diff --git a/MODULE.aspect b/MODULE.aspect
index d204f69bd..2308980f7 100644
--- a/MODULE.aspect
+++ b/MODULE.aspect
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ axl_local_dep(
 axl_archive_dep(
     name = "aspect_rules_lint",
     urls = ["https://github.com/aspect-build/rules_lint/archive/65525d871f677071877d3ea1ec096499ff7dd147.tar.gz"],
-    integrity = "sha512-TGcxutWr8FwxrK3G+uthbEpuYM2oOVpHPOvaVPzLLuHkfPY0jn/GWFp9myQeFzDFsRZ4ilT0jAWfGZhTk/nesQ==",
+    integrity = "sha512-TGcxutWr8FwxrK3G+uthbEpuYM2oOVpHPOvaVPzLLuHkfPY0jn/GWFp9myQeFzDFsRZ4ilT0jAWfGZhTk/nesQ== sha512-IKsrPMgaNuzHAkHzyKbJexzt8ObepFhtzyurirppI1XNHgMKrLMuPXXVFeOpoVws5o2EMUSY4ZisCz9SLFKbhg==",
     strip_prefix = "rules_lint-65525d871f677071877d3ea1ec096499ff7dd147",
     auto_use_tasks = True,
     dev = True,
diff --git a/crates/axl-runtime/src/engine/std/process.rs b/crates/axl-runtime/src/engine/std/process.rs
index 792b1c8e3..3160ad045 100644
--- a/crates/axl-runtime/src/engine/std/process.rs
+++ b/crates/axl-runtime/src/engine/std/process.rs
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ pub(crate) fn command_methods(registry: &mut MethodsBuilder) {
         Ok(this)
     }
 
+    /// Executes the command as a child process, returning a handle to it.
+    ///
+    /// By default, stdin, stdout and stderr are inherited from the parent.
     fn spawn<'v>(#[allow(unused)] this: values::Value<'v>) -> anyhow::Result<Child> {
         let cmd = this.downcast_ref_err::<Command>()?;
         let child = cmd.inner.borrow_mut().spawn()?;
@@ -185,6 +188,17 @@ pub(crate) fn command_methods(registry: &mut MethodsBuilder) {
             inner: Rc::new(RefCell::new(Some(child))),
         })
     }
+
+    /// Executes a command as a child process, waiting for it to finish and collecting its status.
+    /// Unlike `cmd.spawn().wait()` and `cmd.spawn().wait_with_output()`, this function does not
+    /// close the stdin handle.
+    ///
+    /// By default, stdin, stdout and stderr are inherited from the parent.
+    fn status<'v>(#[allow(unused)] this: values::Value<'v>) -> anyhow::Result<ExitStatus> {
+        let cmd = this.downcast_ref_err::<Command>()?;
+        let status = cmd.inner.borrow_mut().status()?;
+        Ok(ExitStatus(status))
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Display, Trace, ProvidesStaticType, NoSerialize, Allocative)]