diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp
index 538f0b4..0ff6933 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <regex>
 #include <set>
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
 #include <cutils/properties.h>
+#include <hardware_legacy/power.h>
 
 #include "private/android_filesystem_config.h"
 
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@
 #define TOMBSTONE_MAX_LEN (sizeof(TOMBSTONE_FILE_PREFIX) + 4)
 #define NUM_TOMBSTONES  10
 #define WLUTIL "/vendor/xbin/wlutil"
+#define WAKE_LOCK_NAME "dumpstate_wakelock"
 
 typedef struct {
   char name[TOMBSTONE_MAX_LEN];
@@ -1016,11 +1019,31 @@
           VERSION_DEFAULT.c_str());
 }
 
-static void sigpipe_handler(int n) {
-    // don't complain to stderr or stdout
+static void wake_lock_releaser() {
+    if (release_wake_lock(WAKE_LOCK_NAME) < 0) {
+        MYLOGE("Failed to release wake lock: %s \n", strerror(errno));
+    } else {
+        MYLOGD("Wake lock released.\n");
+    }
+}
+
+static void sig_handler(int signo) {
+    wake_lock_releaser();
     _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
+static void register_sig_handler() {
+    struct sigaction sa;
+    sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+    sa.sa_flags = 0;
+    sa.sa_handler = sig_handler;
+    sigaction(SIGPIPE, &sa, NULL); // broken pipe
+    sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, NULL); // segment fault
+    sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, NULL); // ctrl-c
+    sigaction(SIGTERM, &sa, NULL); // killed
+    sigaction(SIGQUIT, &sa, NULL); // quit
+}
+
 /* adds the temporary report to the existing .zip file, closes the .zip file, and removes the
    temporary file.
  */
@@ -1088,7 +1111,6 @@
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-    struct sigaction sigact;
     int do_add_date = 0;
     int do_zip_file = 0;
     int do_vibrate = 1;
@@ -1105,6 +1127,14 @@
 
     MYLOGI("begin\n");
 
+    if (acquire_wake_lock(PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, WAKE_LOCK_NAME) < 0) {
+        MYLOGE("Failed to acquire wake lock: %s \n", strerror(errno));
+    } else {
+        MYLOGD("Wake lock acquired.\n");
+        atexit(wake_lock_releaser);
+        register_sig_handler();
+    }
+
     /* gets the sequential id */
     char last_id[PROPERTY_VALUE_MAX];
     property_get("dumpstate.last_id", last_id, "0");
@@ -1113,11 +1143,6 @@
     property_set("dumpstate.last_id", last_id);
     MYLOGI("dumpstate id: %lu\n", id);
 
-    /* clear SIGPIPE handler */
-    memset(&sigact, 0, sizeof(sigact));
-    sigact.sa_handler = sigpipe_handler;
-    sigaction(SIGPIPE, &sigact, NULL);
-
     /* set as high priority, and protect from OOM killer */
     setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, -20);