diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/DumpstateUtil.cpp b/cmds/dumpstate/DumpstateUtil.cpp
index aa42541..615701c 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/DumpstateUtil.cpp
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/DumpstateUtil.cpp
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
 int PropertiesHelper::dry_run_ = -1;
 int PropertiesHelper::unroot_ = -1;
 int PropertiesHelper::parallel_run_ = -1;
+int PropertiesHelper::strict_run_ = -1;
 
 bool PropertiesHelper::IsUserBuild() {
     if (build_type_.empty()) {
@@ -237,6 +238,14 @@
     return parallel_run_ == 1;
 }
 
+bool PropertiesHelper::IsStrictRun() {
+    if (strict_run_ == -1) {
+        // Defaults to using stricter timeouts.
+        strict_run_ = android::base::GetBoolProperty("dumpstate.strict_run", true) ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+    return strict_run_ == 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) {