diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fc3201cf8c..8bfc60619d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#2653](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2653))
 - Add variadic arguments to metric exporter/reader interfaces
   ([#2654](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2654))
+- Added a `opentelemetry.sdk.resources.ProcessResourceDetector` that adds the
+  'process.runtime.{name,version,description}' resource attributes when used
+  with the `opentelemetry.sdk.resources.get_aggregated_resources` API
+  ([#2660](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2660))
 - Move Metrics API behind internal package
   ([#2651](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2651))
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
index d32d943829..d99f097b38 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/__init__.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 import concurrent.futures
 import logging
 import os
+import sys
 import typing
 from json import dumps
 
@@ -286,6 +287,28 @@ def detect(self) -> "Resource":
         return Resource(env_resource_map)
 
 
+class ProcessResourceDetector(ResourceDetector):
+    # pylint: disable=no-self-use
+    def detect(self) -> "Resource":
+        _runtime_version = ".".join(
+            map(
+                str,
+                sys.version_info[:3]
+                if sys.version_info.releaselevel == "final"
+                and not sys.version_info.serial
+                else sys.version_info,
+            )
+        )
+
+        return Resource(
+            {
+                PROCESS_RUNTIME_DESCRIPTION: sys.version,
+                PROCESS_RUNTIME_NAME: sys.implementation.name,
+                PROCESS_RUNTIME_VERSION: _runtime_version,
+            }
+        )
+
+
 def get_aggregated_resources(
     detectors: typing.List["ResourceDetector"],
     initial_resource: typing.Optional[Resource] = None,
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/resources/test_resources.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/resources/test_resources.py
index ae3e34f9f0..2d584981e6 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/resources/test_resources.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/resources/test_resources.py
@@ -516,3 +516,22 @@ def test_service_name_env_precedence(self):
             detector.detect(),
             resources.Resource({"service.name": "from-service-name"}),
         )
+
+    def test_process_detector(self):
+        initial_resource = resources.Resource({"foo": "bar"})
+        aggregated_resource = resources.get_aggregated_resources(
+            [resources.ProcessResourceDetector()], initial_resource
+        )
+
+        self.assertIn(
+            resources.PROCESS_RUNTIME_NAME,
+            aggregated_resource.attributes.keys(),
+        )
+        self.assertIn(
+            resources.PROCESS_RUNTIME_DESCRIPTION,
+            aggregated_resource.attributes.keys(),
+        )
+        self.assertIn(
+            resources.PROCESS_RUNTIME_VERSION,
+            aggregated_resource.attributes.keys(),
+        )