diff --git a/library/std/src/process.rs b/library/std/src/process.rs
index 400d25beb26f3..17aff342c1599 100644
--- a/library/std/src/process.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/process.rs
@@ -362,6 +362,10 @@ impl Read for ChildStdout {
     fn is_read_vectored(&self) -> bool {
         self.inner.is_read_vectored()
     }
+
+    fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.inner.read_to_end(buf)
+    }
 }
 
 impl AsInner<AnonPipe> for ChildStdout {
@@ -907,10 +911,8 @@ impl Command {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn output(&mut self) -> io::Result<Output> {
-        self.inner
-            .spawn(imp::Stdio::MakePipe, false)
-            .map(Child::from_inner)
-            .and_then(|p| p.wait_with_output())
+        let (status, stdout, stderr) = self.inner.output()?;
+        Ok(Output { status: ExitStatus(status), stdout, stderr })
     }
 
     /// Executes a command as a child process, waiting for it to finish and
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/pipe.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/pipe.rs
index a56c275c94207..a744d0ab64043 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/pipe.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/pipe.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ impl AnonPipe {
         self.0.is_read_vectored()
     }
 
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.0.read_to_end(buf)
+    }
+
     pub fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.0.write(buf)
     }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_fuchsia.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_fuchsia.rs
index 66ea3db2015a4..4c99d758c93a3 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_fuchsia.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_fuchsia.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ impl Command {
         Ok((Process { handle: Handle::new(process_handle) }, ours))
     }
 
+    pub fn output(&mut self) -> io::Result<(ExitStatus, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> {
+        let (proc, pipes) = self.spawn(Stdio::MakePipe, false)?;
+        crate::sys_common::process::wait_with_output(proc, pipes)
+    }
+
     pub fn exec(&mut self, default: Stdio) -> io::Error {
         if self.saw_nul() {
             return io::const_io_error!(
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs
index 56a805cef7318..45616850a3719 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ impl Command {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn output(&mut self) -> io::Result<(ExitStatus, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> {
+        let (proc, pipes) = self.spawn(Stdio::MakePipe, false)?;
+        crate::sys_common::process::wait_with_output(proc, pipes)
+    }
+
     // Attempts to fork the process. If successful, returns Ok((0, -1))
     // in the child, and Ok((child_pid, -1)) in the parent.
     #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unsupported.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unsupported.rs
index 72f9f3f9ca74c..f28ca58d02038 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unsupported.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unsupported.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ impl Command {
         unsupported()
     }
 
+    pub fn output(&mut self) -> io::Result<(ExitStatus, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> {
+        unsupported()
+    }
+
     pub fn exec(&mut self, _default: Stdio) -> io::Error {
         unsupported_err()
     }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_vxworks.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_vxworks.rs
index 200ef67196798..f549d37c30116 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_vxworks.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_vxworks.rs
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ impl Command {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn output(&mut self) -> io::Result<(ExitStatus, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> {
+        let (proc, pipes) = self.spawn(Stdio::MakePipe, false)?;
+        crate::sys_common::process::wait_with_output(proc, pipes)
+    }
+
     pub fn exec(&mut self, default: Stdio) -> io::Error {
         let ret = Command::spawn(self, default, false);
         match ret {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unsupported/pipe.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unsupported/pipe.rs
index 25514c2322fa4..0bba673b458cb 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unsupported/pipe.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unsupported/pipe.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ impl AnonPipe {
         self.0
     }
 
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, _buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.0
+    }
+
     pub fn write(&self, _buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.0
     }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unsupported/process.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unsupported/process.rs
index 633f17c054bc6..a494f2d6b4c15 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unsupported/process.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unsupported/process.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ impl Command {
     ) -> io::Result<(Process, StdioPipes)> {
         unsupported()
     }
+
+    pub fn output(&mut self) -> io::Result<(ExitStatus, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> {
+        unsupported()
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<AnonPipe> for Stdio {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/pipe.rs b/library/std/src/sys/windows/pipe.rs
index 9f26acc45205c..7b25edaa556f0 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/pipe.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/pipe.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::os::windows::prelude::*;
 
 use crate::ffi::OsStr;
-use crate::io::{self, IoSlice, IoSliceMut};
+use crate::io::{self, IoSlice, IoSliceMut, Read};
 use crate::mem;
 use crate::path::Path;
 use crate::ptr;
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ impl AnonPipe {
         self.inner.is_read_vectored()
     }
 
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.handle().read_to_end(buf)
+    }
+
     pub fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         unsafe {
             let len = crate::cmp::min(buf.len(), c::DWORD::MAX as usize) as c::DWORD;
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/process.rs b/library/std/src/sys/windows/process.rs
index 31e9b34fb9efd..10bc949e1f45f 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/process.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/process.rs
@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ impl Command {
             ))
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn output(&mut self) -> io::Result<(ExitStatus, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> {
+        let (proc, pipes) = self.spawn(Stdio::MakePipe, false)?;
+        crate::sys_common::process::wait_with_output(proc, pipes)
+    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Debug for Command {
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys_common/process.rs b/library/std/src/sys_common/process.rs
index 9f978789a6232..ae11412067b54 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys_common/process.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys_common/process.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 use crate::collections::BTreeMap;
 use crate::env;
 use crate::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
-use crate::sys::process::EnvKey;
+use crate::io;
+use crate::sys::pipe::read2;
+use crate::sys::process::{EnvKey, ExitStatus, Process, StdioPipes};
 
 // Stores a set of changes to an environment
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -117,3 +119,30 @@ impl<'a> ExactSizeIterator for CommandEnvs<'a> {
         self.iter.is_empty()
     }
 }
+
+pub fn wait_with_output(
+    mut process: Process,
+    mut pipes: StdioPipes,
+) -> io::Result<(ExitStatus, Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> {
+    drop(pipes.stdin.take());
+
+    let (mut stdout, mut stderr) = (Vec::new(), Vec::new());
+    match (pipes.stdout.take(), pipes.stderr.take()) {
+        (None, None) => {}
+        (Some(out), None) => {
+            let res = out.read_to_end(&mut stdout);
+            res.unwrap();
+        }
+        (None, Some(err)) => {
+            let res = err.read_to_end(&mut stderr);
+            res.unwrap();
+        }
+        (Some(out), Some(err)) => {
+            let res = read2(out, &mut stdout, err, &mut stderr);
+            res.unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+
+    let status = process.wait()?;
+    Ok((status, stdout, stderr))
+}