diff --git a/media/extractors/midi/Android.bp b/media/extractors/midi/Android.bp
index 7d42e70..91ce78e 100644
--- a/media/extractors/midi/Android.bp
+++ b/media/extractors/midi/Android.bp
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
     static_libs: [
         "libmedia_midiiowrapper",
         "libsonivox",
-        "libstagefright_foundation"
+        "libstagefright_foundation",
+        "libwatchdog",
+        "libbase",
     ],
     name: "libmidiextractor",
     relative_install_path: "extractors",
@@ -35,5 +37,4 @@
             "signed-integer-overflow",
         ],
     },
-
 }
diff --git a/media/extractors/midi/MidiExtractor.cpp b/media/extractors/midi/MidiExtractor.cpp
index 9f4f9e6..d0efb2f 100644
--- a/media/extractors/midi/MidiExtractor.cpp
+++ b/media/extractors/midi/MidiExtractor.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <media/stagefright/MediaDefs.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/MediaErrors.h>
 #include <libsonivox/eas_reverb.h>
+#include <watchdog/Watchdog.h>
 
 namespace android {
 
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@
         MediaBufferHelper **outBuffer, const ReadOptions *options)
 {
     ALOGV("MidiSource::read");
+
     MediaBufferHelper *buffer;
     // process an optional seek request
     int64_t seekTimeUs;
@@ -139,6 +141,8 @@
 }
 
 // MidiEngine
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+static constexpr auto kTimeout = 10s;
 
 MidiEngine::MidiEngine(CDataSource *dataSource,
         AMediaFormat *fileMetadata,
@@ -147,6 +151,8 @@
             mEasHandle(NULL),
             mEasConfig(NULL),
             mIsInitialized(false) {
+    Watchdog watchdog(kTimeout);
+
     mIoWrapper = new MidiIoWrapper(dataSource);
     // spin up a new EAS engine
     EAS_I32 temp;
@@ -186,6 +192,8 @@
 }
 
 MidiEngine::~MidiEngine() {
+    Watchdog watchdog(kTimeout);
+
     if (mEasHandle) {
         EAS_CloseFile(mEasData, mEasHandle);
     }
@@ -217,12 +225,16 @@
 }
 
 status_t MidiEngine::seekTo(int64_t positionUs) {
+    Watchdog watchdog(kTimeout);
+
     ALOGV("seekTo %lld", (long long)positionUs);
     EAS_RESULT result = EAS_Locate(mEasData, mEasHandle, positionUs / 1000, false);
     return result == EAS_SUCCESS ? OK : UNKNOWN_ERROR;
 }
 
 MediaBufferHelper* MidiEngine::readBuffer() {
+    Watchdog watchdog(kTimeout);
+
     EAS_STATE state;
     EAS_State(mEasData, mEasHandle, &state);
     if ((state == EAS_STATE_STOPPED) || (state == EAS_STATE_ERROR)) {
diff --git a/media/libwatchdog/Android.bp b/media/libwatchdog/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bdf172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/libwatchdog/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+cc_library {
+    name: "libwatchdog",
+    srcs: [
+        "Watchdog.cpp",
+    ],
+    export_include_dirs: ["include"],
+    shared_libs: [
+        "liblog",
+    ],
+    static_libs: [
+        "libbase",
+    ],
+    target: {
+        windows: {
+            enabled: false,
+        },
+        darwin: {
+            enabled: false,
+        },
+    },
+}
diff --git a/media/libwatchdog/Watchdog.cpp b/media/libwatchdog/Watchdog.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb012b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/libwatchdog/Watchdog.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#define LOG_TAG "Watchdog"
+
+#include <watchdog/Watchdog.h>
+
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android-base/threads.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+Watchdog::Watchdog(::std::chrono::steady_clock::duration timeout) {
+    // Create the timer.
+    struct sigevent sev;
+    sev.sigev_notify = SIGEV_THREAD_ID;
+    sev.sigev_notify_thread_id = base::GetThreadId();
+    sev.sigev_signo = SIGABRT;
+    sev.sigev_value.sival_ptr = &mTimerId;
+    int err = timer_create(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &sev, &mTimerId);
+    if (err != 0) {
+        PLOG(FATAL) << "Failed to create timer";
+    }
+
+    // Start the timer.
+    struct itimerspec spec;
+    memset(&spec, 0, sizeof(spec));
+    auto ns = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(timeout);
+    LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(timeout.count() <= 0, "Duration must be positive");
+    spec.it_value.tv_sec = ns.count() / 1000000000;
+    spec.it_value.tv_nsec = ns.count() % 1000000000;
+    err = timer_settime(mTimerId, 0, &spec, nullptr);
+    if (err != 0) {
+        PLOG(FATAL) << "Failed to start timer";
+    }
+}
+
+Watchdog::~Watchdog() {
+    // Delete the timer.
+    int err = timer_delete(mTimerId);
+    if (err != 0) {
+        PLOG(FATAL) << "Failed to delete timer";
+    }
+}
+
+}  // namespace android
diff --git a/media/libwatchdog/include/watchdog/Watchdog.h b/media/libwatchdog/include/watchdog/Watchdog.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2819f8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/libwatchdog/include/watchdog/Watchdog.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_WATCHDOG_H
+#define ANDROID_WATCHDOG_H
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <time.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+/*
+ * An RAII-style object, which would crash the process if a timeout expires
+ * before the object is destroyed.
+ * The calling thread would be sent a SIGABORT, which would typically result in
+ * a stack trace.
+ *
+ * Sample usage:
+ * {
+ *     Watchdog watchdog(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+ *     DoSomething();
+ * }
+ * // If we got here, the function completed in time.
+ */
+class Watchdog final {
+public:
+    Watchdog(std::chrono::steady_clock::duration timeout);
+    ~Watchdog();
+
+private:
+    timer_t mTimerId;
+};
+
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif  // ANDROID_WATCHDOG_H
diff --git a/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-arm.policy b/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-arm.policy
index 38f9be6..118072e 100644
--- a/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-arm.policy
+++ b/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-arm.policy
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 getgroups32: 1
 nanosleep: 1
 getrandom: 1
+timer_create: 1
+timer_settime: 1
+timer_delete: 1
 
 # for dynamically loading extractors
 pread64: 1
diff --git a/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-arm64.policy b/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-arm64.policy
index 8fd8787..481e29e 100644
--- a/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-arm64.policy
+++ b/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-arm64.policy
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 getrlimit: 1
 nanosleep: 1
 getrandom: 1
+timer_create: 1
+timer_settime: 1
+timer_delete: 1
 
 # for FileSource
 readlinkat: 1
diff --git a/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-x86.policy b/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-x86.policy
index 05915d1..15fb24e 100644
--- a/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-x86.policy
+++ b/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-x86.policy
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 getgroups32: 1
 nanosleep: 1
 getrandom: 1
+timer_create: 1
+timer_settime: 1
+timer_delete: 1
 
 # for dynamically loading extractors
 getdents64: 1
diff --git a/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-x86_64.policy b/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-x86_64.policy
index e6a55d0..4f2646c 100644
--- a/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-x86_64.policy
+++ b/services/mediaextractor/seccomp_policy/mediaextractor-x86_64.policy
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 getrlimit: 1
 nanosleep: 1
 getrandom: 1
+timer_create: 1
+timer_settime: 1
+timer_delete: 1
 
 # for dynamically loading extractors
 getdents64: 1