diff --git a/src/libsysprof/sysprof-process-info.c b/src/libsysprof/sysprof-process-info.c
index fc35d981..795ce438 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof/sysprof-process-info.c
+++ b/src/libsysprof/sysprof-process-info.c
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ sysprof_process_info_new (SysprofMountNamespace *mount_namespace,
                                                0, 0,
                                                SYSPROF_SYMBOL_KIND_PROCESS);
 
+  if (pid == 0)
+    self->fallback_symbol->is_kernel_process = TRUE;
+
   if (pid > 0)
     egg_bitset_add (self->thread_ids, pid);
 
diff --git a/src/libsysprof/sysprof-symbol-private.h b/src/libsysprof/sysprof-symbol-private.h
index d6085bc3..331a5f45 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof/sysprof-symbol-private.h
+++ b/src/libsysprof/sysprof-symbol-private.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct _SysprofSymbol
 
   guint kind : 3;
   guint is_fallback : 1;
+  guint is_kernel_process : 1;
 };
 
 SysprofSymbol *_sysprof_symbol_new (GRefString       *name,
diff --git a/src/libsysprof/sysprof-symbol.c b/src/libsysprof/sysprof-symbol.c
index ed09d216..7524e3a3 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof/sysprof-symbol.c
+++ b/src/libsysprof/sysprof-symbol.c
@@ -151,6 +151,20 @@ sysprof_symbol_get_binary_path (SysprofSymbol *self)
   return self->binary_path;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+sniff_maybe_kernel_process (const char *str)
+{
+  if (g_str_has_prefix (str, "kworker/") ||
+      g_str_equal (str, "rcu_preempt") ||
+      g_str_has_prefix (str, "migration/") ||
+      g_str_has_prefix (str, "dmcrypt_write/") ||
+      g_str_has_prefix (str, "hwrng") ||
+      g_str_has_prefix (str, "ksoftirqd/"))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
 SysprofSymbol *
 _sysprof_symbol_new (GRefString        *name,
                      GRefString        *binary_path,
@@ -176,6 +190,9 @@ _sysprof_symbol_new (GRefString        *name,
   self->simple_hash = g_str_hash (name);
   self->kind = kind;
 
+  if (self->kind == SYSPROF_SYMBOL_KIND_PROCESS)
+    self->is_kernel_process = sniff_maybe_kernel_process (name);
+
   if (binary_nick != NULL)
     self->simple_hash ^= g_str_hash (binary_nick);