diff --git a/app/plugins.ts b/app/plugins.ts
index 012c83c46c1d..f4cdefbcfc91 100644
--- a/app/plugins.ts
+++ b/app/plugins.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable eslint-comments/disable-enable-pair */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call */
-import {app, dialog, BrowserWindow, App} from 'electron';
+import {app, dialog, BrowserWindow, App, ipcMain} from 'electron';
 import {resolve, basename} from 'path';
 import {writeFileSync} from 'fs';
 import Config from 'electron-store';
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import {install} from './plugins/install';
 import {plugs} from './config/paths';
 import mapKeys from './utils/map-keys';
 import {configOptions} from '../lib/config';
+import {promisify} from 'util';
+import {exec, execFile} from 'child_process';
 
 // local storage
 const cache = new Config();
@@ -449,3 +451,13 @@ export const decorateSessionClass = <T>(Session: T): T => {
 };
 
 export {toDependencies as _toDependencies};
+
+ipcMain.handle('child_process.exec', (event, args) => {
+  const {command, options} = args;
+  return promisify(exec)(command, options);
+});
+
+ipcMain.handle('child_process.execFile', (event, _args) => {
+  const {file, args, options} = _args;
+  return promisify(execFile)(file, args, options);
+});
diff --git a/lib/utils/ipc-child-process.ts b/lib/utils/ipc-child-process.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f1dae222357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/ipc-child-process.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import {ipcRenderer} from 'electron';
+
+export function exec(command: string, options?: any, callback?: (..._args: any) => void) {
+  if (typeof options === 'function') {
+    callback = options;
+    options = {};
+  }
+  ipcRenderer.invoke('child_process.exec', {command, options}).then(
+    ({stdout, stderr}) => callback?.(null, stdout, stderr),
+    (error) => callback?.(error, '', '')
+  );
+}
+
+export function execSync() {
+  console.error('Calling execSync from renderer is disabled');
+}
+
+export function execFile(file: string, args?: any, options?: any, callback?: (..._args: any) => void) {
+  if (typeof options === 'function') {
+    callback = options;
+    options = null;
+  }
+  if (typeof args === 'function') {
+    callback = args;
+    args = null;
+    options = null;
+  }
+  ipcRenderer.invoke('child_process.execFile', {file, args, options}).then(
+    ({stdout, stderr}) => callback?.(null, stdout, stderr),
+    (error) => callback?.(error, '', '')
+  );
+}
+
+export function execFileSync() {
+  console.error('Calling execFileSync from renderer is disabled');
+}
+
+export function spawn() {
+  console.error('Calling spawn from renderer is disabled');
+}
+
+export function spawnSync() {
+  console.error('Calling spawnSync from renderer is disabled');
+}
+
+export function fork() {
+  console.error('Calling fork from renderer is disabled');
+}
+
+export default {
+  exec,
+  execSync,
+  execFile,
+  execFileSync,
+  spawn,
+  spawnSync,
+  fork
+};
diff --git a/lib/utils/plugins.ts b/lib/utils/plugins.ts
index 6e37f7862d9e..3c5b95c235ac 100644
--- a/lib/utils/plugins.ts
+++ b/lib/utils/plugins.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import {
 } from '../hyper';
 import {Middleware} from 'redux';
 import {ObjectTypedKeys} from './object';
+import IPCChildProcess from './ipc-child-process';
+import ChildProcess from 'child_process';
 
 // remote interface to `../plugins`
 const plugins = remote.require('./plugins') as typeof import('../../app/plugins');
@@ -182,6 +184,8 @@ Module._load = function _load(path: string) {
       return Notification;
     case 'hyper/decorate':
       return decorate;
+    case 'child_process':
+      return process.platform === 'darwin' ? IPCChildProcess : ChildProcess;
     default:
       // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-rest-params
       return originalLoad.apply(this, arguments);