diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 7a75703..85dd35a 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 ------------------
 
 * Support file system path objects (PEP-519) in arguments
+* Change the return object to make it similar to
+  subprocess.CompletedProcess, introduced with Python 3.5+
 
 0.9.1 (2019-02-22)
 ------------------
diff --git a/procrunner/__init__.py b/procrunner/__init__.py
index 5eeffc4..eaa74ad 100644
--- a/procrunner/__init__.py
+++ b/procrunner/__init__.py
@@ -331,6 +331,30 @@
     return command
 
 
+if sys.version_info < (3, 5):
+
+    class _ReturnObjectParent(object):
+        def check_returncode(self):
+            if self.returncode:
+                raise Exception(
+                    "Call %r resulted in non-zero exit code %r"
+                    % (self.args, self.returncode)
+                )
+
+
+else:
+    _ReturnObjectParent = subprocess.CompletedProcess
+
+
+class ReturnObject(dict, _ReturnObjectParent):
+    def __init__(self, *arg, **kw):
+        super(ReturnObject, self).__init__(*arg, **kw)
+        self.args = self["command"]
+        self.returncode = self["exitcode"]
+        self.stdout = self["stdout"]
+        self.stderr = self["stderr"]
+
+
 def run(
     command,
     timeout=None,
diff --git a/tests/test_procrunner.py b/tests/test_procrunner.py
index 591fd14..9704c1c 100644
--- a/tests/test_procrunner.py
+++ b/tests/test_procrunner.py
@@ -254,3 +254,54 @@
     callback.assert_not_called()
     aggregator.flush()
     callback.assert_called_once_with("morestuff")
+
+
+def test_return_object_semantics():
+    ro = procrunner.ReturnObject(
+        {
+            "command": mock.sentinel.command,
+            "exitcode": 0,
+            "stdout": mock.sentinel.stdout,
+            "stderr": mock.sentinel.stderr,
+        }
+    )
+    assert ro["command"] == mock.sentinel.command
+    assert ro.args == mock.sentinel.command
+    assert ro["exitcode"] == 0
+    assert ro.returncode == 0
+    assert ro["stdout"] == mock.sentinel.stdout
+    assert ro.stdout == mock.sentinel.stdout
+    assert ro["stderr"] == mock.sentinel.stderr
+    assert ro.stderr == mock.sentinel.stderr
+
+    with pytest.raises(KeyError):
+        ro["unknownkey"]
+    ro.update({"unknownkey": mock.sentinel.key})
+    assert ro["unknownkey"] == mock.sentinel.key
+
+
+def test_return_object_check_function_passes_on_success():
+    ro = procrunner.ReturnObject(
+        {
+            "command": mock.sentinel.command,
+            "exitcode": 0,
+            "stdout": mock.sentinel.stdout,
+            "stderr": mock.sentinel.stderr,
+        }
+    )
+    ro.check_returncode()
+
+
+def test_return_object_check_function_raises_on_error():
+    ro = procrunner.ReturnObject(
+        {
+            "command": mock.sentinel.command,
+            "exitcode": 1,
+            "stdout": mock.sentinel.stdout,
+            "stderr": mock.sentinel.stderr,
+        }
+    )
+    with pytest.raises(Exception) as e:
+        ro.check_returncode()
+    assert repr(mock.sentinel.command) in str(e.value)
+    assert "1" in str(e.value)