diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 66c73a1..4920e95 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ The :mod:`multiprocessing` package mostly replicates the API of the
 :class:`Process` and exceptions
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. class:: Process([group[, target[, name[, args[, kwargs]]]]])
+.. class:: Process([group[, target[, name[, args[, kwargs[, daemon]]]]]])
 
    Process objects represent activity that is run in a separate process. The
    :class:`Process` class has equivalents of all the methods of
@@ -312,8 +312,11 @@ The :mod:`multiprocessing` package mostly replicates the API of the
    :sub:`1`,N\ :sub:`2`,...,N\ :sub:`k` is a sequence of integers whose length
    is determined by the *generation* of the process.  *args* is the argument
    tuple for the target invocation.  *kwargs* is a dictionary of keyword
-   arguments for the target invocation.  By default, no arguments are passed to
-   *target*.
+   arguments for the target invocation. *daemon* sets the process
+   :attr:`daemon` flag, if not provided this will be inherited from the
+   creating process.
+
+   By default, no arguments are passed to *target*.
 
    If a subclass overrides the constructor, it must make sure it invokes the
    base class constructor (:meth:`Process.__init__`) before doing anything else
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
index 0b04e36..dcd95dd 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
@@ -59,18 +59,22 @@ def _cleanup():
 
 class Process(object):
     '''
-    Process objects represent activity that is run in a separate process
+    Process objects represent activity that is run in a separate process.
 
-    The class is analagous to `threading.Thread`
+    This class is analogous to ``threading.Thread``.
     '''
     _Popen = None
 
-    def __init__(self, group=None, target=None, name=None, args=(), kwargs={}):
+    def __init__(self, group=None, target=None, name=None, args=(), kwargs={},
+                 daemon=False):
         assert group is None, 'group argument must be None for now'
         count = _current_process._counter.next()
         self._identity = _current_process._identity + (count,)
         self._authkey = _current_process._authkey
-        self._daemonic = _current_process._daemonic
+        if daemon is not None:
+            self._daemonic = daemon
+        else:
+            self._daemonic = _current_process._daemonic
         self._tempdir = _current_process._tempdir
         self._parent_pid = os.getpid()
         self._popen = None
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
index b16629b..223ccbf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -137,6 +137,19 @@ class _TestProcess(BaseTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(current.ident, os.getpid())
         self.assertEqual(current.exitcode, None)
 
+    def test_daemon_keyword_argument(self):
+        if self.TYPE == "threads":
+            return
+
+        proc1 = self.Process(target=self._test, daemon=True)
+        self.assertTrue(proc1.daemon)
+        proc2 = self.Process(target=self._test, daemon=False)
+        self.assertFalse(proc2.daemon)
+
+        # By default uses the current process's daemon flag.
+        proc3 = self.Process(target=self._test)
+        self.assertEquals(proc3.daemon, self.current_process().daemon)
+
     def _test(self, q, *args, **kwds):
         current = self.current_process()
         q.put(args)