diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
index 455d6b24f80d..f9cfd5bd8974 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
@@ -653,6 +653,42 @@ public function isRunning()
         return $this->processInformation['running'];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks if the process has been started with no regard to the current state.
+     *
+     * @return Boolean true if status is ready, false otherwise
+     */
+    public function isStarted()
+    {
+        return $this->status != self::STATUS_READY;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the process is terminated.
+     *
+     * @return Boolean true if process is terminated, false otherwise
+     */
+    public function isTerminated()
+    {
+        $this->updateStatus();
+
+        return $this->status == self::STATUS_TERMINATED;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the process status.
+     *
+     * The status is one of: ready, started, terminated.
+     *
+     * @return string The current process status
+     */
+    public function getStatus()
+    {
+        $this->updateStatus();
+
+        return $this->status;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Stops the process.
      *
@@ -927,30 +963,6 @@ public function setEnhanceSigchildCompatibility($enhance)
         return $this;
     }
 
-    public function getStatus()
-    {
-        $this->updateStatus();
-
-        return $this->status;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if the process has been started with no regard to current state.
-     *
-     * @return Boolean true if status is started or terminated, false otherwise
-     */
-    public function isStarted()
-    {
-        return $this->status != self::STATUS_READY;
-    }
-
-    public function isTerminated()
-    {
-        $this->updateStatus();
-
-        return $this->status == self::STATUS_TERMINATED;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Builds up the callback used by wait().
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
index a3364cc8d6ac..23717719f82f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public function testGetIncrementalErrorOutput()
         $p = new Process(sprintf('php -r %s', escapeshellarg('ini_set(\'display_errors\',\'on\');usleep(50000);$n=0;while($n<3){echo $a;$n++;}')));
 
         $p->start();
-        while($p->isRunning()) {
+        while ($p->isRunning()) {
             $this->assertLessThanOrEqual(1, preg_match_all('/PHP Notice/', $p->getIncrementalOutput(), $matches));
             usleep(20000);
         }
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public function testGetIncrementalOutput()
         $p = new Process(sprintf('php -r %s', escapeshellarg('$n=0;while($n<3){echo \' foo \';usleep(50000);$n++;}')));
 
         $p->start();
-        while($p->isRunning()) {
+        while ($p->isRunning()) {
             $this->assertLessThanOrEqual(1, preg_match_all('/foo/', $p->getIncrementalOutput(), $matches));
             usleep(20000);
         }
@@ -198,14 +198,23 @@ public function testGetExitCode()
         $this->assertEquals(0, $process->getExitCode());
     }
 
-    public function testIsRunning()
+    public function testStatus()
     {
         $process = $this->getProcess('php -r "sleep(1);"');
         $this->assertFalse($process->isRunning());
+        $this->assertFalse($process->isStarted());
+        $this->assertFalse($process->isTerminated());
+        $this->assertSame(Process::STATUS_READY, $process->getStatus());
         $process->start();
         $this->assertTrue($process->isRunning());
+        $this->assertTrue($process->isStarted());
+        $this->assertFalse($process->isTerminated());
+        $this->assertSame(Process::STATUS_STARTED, $process->getStatus());
         $process->wait();
         $this->assertFalse($process->isRunning());
+        $this->assertTrue($process->isStarted());
+        $this->assertTrue($process->isTerminated());
+        $this->assertSame(Process::STATUS_TERMINATED, $process->getStatus());
     }
 
     public function testStop()