diff --git a/pkg/nuclide-commons/lib/process.js b/pkg/nuclide-commons/lib/process.js
index 4ae9c1f619..7a69817074 100644
--- a/pkg/nuclide-commons/lib/process.js
+++ b/pkg/nuclide-commons/lib/process.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import type {Observer} from 'rx';
 import type {ProcessMessage, process$asyncExecuteRet} from '..';
 
 import {observeStream, splitStream} from './stream';
-import {Observable, ReplaySubject} from 'rx';
+import {CompositeDisposable, Disposable} from 'event-kit';
+import {Observable} from 'rx';
 import invariant from 'assert';
 
 let platformPathPromise: ?Promise<string>;
@@ -254,34 +255,50 @@ function scriptSafeSpawnAndObserveOutput(
   });
 }
 
-class ProcessResource {
-  process$: Observable<child_process$ChildProcess>;
-  disposed$: ReplaySubject<boolean>;
-
-  constructor(promiseOrProcess: child_process$ChildProcess | Promise<child_process$ChildProcess>) {
-    this.disposed$ = new ReplaySubject(1);
-    this.process$ = Observable.fromPromise(Promise.resolve(promiseOrProcess));
-
-    Observable.combineLatest(this.process$, this.disposed$)
-      .takeUntil(
-        this.process$.flatMap(process => Observable.fromEvent(process, 'exit')),
-      )
-      .subscribe(([process, disposed]) => {
-        if (disposed && (process != null)) {
-          process.kill();
-        }
-      });
-  }
-
-  getStream(): Observable<child_process$ChildProcess> {
-    return this.process$.takeUntil(this.disposed$);
-  }
+/**
+ * Creates an observable with the following properties:
+ *
+ * 1. It contains a process that's created using the provided factory upon subscription.
+ * 2. It doesn't complete until the process exits.
+ * 3. The process is killed when there are no more subscribers.
+ */
+function createProcessStream(
+  createProcess: () => child_process$ChildProcess | Promise<child_process$ChildProcess>,
+): Observable<child_process$ChildProcess> {
+  return Observable.create(observer => {
+    const promise = Promise.resolve(createProcess());
+    let process;
+    let disposed = false;
+    let exited = false;
+    const maybeKill = () => {
+      if (process != null && disposed && !exited) {
+        process.kill();
+        process = null;
+      }
+    };
 
-  dispose(): void {
-    this.disposed$.onNext(true);
-    this.disposed$.onCompleted();
-  }
+    promise.then(p => {
+      process = p;
+      maybeKill();
+    });
 
+    const processStream = Observable.fromPromise(promise);
+
+    const exit = processStream
+      .flatMap(p => Observable.fromEvent(p, 'exit', (code, signal) => signal))
+      // An exit signal from SIGUSR1 doesn't actually exit the process, so skip that.
+      .filter(signal => signal !== 'SIGUSR1')
+      .tap(() => { exited = true; });
+
+    return new CompositeDisposable(
+      // A version of processStream that never completes...
+      Observable.merge(processStream, Observable.create(() => {}))
+        // ...which we take until the process exits.
+        .takeUntil(exit)
+        .subscribe(observer),
+      new Disposable(() => { disposed = true; maybeKill(); }),
+    );
+  }).share();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -291,12 +308,8 @@ class ProcessResource {
 function observeProcessExit(
   createProcess: () => child_process$ChildProcess | Promise<child_process$ChildProcess>,
 ): Observable<number> {
-  return Observable.using(
-    () => new ProcessResource(createProcess()),
-    processResource => (
-      processResource.getStream().flatMap(process => Observable.fromEvent(process, 'exit').take(1))
-    ),
-  );
+  return createProcessStream(createProcess)
+    .flatMap(process => Observable.fromEvent(process, 'exit').take(1));
 }
 
 function getOutputStream(
@@ -327,10 +340,7 @@ function getOutputStream(
 function observeProcess(
   createProcess: () => child_process$ChildProcess | Promise<child_process$ChildProcess>,
 ): Observable<ProcessMessage> {
-  return Observable.using(
-    () => new ProcessResource(createProcess()),
-    processResource => processResource.getStream().flatMap(getOutputStream),
-  );
+  return createProcessStream(createProcess).flatMap(getOutputStream);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -483,6 +493,7 @@ async function asyncExecute(
 module.exports = {
   asyncExecute,
   createArgsForScriptCommand,
+  createProcessStream,
   checkOutput,
   forkWithExecEnvironment,
   getOutputStream,