diff --git a/Windows/debugger.cpp b/Windows/debugger.cpp
index 1c72773..cfc83f3 100644
--- a/Windows/debugger.cpp
+++ b/Windows/debugger.cpp
@@ -1742,8 +1742,6 @@ DebuggerStatus Debugger::Attach(unsigned int pid, uint32_t timeout) {
 
   if (!DebugActiveProcess(pid)) {
     DWORD error_code = GetLastError();
-    
-
     if(error_code == 5) {
       HANDLE hToken = NULL;
       LUID luid;
@@ -1822,7 +1820,7 @@ DebuggerStatus Debugger::Continue(uint32_t timeout) {
 
   return dbg_last_status;
 }
-
+ 
 // initializes options from command line
 void Debugger::Init(int argc, char **argv) {
   have_thread_context = false;
diff --git a/Windows/debugger.h b/Windows/debugger.h
index c0cc4c2..6604b8e 100644
--- a/Windows/debugger.h
+++ b/Windows/debugger.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Debugger {
   Exception GetLastException() {
     return last_exception;
   }
-
+  
 protected:
 
   enum MemoryProtection {
diff --git a/common.cpp b/common.cpp
index 02a3131..6cf08fe 100755
--- a/common.cpp
+++ b/common.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ limitations under the License.
 #include <chrono>
 
 #include "common.h"
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32)
+  #include <tlhelp32.h>
+#endif
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <codecvt>
+#include <locale> 
 
 uint64_t GetCurTime(void) {
   auto duration =  std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch();
@@ -96,6 +103,27 @@ int GetIntOption(const char *name, int argc, char** argv, int default_value) {
   return (int)strtol(option, NULL, 0);
 }
 
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32)
+  DWORD FindProcessId(char * process_name)
+  {
+    PROCESSENTRY32 entry;
+    entry.dwSize = sizeof(PROCESSENTRY32);
+
+    HANDLE snapshot = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, NULL);
+
+    if (Process32First(snapshot, &entry) == TRUE)
+    {
+      while (Process32Next(snapshot, &entry) == TRUE)
+      {
+        if (stricmp(entry.szExeFile, process_name) == 0)
+        {  
+          CloseHandle(snapshot);
+          return entry.th32ProcessID;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+#endif
 
 //quoting on Windows is weird
 size_t ArgvEscapeWindows(char *in, char *out) {
diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
index 03ef16e..847e866 100755
--- a/common.h
+++ b/common.h
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ uint64_t GetCurTime(void);
 char *GetOption(const char *name, int argc, char** argv);
 void GetOptionAll(const char *name, int argc, char** argv, std::list<char *> *results);
 bool GetBinaryOption(const char *name, int argc, char** argv, bool default_value);
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32)
+    DWORD FindProcessId(char * process_name);
+#endif
 int GetIntOption(const char *name, int argc, char** argv, int default_value);
 
 char *ArgvToCmd(int argc, char** argv);