches=0;
+
+    if (status != SIGAR_OK) {
+        return status;
+    }
+
+    for (i=0; i<pids.number; i++) {
+        int query_status =
+            sigar_ptql_query_match(sigar, query, pids.data[i]);
+
+        if (query_status == SIGAR_OK) {
+            *pid = pids.data[i];
+            matches++;
+        }
+        else if (query_status == SIGAR_ENOTIMPL) {
+            /* let caller know query is invalid. */
+            status = query_status;
+            break;
+        } /* else ok, e.g. permission denied */
+    }
+
+    sigar_proc_list_destroy(sigar, &pids);
+
+    if (status != SIGAR_OK) {
+        return status;
+    }
+
+    if (matches == 1) {
+        return SIGAR_OK;
+    }
+    else if (matches == 0) {
+        sigar_strerror_set(sigar,
+                           "Query did not match any processes");
+    }
+    else {
+        sigar_strerror_printf(sigar,
+                              "Query matched multiple processes (%d)",
+                              matches);
+    }
+
+    return -1;
+}