diff --git a/prometric-derive/tests/macro.rs b/prometric-derive/tests/macro.rs
index 9b91060..5663342 100644
--- a/prometric-derive/tests/macro.rs
+++ b/prometric-derive/tests/macro.rs
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ fn quantiles_with_batching_work() {
     encoder.encode(&metric_families, &mut buffer).unwrap();
     let output = String::from_utf8(buffer).unwrap();
 
-    println!("{}", output);
+    println!("{output}");
 
     assert!(output.contains("test_summary"));
 }
diff --git a/prometric/Cargo.toml b/prometric/Cargo.toml
index 1a63c07..8701c6b 100644
--- a/prometric/Cargo.toml
+++ b/prometric/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ prometheus = { workspace = true }
 # Exporter
 hyper = { version = "1.7.0", optional = true, features = ["http1", "server"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1.17", optional = true, features = ["tokio"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.40.0", optional = true, features = ["net", "rt"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.40.0", optional = true, features = ["net", "rt", "macros"] }
 
 # Process
 sysinfo = { version = "0.37.2", optional = true }
 
 # Summary
-arc-cell = {version = "0.3.3", optional = true }
+arc-cell = { version = "0.3.3", optional = true }
 metrics-util = { version = "0.20.0", optional = true }
 metrics-exporter-prometheus = { version = "0.17.2", optional = true }
 orx-concurrent-vec = { version = "3.10.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/prometric/src/exporter.rs b/prometric/src/exporter.rs
index f2249f3..2c77ae3 100644
--- a/prometric/src/exporter.rs
+++ b/prometric/src/exporter.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{net::SocketAddr, thread};
+use std::{net::SocketAddr, thread, time::Duration};
 
 use hyper::{
     Request, Response, body::Incoming, header::CONTENT_TYPE, server::conn::http1,
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pub struct ExporterBuilder {
     address: String,
     path: String,
     global_prefix: Option<String>,
+    process_metrics_poll_interval: Option<Duration>,
 }
 
 impl Default for ExporterBuilder {
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ impl Default for ExporterBuilder {
             address: "0.0.0.0:9090".to_owned(),
             path: "/metrics".to_owned(),
             global_prefix: None,
+            process_metrics_poll_interval: None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -66,6 +68,15 @@ impl ExporterBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Also collect process metrics, polling at the given interval in the background.
+    ///
+    /// A 10 second interval is a good default for most applications.
+    #[cfg(feature = "process")]
+    pub fn with_process_metrics(mut self, poll_interval: Duration) -> Self {
+        self.process_metrics_poll_interval = Some(poll_interval);
+        self
+    }
+
     fn path(&self) -> Result<String, ExporterError> {
         if self.path.is_empty() {
             return Err(ExporterError::InvalidPath(self.path.clone()));
@@ -101,18 +112,20 @@ impl ExporterBuilder {
         let address = self.address()?;
         let registry = self.registry.unwrap_or_else(|| prometheus::default_registry().clone());
 
-        // Build the serve function
+        // Build the serve and process collection futures.
         let serve = serve(address, registry, path, self.global_prefix);
+        let collect = collect_process_metrics(self.process_metrics_poll_interval);
+        let fut = async { tokio::try_join!(serve, collect) };
 
         // If a Tokio runtime is available, use it to spawn the listener. Otherwise,
         // create a new single-threaded runtime and spawn the listener there.
         if let Ok(runtime) = tokio::runtime::Handle::try_current() {
-            runtime.spawn(serve);
+            runtime.spawn(fut);
         } else {
             let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread().enable_all().build()?;
 
             thread::spawn(move || {
-                runtime.block_on(serve).unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("server error: {:?}", e));
+                runtime.block_on(fut).unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("server error: {e:?}"));
             });
         }
 
@@ -176,6 +189,23 @@ async fn serve_req(
     Ok(response)
 }
 
+/// If the "process" feature is enabled AND the poll interval is provided, collect
+/// process metrics at the given interval. Otherwise, no-op.
+///
+/// NOTE: the return type is Result to use [`tokio::try_join!`] with [`serve`].
+async fn collect_process_metrics(_poll_interval: Option<Duration>) -> Result<(), ExporterError> {
+    #[cfg(feature = "process")]
+    if let Some(interval) = _poll_interval {
+        let mut collector = crate::process::ProcessCollector::default();
+        loop {
+            collector.collect();
+            tokio::time::sleep(interval).await;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// An error that can occur when building or installing the Prometheus HTTP exporter.
 pub enum ExporterError {
     BindError(std::io::Error),
@@ -189,10 +219,10 @@ impl std::error::Error for ExporterError {}
 impl std::fmt::Display for ExporterError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self {
-            Self::BindError(e) => write!(f, "Failed to bind to address: {:?}", e),
-            Self::ServeError(e) => write!(f, "HTTP server failed: {:?}", e),
-            Self::InvalidPath(path) => write!(f, "Invalid path: {}", path),
-            Self::InvalidAddress(address, e) => write!(f, "Invalid address: {}: {:?}", address, e),
+            Self::BindError(e) => write!(f, "Failed to bind to address: {e:?}"),
+            Self::ServeError(e) => write!(f, "HTTP server failed: {e:?}"),
+            Self::InvalidPath(path) => write!(f, "Invalid path: {path}"),
+            Self::InvalidAddress(address, e) => write!(f, "Invalid address: {address}: {e:?}"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -205,6 +235,6 @@ impl From<std::io::Error> for ExporterError {
 
 impl std::fmt::Debug for ExporterError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", self)
+        write!(f, "{self}")
     }
 }