diff --git a/cmds/dumpsys/dumpsys.h b/cmds/dumpsys/dumpsys.h
index 2534dde..1d78aa4 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpsys/dumpsys.h
+++ b/cmds/dumpsys/dumpsys.h
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #ifndef FRAMEWORK_NATIVE_CMD_DUMPSYS_H_
 #define FRAMEWORK_NATIVE_CMD_DUMPSYS_H_
 
+#include <thread>
+
+#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 #include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
 
 namespace android {
@@ -25,10 +28,97 @@
   public:
     Dumpsys(android::IServiceManager* sm) : sm_(sm) {
     }
+    /**
+     * Main entry point into dumpsys.
+     */
     int main(int argc, char* const argv[]);
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of services.
+     * @param priorityFlags filter services by specified priorities
+     * @param supportsProto filter services that support proto dumps
+     * @return list of services
+     */
+    Vector<String16> listServices(int priorityFlags, bool supportsProto) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Modifies @{code args} to add additional arguments  to indicate if the service
+     * must dump as proto or dump to a certian priority bucket.
+     * @param args initial list of arguments to pass to service dump method.
+     * @param asProto dump service as proto by passing an additional --proto arg
+     * @param priorityFlags indicates priority of dump by passing additional priority args
+     * to the service
+     */
+    void setServiceArgs(Vector<String16>& args, bool asProto, int priorityFlags) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Starts a thread to connect to a service and get its dump output. The thread redirects
+     * the output to a pipe. Thread must be stopped by a subsequent callto {@code
+     * stopDumpThread}.
+     * @param serviceName
+     * @param args list of arguments to pass to service dump method.
+     * @return {@code OK} thread is started successfully.
+     *         {@code NAME_NOT_FOUND} service could not be found.
+     *         {@code != OK} error
+     */
+    status_t startDumpThread(const String16& serviceName, const Vector<String16>& args);
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a section header to a file descriptor.
+     * @param fd file descriptor to write data
+     * @param serviceName
+     * @param priorityFlags dump priority specified
+     */
+    void writeDumpHeader(int fd, const String16& serviceName, int priorityFlags) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Redirects service dump to a file descriptor. This requires
+     * {@code startDumpThread} to be called successfully otherwise the function will
+     * return {@code INVALID_OPERATION}.
+     * @param fd file descriptor to write data
+     * @param serviceName
+     * @param timeout timeout to terminate the dump if not completed
+     * @param asProto used to supresses additional output to the fd such as timeout
+     * error messages
+     * @param elapsedDuration returns elapsed time in seconds
+     * @param bytesWritten returns number of bytes written
+     * @return {@code OK} if successful
+     *         {@code TIMED_OUT} dump timed out
+     *         {@code INVALID_OPERATION} invalid state
+     *         {@code != OK} error
+     */
+    status_t writeDump(int fd, const String16& serviceName, std::chrono::milliseconds timeout,
+                       bool asProto, std::chrono::duration<double>& elapsedDuration,
+                       size_t& bytesWritten) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a section footer to a file descriptor with duration info.
+     * @param fd file descriptor to write data
+     * @param serviceName
+     * @param elapsedDuration duration of dump
+     */
+    void writeDumpFooter(int fd, const String16& serviceName,
+                         const std::chrono::duration<double>& elapsedDuration) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Terminates dump thread.
+     * @param dumpComplete If {@code true}, indicates the dump was successfully completed and
+     * tries to join the thread. Otherwise thread is detached.
+     */
+    void stopDumpThread(bool dumpComplete);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns file descriptor of the pipe used to dump service data. This assumes
+     * {@code startDumpThread} was called successfully.
+     */
+    int getDumpFd() const {
+        return redirectFd_.get();
+    }
+
   private:
     android::IServiceManager* sm_;
+    std::thread activeThread_;
+    mutable android::base::unique_fd redirectFd_;
 };
 }