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) {
diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/DumpstateUtil.h b/cmds/dumpstate/DumpstateUtil.h
index b00c46e..9e955e3 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/DumpstateUtil.h
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/DumpstateUtil.h
@@ -193,11 +193,19 @@
      */
     static bool IsParallelRun();
 
+    /*
+     * Strict-run mode is determined by the `dumpstate.strict_run` sysprop which
+     * will default to true. This results in shortened timeouts for flaky
+     * sections.
+     */
+    static bool IsStrictRun();
+
   private:
     static std::string build_type_;
     static int dry_run_;
     static int unroot_;
     static int parallel_run_;
+    static int strict_run_;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp
index dc0e26b..f520046 100644
--- a/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp
+++ b/cmds/dumpstate/dumpstate.cpp
@@ -820,9 +820,12 @@
     RunCommandToFd(STDOUT_FILENO, "", {"uptime", "-p"},
                    CommandOptions::WithTimeout(1).Always().Build());
     printf("Bugreport format version: %s\n", version_.c_str());
-    printf("Dumpstate info: id=%d pid=%d dry_run=%d parallel_run=%d args=%s bugreport_mode=%s\n",
-           id_, pid_, PropertiesHelper::IsDryRun(), PropertiesHelper::IsParallelRun(),
-           options_->args.c_str(), options_->bugreport_mode_string.c_str());
+    printf(
+        "Dumpstate info: id=%d pid=%d dry_run=%d parallel_run=%d strict_run=%d args=%s "
+        "bugreport_mode=%s\n",
+        id_, pid_, PropertiesHelper::IsDryRun(), PropertiesHelper::IsParallelRun(),
+        PropertiesHelper::IsStrictRun(), options_->args.c_str(),
+        options_->bugreport_mode_string.c_str());
     printf("\n");
 }
 
@@ -1044,7 +1047,8 @@
         MYLOGE("Could not open %s to dump incident report.\n", path.c_str());
         return;
     }
-    RunCommandToFd(fd, "", {"incident", "-u"}, CommandOptions::WithTimeout(20).Build());
+    RunCommandToFd(fd, "", {"incident", "-u"},
+                   CommandOptions::WithTimeout(PropertiesHelper::IsStrictRun() ? 20 : 120).Build());
     bool empty = 0 == lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
     if (!empty) {
         // Use a different name from "incident.proto"
@@ -3053,6 +3057,12 @@
         MYLOGI("Running on dry-run mode (to disable it, call 'setprop dumpstate.dry_run false')\n");
     }
 
+    if (PropertiesHelper::IsStrictRun()) {
+        MYLOGI(
+            "Running on strict-run mode, which has shorter timeouts "
+            "(to disable, call 'setprop dumpstate.strict_run false')\n");
+    }
+
     MYLOGI("dumpstate info: id=%d, args='%s', bugreport_mode= %s bugreport format version: %s\n",
            id_, options_->args.c_str(), options_->bugreport_mode_string.c_str(), version_.c_str());