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
@@ -397,6 +397,9 @@
     bool
     IsInstrumentationRuntimePresent(lldb::InstrumentationRuntimeType type);
 
+    lldb::SBError
+    SaveCore(const char *file_name, const char *flavor, lldb::SaveCoreStyle core_style);
+
     lldb::SBError
     SaveCore(const char *file_name);
 
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
@@ -337,7 +337,21 @@
 
   bool IsInstrumentationRuntimePresent(InstrumentationRuntimeType type);
 
-  /// Save the state of the process in a core file (or mini dump on Windows).
+  /// Save the state of the process in a core file.
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] file_name - The name of the file to save the core file to.
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] flavor - Specify the flavor of a core file plug-in to save.
+  /// Currently supported flavors include "mach-o" and "minidump"
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] core_style - Specify the style of a core file to save.
+  lldb::SBError SaveCore(const char *file_name, const char *flavor,
+                         SaveCoreStyle core_style);
+
+  /// Save the state of the process with the a flavor that matches the
+  /// current process' main executable (if supported).
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] file_name - The name of the file to save the core file to.
   lldb::SBError SaveCore(const char *file_name);
 
   /// Query the address load_addr and store the details of the memory
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
@@ -1138,6 +1138,13 @@
 
 lldb::SBError SBProcess::SaveCore(const char *file_name) {
   LLDB_INSTRUMENT_VA(this, file_name);
+  return SaveCore(file_name, "", SaveCoreStyle::eSaveCoreFull);
+}
+
+lldb::SBError SBProcess::SaveCore(const char *file_name,
+                                  const char *flavor,
+                                  SaveCoreStyle core_style) {
+  LLDB_INSTRUMENT_VA(this, file_name, flavor, core_style);
 
   lldb::SBError error;
   ProcessSP process_sp(GetSP());
@@ -1155,8 +1162,9 @@
   }
 
   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,
+                                        flavor);
+
   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(
@@ -43,6 +44,17 @@
             # save core and, kill process and verify corefile existence
             self.runCmd("process save-core --plugin-name=minidump --style=stack " + core)
             self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(core))
+
+            # validate savinig via SBProcess
+            error = process.SaveCore(core_sb, "minidump", lldb.eSaveCoreStackOnly)
+            self.assertTrue(error.Success())
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(core_sb))
+
+            error = process.SaveCore(core_sb, "minidump", lldb.eSaveCoreFull)
+            self.assertTrue(error.Fail())
+            error = process.SaveCore(core_sb, "minidump", lldb.eSaveCoreDirtyOnly)
+            self.assertTrue(error.Fail())
+
             self.assertSuccess(process.Kill())
 
             # To verify, we'll launch with the mini dump
@@ -77,3 +89,5 @@
             self.assertTrue(self.dbg.DeleteTarget(target))
             if (os.path.isfile(core)):
                 os.unlink(core)
+            if (os.path.isfile(core_sb)):
+                os.unlink(core_sb)