diff --git a/lldb/bindings/interface/SBProcess.i b/lldb/bindings/interface/SBProcess.i
--- a/lldb/bindings/interface/SBProcess.i
+++ b/lldb/bindings/interface/SBProcess.i
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
     IsInstrumentationRuntimePresent(lldb::InstrumentationRuntimeType type);
 
     lldb::SBError
-    SaveCore(const char *file_name);
+    SaveCore(const char *file_name, const char *plugin_name);
 
     lldb::SBError
     GetMemoryRegionInfo(lldb::addr_t load_addr, lldb::SBMemoryRegionInfo &region_info);
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBProcess.h b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBProcess.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBProcess.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBProcess.h
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@
   bool IsInstrumentationRuntimePresent(InstrumentationRuntimeType type);
 
   /// Save the state of the process in a core file (or mini dump on Windows).
-  lldb::SBError SaveCore(const char *file_name);
+  lldb::SBError SaveCore(const char *file_name,
+                         const char *plugin_name = "");
 
   /// Query the address load_addr and store the details of the memory
   /// region that contains it in the supplied SBMemoryRegionInfo object.
diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBProcess.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBProcess.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBProcess.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBProcess.cpp
@@ -1136,8 +1136,9 @@
   return runtime_sp->IsActive();
 }
 
-lldb::SBError SBProcess::SaveCore(const char *file_name) {
-  LLDB_INSTRUMENT_VA(this, file_name);
+lldb::SBError SBProcess::SaveCore(const char *file_name,
+                                  const char *plugin_name) {
+  LLDB_INSTRUMENT_VA(this, file_name, plugin_name);
 
   lldb::SBError error;
   ProcessSP process_sp(GetSP());
@@ -1156,7 +1157,8 @@
 
   FileSpec core_file(file_name);
   SaveCoreStyle core_style = SaveCoreStyle::eSaveCoreFull;
-  error.ref() = PluginManager::SaveCore(process_sp, core_file, core_style, "");
+  error.ref() = PluginManager::SaveCore(process_sp, core_file, core_style,
+                                        plugin_name);
   return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/process_save_core_minidump/TestProcessSaveCoreMinidump.py b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/process_save_core_minidump/TestProcessSaveCoreMinidump.py
--- a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/process_save_core_minidump/TestProcessSaveCoreMinidump.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/process_save_core_minidump/TestProcessSaveCoreMinidump.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         self.build()
         exe = self.getBuildArtifact("a.out")
         core = self.getBuildArtifact("core.dmp")
+        core_sb = self.getBuildArtifact("core_sb.dmp")
         try:
             target = self.dbg.CreateTarget(exe)
             process = target.LaunchSimple(
@@ -42,7 +43,10 @@
 
             # save core and, kill process and verify corefile existence
             self.runCmd("process save-core --plugin-name=minidump --style=stack " + core)
+            # validate savinig via SBProcess
+            lldb.SBProcess().SaveCore(core_sb, "minidump")
             self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(core))
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(core_sb))
             self.assertSuccess(process.Kill())
 
             # To verify, we'll launch with the mini dump
@@ -77,3 +81,5 @@
             self.assertTrue(self.dbg.DeleteTarget(target))
             if (os.path.isfile(core)):
                 os.unlink(core)
+            if (os.path.isfile(core_sb)):
+                os.unlink(core_sb)