diff --git a/granulate_utils/golang.py b/granulate_utils/golang.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..719633cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/granulate_utils/golang.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) Granulate. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the AGPL3 License. See LICENSE.md in the project root for license information.
+#
+
+import functools
+import struct
+from typing import Optional
+
+from psutil import NoSuchProcess, Process
+
+from granulate_utils.linux.elf import read_elf_symbol, read_elf_va
+from granulate_utils.linux.process import process_exe
+
+
+def is_golang_process(process: Process) -> bool:
+    return get_process_golang_version(process) is not None
+
+
+@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=4096)
+def get_process_golang_version(process: Process) -> Optional[str]:
+    elf_path = process_exe(process)
+    try:
+        symbol_data = read_elf_symbol(elf_path, "runtime.buildVersion", 16)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        raise NoSuchProcess(process.pid)
+    if symbol_data is None:
+        return None
+
+    # Declaration of go string type:
+    # type stringStruct struct {
+    # 	str unsafe.Pointer
+    # 	len int
+    # }
+    addr, length = struct.unpack("QQ", symbol_data)
+    try:
+        golang_version_bytes = read_elf_va(elf_path, addr, length)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        raise NoSuchProcess(process.pid)
+    if golang_version_bytes is None:
+        return None
+
+    return golang_version_bytes.decode()
diff --git a/granulate_utils/linux/process.py b/granulate_utils/linux/process.py
index f90de336..82152fd0 100644
--- a/granulate_utils/linux/process.py
+++ b/granulate_utils/linux/process.py
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 # Licensed under the AGPL3 License. See LICENSE.md in the project root for license information.
 #
 import os
+import re
 import struct
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from typing import Generator, Optional
+from functools import lru_cache
 
 import psutil
 
@@ -113,3 +115,16 @@ def _translate_errors(process: psutil.Process) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
         if not os.path.exists(f"/proc/{process.pid}"):
             raise psutil.NoSuchProcess(process.pid)
         raise
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=512)
+def is_process_basename_matching(process: psutil.Process, basename_pattern: str) -> bool:
+    if re.match(basename_pattern, os.path.basename(process_exe(process))):
+        return True
+
+    # process was executed AS basename (but has different exe name)
+    cmd = process.cmdline()
+    if len(cmd) > 0 and re.match(basename_pattern, cmd[0]):
+        return True
+
+    return False
diff --git a/granulate_utils/node.py b/granulate_utils/node.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45344820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/granulate_utils/node.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) Granulate. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the AGPL3 License. See LICENSE.md in the project root for license information.
+#
+
+from psutil import Process
+
+from granulate_utils.linux.process import is_process_basename_matching
+
+
+def is_node_process(process: Process) -> bool:
+    return is_process_basename_matching(process, r"^node$")