diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/Process.h b/kernel/include/kernel/Process.h
index d4e46ae0b..395e60cd5 100644
--- a/kernel/include/kernel/Process.h
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/Process.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 		PageTable& page_table() { return m_page_table ? *m_page_table : PageTable::kernel(); }
 
+		bool is_userspace() const { return m_is_userspace; }
 		const userspace_info_t& userspace_info() const { return m_userspace_info; }
 
 	private:
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 		vaddr_t m_signal_handlers[_SIGMAX + 1] { };
 
+		bool m_is_userspace { false };
 		userspace_info_t m_userspace_info;
 		ExitStatus m_exit_status;
 
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Process.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Process.cpp
index 494b9e3b3..319b2d00d 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/Process.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Process.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 		process->load_elf_to_memory(*elf);
 
+		process->m_is_userspace = true;
 		process->m_userspace_info.entry = elf->file_header_native().e_entry;
 
 		// NOTE: we clear the elf since we don't need the memory anymore
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 		forked->m_mapped_ranges = BAN::move(mapped_ranges);
 		forked->m_fixed_width_allocators = BAN::move(fixed_width_allocators);
 		forked->m_general_allocator = BAN::move(general_allocator);
+		forked->m_is_userspace = m_is_userspace;
 		forked->m_userspace_info = m_userspace_info;
 		memcpy(forked->m_signal_handlers, m_signal_handlers, sizeof(m_signal_handlers));