diff --git a/platform/execution-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ijent/AbstractIjentVerificationAction.kt b/platform/execution-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ijent/AbstractIjentVerificationAction.kt
index 903efafac7f1..3a5a0f9ecb30 100644
--- a/platform/execution-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ijent/AbstractIjentVerificationAction.kt
+++ b/platform/execution-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ijent/AbstractIjentVerificationAction.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.intellij.platform.ide.progress.withModalProgress
 import com.intellij.platform.ijent.IjentApi
 import com.intellij.platform.ijent.IjentExecApi
 import com.intellij.platform.ijent.IjentMissingBinary
+import com.intellij.platform.ijent.executeProcess
 import com.intellij.platform.ijent.fs.nio.asNioFileSystem
 import com.intellij.platform.util.coroutines.childScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
diff --git a/platform/ijent/src/com/intellij/platform/ijent/IjentExecApi.kt b/platform/ijent/src/com/intellij/platform/ijent/IjentExecApi.kt
index 9348f33198da..942ee2c14d6d 100644
--- a/platform/ijent/src/com/intellij/platform/ijent/IjentExecApi.kt
+++ b/platform/ijent/src/com/intellij/platform/ijent/IjentExecApi.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.platform.ijent
 
+import com.intellij.util.SmartList
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
 
 /**
@@ -14,22 +15,28 @@ interface IjentExecApi {
    * Starts a process on a remote machine. Right now, the child process may outlive the instance of IJent.
    * stdin, stdout and stderr of the process are always forwarded, if there are.
    *
-   * Beware that processes with [pty] usually don't have stderr. The [IjentChildProcess.stderr] must be an empty stream in such case.
+   * Beware that processes with [ExecuteProcessArgs.pty] usually don't have stderr.
+   * The [IjentChildProcess.stderr] must be an empty stream in such case.
    *
-   * By default, environment is always inherited from the running IJent instance, which may be unwanted. [env] allows to alter
-   * some environment variables, it doesn't clear the variables from the parent. When the process should be started in an environment like
-   * in a terminal, the response of [fetchLoginShellEnvVariables] should be put into [env].
+   * By default, environment is always inherited from the running IJent instance, which may be unwanted. [ExecuteProcessArgs.env] allows
+   * to alter some environment variables, it doesn't clear the variables from the parent. When the process should be started in an
+   * environment like in a terminal, the response of [fetchLoginShellEnvVariables] should be put into [ExecuteProcessArgs.env].
    *
    * All argument, all paths, should be valid for the remote machine. F.i., if the IDE runs on Windows, but IJent runs on Linux,
-   * [workingDirectory] is the path on the Linux host. There's no automatic path mapping in this interface.
+   * [ExecuteProcessArgs.workingDirectory] is the path on the Linux host. There's no automatic path mapping in this interface.
    */
-  suspend fun executeProcess(
-    exe: String,
-    vararg args: String,
-    env: Map<String, String> = emptyMap(),
-    pty: Pty? = null,
-    workingDirectory: String? = null,
-  ): ExecuteProcessResult
+  suspend fun executeProcess(args: ExecuteProcessArgs): ExecuteProcessResult
+
+  /** Docs: [executeProcess] */
+  class ExecuteProcessArgs(var exe: String) {
+    var args: MutableList<String> = SmartList()
+    var env: MutableMap<String, String> = HashMap(0)
+    var pty: Pty? = null
+    var workingDirectory: String? = null
+
+    override fun toString(): String =
+      "ExecuteProcessArgs(exe='$exe', args=$args, env=$env, pty=$pty, workingDirectory=$workingDirectory)"
+  }
 
   /**
    * Gets the same environment variables on the remote machine as the user would get if they run the shell.
@@ -44,3 +51,16 @@ interface IjentExecApi {
   /** [echo] must be true in general and must be false when the user is asked for a password. */
   data class Pty(val columns: Int, val rows: Int, val echo: Boolean)
 }
+
+/** Docs: [IjentExecApi.executeProcess] */
+suspend inline fun IjentExecApi.executeProcess(
+  exe: String,
+  vararg args: String,
+  builder: IjentExecApi.ExecuteProcessArgs.() -> Unit = {},
+): IjentExecApi.ExecuteProcessResult {
+  require(exe.isNotEmpty()) { "Executable must be specified" }
+  return executeProcess(IjentExecApi.ExecuteProcessArgs(exe).apply {
+    this.args += args
+    builder()
+  })
+}
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diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WslIjentManager.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WslIjentManager.kt
index 164a9540d5d4..661fe01b95f1 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WslIjentManager.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/WslIjentManager.kt
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.IntellijInternalApi
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.Registry
-import com.intellij.platform.ijent.IjentApi
-import com.intellij.platform.ijent.IjentChildProcess
-import com.intellij.platform.ijent.IjentExecApi
-import com.intellij.platform.ijent.IjentSessionProvider
+import com.intellij.platform.ijent.*
 import com.intellij.util.SuspendingLazy
 import com.intellij.util.concurrency.annotations.RequiresBackgroundThread
 import com.intellij.util.concurrency.annotations.RequiresBlockingContext
@@ -94,13 +91,12 @@ class WslIjentManager private constructor(private val scope: CoroutineScope) {
       val command = processBuilder.command()
 
       val ijentApi = getIjentApi(wslDistribution, project, isSudo)
-      when (val processResult = ijentApi.exec.executeProcess(
-        exe = FileUtil.toSystemIndependentName(command.first()),
-        args = command.toList().drop(1).toTypedArray(),
-        env = processBuilder.environment(),
-        pty = pty,
+      when (val processResult = ijentApi.exec.executeProcess(FileUtil.toSystemIndependentName(command.first())) {
+        args += command.toList().drop(1)
+        env += processBuilder.environment()
+        this.pty = pty
         workingDirectory = processBuilder.directory()?.let { wslDistribution.getWslPath(it.toPath()) }
-      )) {
+      }) {
         is IjentExecApi.ExecuteProcessResult.Success -> processResult.process.toProcess(scope, pty != null)
         is IjentExecApi.ExecuteProcessResult.Failure -> throw IOException(processResult.message)
       }