diff --git a/cmds/bugreportz/bugreportz.cpp b/cmds/bugreportz/bugreportz.cpp
index ded0ed3..203d748 100644
--- a/cmds/bugreportz/bugreportz.cpp
+++ b/cmds/bugreportz/bugreportz.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include "bugreportz.h"
+
+#include <android-base/file.h>
+#include <android-base/strings.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -22,11 +26,6 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-#include <android-base/file.h>
-#include <android-base/strings.h>
-
-#include "bugreportz.h"
-
 static constexpr char BEGIN_PREFIX[] = "BEGIN:";
 static constexpr char PROGRESS_PREFIX[] = "PROGRESS:";
 
@@ -70,6 +69,30 @@
     }
     // Process final line, in case it didn't finish with newline
     write_line(line, show_progress);
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
 
+int bugreportz_stream(int s) {
+    while (1) {
+        char buffer[65536];
+        ssize_t bytes_read = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(s, buffer, sizeof(buffer)));
+        if (bytes_read == 0) {
+            break;
+        } else if (bytes_read == -1) {
+            // EAGAIN really means time out, so change the errno.
+            if (errno == EAGAIN) {
+                errno = ETIMEDOUT;
+            }
+            printf("FAIL:Bugreport read terminated abnormally (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }
+
+        if (!android::base::WriteFully(android::base::borrowed_fd(STDOUT_FILENO), buffer,
+                                       bytes_read)) {
+            printf("Failed to write data to stdout: trying to send %zd bytes (%s)\n", bytes_read,
+                   strerror(errno));
+            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }
+    }
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/cmds/bugreportz/bugreportz.h b/cmds/bugreportz/bugreportz.h
index 7af289b..cdeceae 100644
--- a/cmds/bugreportz/bugreportz.h
+++ b/cmds/bugreportz/bugreportz.h
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@
 // Ownership of the socket is not transferred.
 int bugreportz(int s, bool show_progress);
 
+// Calls dumpstate using the given socket and write the file content to stdout
+// instead of file location. Ownership of the socket is not transferred.
+int bugreportz_stream(int s);
+
 #endif  // BUGREPORTZ_H
diff --git a/cmds/bugreportz/main.cpp b/cmds/bugreportz/main.cpp
index 1d48e08..cd2652c 100644
--- a/cmds/bugreportz/main.cpp
+++ b/cmds/bugreportz/main.cpp
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@
 
 #include "bugreportz.h"
 
-static constexpr char VERSION[] = "1.1";
+static constexpr char VERSION[] = "1.2";
 
 static void show_usage() {
     fprintf(stderr,
-            "usage: bugreportz [-hpv]\n"
+            "usage: bugreportz [-hpsv]\n"
             "  -h: to display this help message\n"
             "  -p: display progress\n"
+            "  -s: stream content to standard output\n"
             "  -v: to display the version\n"
             "  or no arguments to generate a zipped bugreport\n");
 }
@@ -43,10 +44,11 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     bool show_progress = false;
+    bool stream_data = false;
     if (argc > 1) {
         /* parse arguments */
         int c;
-        while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "hpv")) != -1) {
+        while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "hpsv")) != -1) {
             switch (c) {
                 case 'h':
                     show_usage();
@@ -54,6 +56,9 @@
                 case 'p':
                     show_progress = true;
                     break;
+                case 's':
+                    stream_data = true;
+                    break;
                 case 'v':
                     show_version();
                     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
@@ -75,7 +80,11 @@
     // should be reused instead.
 
     // Start the dumpstatez service.
-    property_set("ctl.start", "dumpstatez");
+    if (stream_data) {
+        property_set("ctl.start", "dumpstate");
+    } else {
+        property_set("ctl.start", "dumpstatez");
+    }
 
     // Socket will not be available until service starts.
     int s = -1;
@@ -103,7 +112,12 @@
                 strerror(errno));
     }
 
-    int ret = bugreportz(s, show_progress);
+    int ret;
+    if (stream_data) {
+        ret = bugreportz_stream(s);
+    } else {
+        ret = bugreportz(s, show_progress);
+    }
 
     if (close(s) == -1) {
         fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: error closing socket: %s\n", strerror(errno));