diff --git a/power/aidl/default/Android.bp b/power/aidl/default/Android.bp
index b4ccc7d..4926b91 100644
--- a/power/aidl/default/Android.bp
+++ b/power/aidl/default/Android.bp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
         "libbinder_ndk",
         "libcutils",
         "libfmq",
+        "libutils",
     ],
     srcs: [
         "main.cpp",
diff --git a/power/aidl/default/Power.cpp b/power/aidl/default/Power.cpp
index 8f15663..64294e5 100644
--- a/power/aidl/default/Power.cpp
+++ b/power/aidl/default/Power.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
 #include <fmq/AidlMessageQueue.h>
 #include <fmq/EventFlag.h>
+#include <thread>
 
 namespace aidl {
 namespace android {
@@ -85,10 +86,17 @@
 }
 
 ndk::ScopedAStatus Power::getSessionChannel(int32_t, int32_t, ChannelConfig* _aidl_return) {
-    static AidlMessageQueue<ChannelMessage, SynchronizedReadWrite> stubQueue{1, true};
+    static AidlMessageQueue<ChannelMessage, SynchronizedReadWrite> stubQueue{20, true};
+    static std::thread stubThread([&] {
+        ChannelMessage data;
+        // This loop will only run while there is data waiting
+        // to be processed, and blocks on a futex all other times
+        while (stubQueue.readBlocking(&data, 1, 0)) {
+        }
+    });
     _aidl_return->channelDescriptor = stubQueue.dupeDesc();
-    _aidl_return->readFlagBitmask = 0;
-    _aidl_return->writeFlagBitmask = 0;
+    _aidl_return->readFlagBitmask = 0x01;
+    _aidl_return->writeFlagBitmask = 0x02;
     _aidl_return->eventFlagDescriptor = std::nullopt;
     return ndk::ScopedAStatus::ok();
 }