diff --git a/rules/subproc.go b/rules/subproc.go
index 2513ec1..be100ad 100644
--- a/rules/subproc.go
+++ b/rules/subproc.go
@@ -62,5 +62,7 @@ func NewSubproc(id string, conf gosec.Config) (gosec.Rule, []ast.Node) {
 	rule.Add("os/exec", "Command")
 	rule.Add("os/exec", "CommandContext")
 	rule.Add("syscall", "Exec")
+	rule.Add("syscall", "ForkExec")
+	rule.Add("syscall", "StartProcess")
 	return rule, []ast.Node{(*ast.CallExpr)(nil)}
 }
diff --git a/testutils/source.go b/testutils/source.go
index af69b27..66cb814 100644
--- a/testutils/source.go
+++ b/testutils/source.go
@@ -1066,6 +1066,44 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }`}, 0, gosec.NewConfig()},
 		{[]string{`
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func RunCmd(command string) {
+	_, err := syscall.ForkExec(command, []string{}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+	    fmt.Printf("Error: %v\n", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	RunCmd("sleep")
+}`}, 1, gosec.NewConfig(),
+		},
+		{[]string{`
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func RunCmd(command string) {
+	_, err := syscall.StartProcess(command, []string{}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+	    fmt.Printf("Error: %v\n", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	RunCmd("sleep")
+}`}, 1, gosec.NewConfig(),
+		},
+		{[]string{`
 // starting a process with a variable as an argument
 // even if not constant is not considered as dangerous
 // because it has harcoded value