diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/DumpstateUtil.cpp b/cmds/dumpstate/DumpstateUtil.cpp
index 600a500..97c8ae2 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/DumpstateUtil.cpp
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/DumpstateUtil.cpp
@@ -101,13 +101,16 @@
 }
 
 CommandOptions::CommandOptionsBuilder& CommandOptions::CommandOptionsBuilder::AsRoot() {
-    values.account_mode_ = SU_ROOT;
+    if (!PropertiesHelper::IsUnroot()) {
+        values.account_mode_ = SU_ROOT;
+    }
     return *this;
 }
 
 CommandOptions::CommandOptionsBuilder& CommandOptions::CommandOptionsBuilder::AsRootIfAvailable() {
-    if (!PropertiesHelper::IsUserBuild())
-        values.account_mode_ = SU_ROOT;
+    if (!PropertiesHelper::IsUserBuild()) {
+        return AsRoot();
+    }
     return *this;
 }
 
@@ -176,6 +179,7 @@
 
 std::string PropertiesHelper::build_type_ = "";
 int PropertiesHelper::dry_run_ = -1;
+int PropertiesHelper::unroot_ = -1;
 
 bool PropertiesHelper::IsUserBuild() {
     if (build_type_.empty()) {
@@ -191,6 +195,13 @@
     return dry_run_ == 1;
 }
 
+bool PropertiesHelper::IsUnroot() {
+    if (unroot_ == -1) {
+        unroot_ = android::base::GetBoolProperty("dumpstate.unroot", false) ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+    return unroot_ == 1;
+}
+
 int DumpFileToFd(int out_fd, const std::string& title, const std::string& path) {
     android::base::unique_fd fd(TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK | O_CLOEXEC)));
     if (fd.get() < 0) {