diff --git a/src/bin/fish.rs b/src/bin/fish.rs
index 2f7cb0ddc..ac5369db2 100644
--- a/src/bin/fish.rs
+++ b/src/bin/fish.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     history::{self, start_private_mode},
     io::IoChain,
     locale::set_libc_locales,
-    nix::{RUsage, getpid, getrusage, isatty},
+    nix::{RUsage, getrusage, isatty},
     panic::panic_handler,
     parse_constants::{ParseErrorList, ParseTreeFlags},
     parse_tree::ParsedSource,
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 };
 use fish_wcstringutil::wcs2bytes;
 use libc::STDIN_FILENO;
-use nix::unistd::AccessFlags;
+use nix::unistd::{AccessFlags, getpid};
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::os::unix::prelude::*;
@@ -605,7 +605,10 @@ fn throwing_main() -> i32 {
         parser.get_last_status()
     };
 
-    event::fire(parser, Event::process_exit(Pid::new(getpid()), exit_status));
+    event::fire(
+        parser,
+        Event::process_exit(Pid::from_nix_pid_unchecked(getpid()), exit_status),
+    );
 
     // Trigger any exit handlers.
     event::fire_generic(
diff --git a/src/builtins/function.rs b/src/builtins/function.rs
index cb4cf7ce3..3e5cc636d 100644
--- a/src/builtins/function.rs
+++ b/src/builtins/function.rs
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 use crate::event::{self, EventDescription, EventHandler};
 use crate::function;
 use crate::global_safety::RelaxedAtomicBool;
-use crate::nix::getpid;
 use crate::parse_execution::varname_error;
 use crate::parse_tree::NodeRef;
 use crate::parser_keywords::parser_keywords_is_reserved;
 use crate::proc::Pid;
 use crate::signal::Signal;
+use nix::unistd::getpid;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 struct FunctionCmdOpts {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ fn add_named_argument(
                     }
                     e = EventDescription::CallerExit { caller_id };
                 } else if opt == 'p' && woptarg == "%self" {
-                    let pid = Pid::new(getpid());
+                    let pid = Pid::from_nix_pid_unchecked(getpid());
                     e = EventDescription::ProcessExit { pid: Some(pid) };
                 } else {
                     let pid = parse_pid_may_be_zero(streams, cmd, woptarg)?;
diff --git a/src/env/environment.rs b/src/env/environment.rs
index 06e6a0736..4ea48f951 100644
--- a/src/env/environment.rs
+++ b/src/env/environment.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 use crate::global_safety::RelaxedAtomicBool;
 use crate::input::{FISH_BIND_MODE_VAR, init_input};
 use crate::localization::wgettext;
-use crate::nix::getpid;
 use crate::null_terminated_array::OwningNullTerminatedArray;
 use crate::path::{
     path_emit_config_directory_messages, path_get_cache, path_get_config, path_get_data,
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
 use libc::c_int;
 use nix::{
     NixPath as _,
-    unistd::{Uid, User, gethostname},
+    unistd::{Uid, User, gethostname, getpid},
 };
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
@@ -662,7 +661,7 @@ pub fn env_init(paths: Option<&ConfigPaths>, do_uvars: bool, default_paths: bool
     vars.set_one(L!("FISH_VERSION"), global_mode, version);
 
     // Set the $fish_pid variable.
-    vars.set_one(L!("fish_pid"), global_mode, getpid().to_wstring());
+    vars.set_one(L!("fish_pid"), global_mode, getpid().as_raw().to_wstring());
 
     // Set the $hostname variable
     let hostname: WString = gethostname().map_or("fish".into(), osstr2wcstring);
diff --git a/src/exec.rs b/src/exec.rs
index 3ece4cffe..e6081aebe 100644
--- a/src/exec.rs
+++ b/src/exec.rs
@@ -17,26 +17,26 @@
     BorrowedFdFile, PIPE_ERROR, make_autoclose_pipes, make_fd_blocking, open_cloexec,
 };
 use crate::flog::{flog, flogf};
-use crate::fork_exec::PATH_BSHELL;
-use crate::fork_exec::blocked_signals_for_job;
-use crate::fork_exec::postfork::{
-    child_setup_process, execute_fork, execute_setpgid, report_setpgid_error,
-    safe_report_exec_error,
-};
 #[cfg(have_posix_spawn)]
 use crate::fork_exec::spawn::PosixSpawner;
+use crate::fork_exec::{
+    PATH_BSHELL, blocked_signals_for_job,
+    postfork::{
+        child_setup_process, execute_fork, execute_setpgid, report_setpgid_error,
+        safe_report_exec_error,
+    },
+};
 use crate::function::{self, FunctionProperties};
 use crate::io::{
     BufferedOutputStream, FdOutputStream, IoBufferfill, IoChain, IoClose, IoMode, IoPipe,
     IoStreams, OutputStream, SeparatedBuffer, StringOutputStream,
 };
-use crate::nix::{getpid, isatty};
+use crate::nix::isatty;
 use crate::null_terminated_array::OwningNullTerminatedArray;
 use crate::parser::{Block, BlockId, BlockType, EvalRes, Parser, ParserEnvSetMode};
 use crate::prelude::*;
-use crate::proc::Pid;
 use crate::proc::{
-    InternalProc, Job, JobGroupRef, ProcStatus, Process, ProcessType, hup_jobs,
+    InternalProc, Job, JobGroupRef, Pid, ProcStatus, Process, ProcessType, hup_jobs,
     is_interactive_session, jobs_requiring_warning_on_exit, no_exec, print_exit_warning_for_jobs,
 };
 use crate::reader::{reader_run_count, safe_restore_term_mode};
@@ -52,18 +52,22 @@
     EACCES, ENOENT, ENOEXEC, ENOTDIR, EPIPE, EXIT_FAILURE, EXIT_SUCCESS, STDERR_FILENO,
     STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO,
 };
-use nix::fcntl::OFlag;
-use nix::sys::stat;
-use nix::unistd::getpgrp;
-use std::ffi::CStr;
-use std::io::{Read as _, Write as _};
-use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
-use std::num::NonZeroU32;
-use std::os::fd::{AsRawFd as _, FromRawFd as _, OwnedFd, RawFd};
-use std::slice;
-use std::sync::{
-    Arc, OnceLock,
-    atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
+use nix::{
+    fcntl::OFlag,
+    sys::stat,
+    unistd::{getpgrp, getpid},
+};
+use std::{
+    ffi::CStr,
+    io::{Read as _, Write as _},
+    mem::MaybeUninit,
+    num::NonZeroU32,
+    os::fd::{AsRawFd as _, FromRawFd as _, OwnedFd, RawFd},
+    slice,
+    sync::{
+        Arc, OnceLock,
+        atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering},
+    },
 };
 
 /// The singleton shared exec thread pool.
@@ -734,7 +738,11 @@ fn fork_child_for_process(
 
     // Determine the child pid.
     let is_parent = fork_res > 0;
-    let pid: libc::pid_t = if is_parent { fork_res } else { getpid() };
+    let pid: libc::pid_t = if is_parent {
+        fork_res
+    } else {
+        getpid().as_raw()
+    };
 
     // Send the process to a new pgroup if requested.
     // Do this in BOTH the parent and child, to resolve the well-known race.
diff --git a/src/expand.rs b/src/expand.rs
index 84311e446..392f3b312 100644
--- a/src/expand.rs
+++ b/src/expand.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 use fish_util::wcsfilecmp_glob;
 use fish_wcstringutil::{join_strings, trim};
 use fish_widestring::char_offset;
-use nix::unistd::User;
+use nix::unistd::{User, getpid};
 
 bitflags! {
     /// Set of flags controlling expansions.
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ fn expand_home_directory(input: &mut WString, vars: &dyn Environment) {
 /// Expand the %self escape. Note this can only come at the beginning of the string.
 fn expand_percent_self(input: &mut WString) {
     if input.as_char_slice().first() == Some(&PROCESS_EXPAND_SELF) {
-        input.replace_range(0..1, &crate::nix::getpid().to_wstring());
+        input.replace_range(0..1, &getpid().as_raw().to_wstring());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fork_exec/postfork.rs b/src/fork_exec/postfork.rs
index 564e1d10c..085532e9e 100644
--- a/src/fork_exec/postfork.rs
+++ b/src/fork_exec/postfork.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 // Everything in this module must be async-signal safe.
 // That means no locking, no allocating, no freeing memory, etc!
 use super::flog_safe::flog_safe;
-use crate::nix::getpid;
 use crate::null_terminated_array::OwningNullTerminatedArray;
 use crate::redirection::Dup2List;
 use crate::signal::signal_reset_handlers;
 use crate::{common::exit_without_destructors, wutil::fstat};
 use libc::{O_RDONLY, pid_t};
+use nix::unistd::getpid;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::num::NonZeroU32;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt as _;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ pub fn child_setup_process(
         unsafe {
             libc::signal(libc::SIGTTIN, libc::SIG_IGN);
             libc::signal(libc::SIGTTOU, libc::SIG_IGN);
-            let _ = libc::tcsetpgrp(libc::STDIN_FILENO, getpid());
+            let _ = libc::tcsetpgrp(libc::STDIN_FILENO, getpid().as_raw());
         }
     }
     if let Some(sigmask) = sigmask {
diff --git a/src/nix.rs b/src/nix.rs
index bac50cebe..8268e855c 100644
--- a/src/nix.rs
+++ b/src/nix.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ fn as_duration(&self) -> Duration {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn getpid() -> i32 {
-    unsafe { libc::getpid() }
-}
 pub fn isatty(fd: i32) -> bool {
     // This returns false if the fd is valid but not a tty, or is invalid.
     // No place we currently call it really cares about the difference.
diff --git a/src/proc.rs b/src/proc.rs
index f261ecd14..a30124ef1 100644
--- a/src/proc.rs
+++ b/src/proc.rs
@@ -302,6 +302,14 @@ pub fn as_pid_t(&self) -> libc::pid_t {
     pub fn as_nix_pid(&self) -> nix::unistd::Pid {
         nix::unistd::Pid::from_raw(self.as_pid_t())
     }
+
+    #[inline(always)]
+    // The nix Pid type does not guarantee non-zero values.
+    // It is safe to use this on the result of nix's getpid, since getpid does not fail, and the ID
+    // of the calling process is never 0.
+    pub fn from_nix_pid_unchecked(pid: nix::unistd::Pid) -> Self {
+        Self::new(pid.as_raw())
+    }
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for Pid {
diff --git a/src/reader/reader.rs b/src/reader/reader.rs
index 62b075aaf..a2916d3c1 100644
--- a/src/reader/reader.rs
+++ b/src/reader/reader.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 use crate::io::IoChain;
 use crate::key::ViewportPosition;
 use crate::kill::{kill_add, kill_replace, kill_yank, kill_yank_rotate};
-use crate::nix::{getpid, isatty};
+use crate::nix::isatty;
 use crate::operation_context::{OperationContext, get_bg_context};
 use crate::pager::{PageRendering, Pager, SelectionMotion};
 use crate::panic::AT_EXIT;
@@ -128,17 +128,18 @@
 };
 use fish_widestring::ELLIPSIS_CHAR;
 use libc::{
-    _POSIX_VDISABLE, EIO, EISDIR, ENOTTY, EPERM, ESRCH, O_NONBLOCK, O_RDONLY, SIGINT,
-    STDERR_FILENO, STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO, VMIN, VQUIT, VSUSP, VTIME, c_char,
+    _POSIX_VDISABLE, EIO, EISDIR, ENOTTY, ESRCH, O_NONBLOCK, O_RDONLY, SIGINT, STDERR_FILENO,
+    STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO, VMIN, VQUIT, VSUSP, VTIME, c_char,
 };
-use nix::sys::termios::{self, SetArg, Termios, tcgetattr, tcsetattr};
+use nix::unistd::setpgid;
 use nix::{
     fcntl::OFlag,
     sys::{
         signal::{Signal, killpg},
         stat::Mode,
+        termios::{self, SetArg, Termios, tcgetattr, tcsetattr},
     },
-    unistd::getpgrp,
+    unistd::{getpgrp, getpid},
 };
 use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
@@ -4877,7 +4878,7 @@ fn acquire_tty_or_exit(shell_pgid: libc::pid_t) {
     // In some strange cases the tty may be come preassigned to fish's pid, but not its pgroup.
     // In that case we simply attempt to claim our own pgroup.
     // See #7388.
-    if owner == getpid() {
+    if owner == getpid().as_raw() {
         unsafe { libc::setpgid(owner, owner) };
         return;
     }
@@ -4937,7 +4938,7 @@ fn acquire_tty_or_exit(shell_pgid: libc::pid_t) {
                     warning,
                     sprintf!(
                         "I appear to be an orphaned process, so I am quitting politely. My pid is %d.",
-                        pid
+                        pid.as_raw()
                     )
                 );
                 exit_without_destructors(1);
@@ -4956,36 +4957,36 @@ fn acquire_tty_or_exit(shell_pgid: libc::pid_t) {
 fn reader_interactive_init() {
     assert_is_main_thread();
 
-    let mut shell_pgid = getpgrp().as_raw();
+    let mut shell_pgid = getpgrp();
     let shell_pid = getpid();
 
     // Ensure interactive signal handling is enabled.
     signal_set_handlers_once(true);
 
     // Wait until we own the terminal.
-    acquire_tty_or_exit(shell_pgid);
+    acquire_tty_or_exit(shell_pgid.as_raw());
 
     // If fish has no valid pgroup (possible with firejail, see #5295) or is interactive,
     // ensure it owns the terminal. Also see #5909, #7060.
-    if shell_pgid == 0 || (is_interactive_session() && shell_pgid != shell_pid) {
+    if shell_pgid.as_raw() == 0 || (is_interactive_session() && shell_pgid != shell_pid) {
         shell_pgid = shell_pid;
-        if unsafe { libc::setpgid(shell_pgid, shell_pgid) } < 0 {
+        if let Err(e) = setpgid(shell_pgid, shell_pgid) {
             // If we're session leader setpgid returns EPERM. The other cases where we'd get EPERM
             // don't apply as we passed our own pid.
             //
             // This should be harmless, so we ignore it.
-            if errno().0 != EPERM {
+            if e != nix::errno::Errno::EPERM {
                 flog!(
                     error,
                     wgettext!("Failed to assign shell to its own process group")
                 );
-                perror("setpgid");
+                perror_nix("setpgid", e);
                 exit_without_destructors(1);
             }
         }
 
         // Take control of the terminal
-        if unsafe { libc::tcsetpgrp(STDIN_FILENO, shell_pgid) } == -1 {
+        if unsafe { libc::tcsetpgrp(STDIN_FILENO, shell_pgid.as_raw()) } == -1 {
             flog!(error, wgettext!("Failed to take control of the terminal"));
             perror("tcsetpgrp");
             exit_without_destructors(1);
diff --git a/src/signal.rs b/src/signal.rs
index 224f5ccd9..4837ec432 100644
--- a/src/signal.rs
+++ b/src/signal.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use crate::common::exit_without_destructors;
 use crate::event::{enqueue_signal, is_signal_observed};
-use crate::nix::getpid;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::reader::{reader_handle_sigint, reader_sighup, safe_restore_term_mode};
 use crate::termsize::safe_termsize_invalidate_tty;
@@ -9,7 +8,11 @@
 use crate::wutil::fish_wcstoi;
 use errno::{errno, set_errno};
 use fish_util::perror;
-use nix::sys::signal::{SaFlags, SigAction, SigHandler, SigSet, SigmaskHow, sigprocmask};
+use nix::sys::signal::kill;
+use nix::{
+    sys::signal::{SaFlags, SigAction, SigHandler, SigSet, SigmaskHow, sigprocmask},
+    unistd::getpid,
+};
 use std::{
     mem::MaybeUninit,
     num::NonZeroI32,
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@
 /// and re-raise the signal. Return whether we re-raised the signal.
 fn reraise_if_forked_child(sig: i32) -> bool {
     // Don't use is_forked_child: it relies on atfork handlers which may have not yet run.
-    if getpid() == MAIN_PID.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+    if getpid().as_raw() == MAIN_PID.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ fn set_interactive_handlers() {
 /// Set signal handlers to fish default handlers.
 pub fn signal_set_handlers(interactive: bool) {
     // Mark our main pid.
-    MAIN_PID.store(getpid(), Ordering::Relaxed);
+    MAIN_PID.store(getpid().as_raw(), Ordering::Relaxed);
 
     use libc::SIG_IGN;
     let nullptr = std::ptr::null_mut();
@@ -243,7 +246,7 @@ pub fn signal_set_handlers(interactive: bool) {
         // The workaround is to send ourselves a SIGCHLD signal now, to force the allocation to happen.
         // As no child is associated with this signal, it is OK if it is dropped, so long as the
         // allocation happens.
-        unsafe { libc::kill(getpid(), libc::SIGCHLD) };
+        let _ = kill(getpid(), nix::sys::signal::Signal::SIGCHLD);
     }
 }