diff --git a/virtmanager/aidl/android/system/virtmanager/VirtualMachineDebugInfo.aidl b/virtmanager/aidl/android/system/virtmanager/VirtualMachineDebugInfo.aidl
index 7bb77ce..967db04 100644
--- a/virtmanager/aidl/android/system/virtmanager/VirtualMachineDebugInfo.aidl
+++ b/virtmanager/aidl/android/system/virtmanager/VirtualMachineDebugInfo.aidl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     int requesterUid;
 
     /** The SID of the process which requested the VM. */
-    @nullable String requesterSid;
+    String requesterSid;
 
     /**
      * The PID of the process which requested the VM. Note that this process may no longer exist and
diff --git a/virtmanager/src/aidl.rs b/virtmanager/src/aidl.rs
index cd3bb6d..2f96f9d 100644
--- a/virtmanager/src/aidl.rs
+++ b/virtmanager/src/aidl.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     self, BinderFeatures, Interface, ParcelFileDescriptor, StatusCode, Strong, ThreadState,
 };
 use log::{debug, error};
-use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, Weak};
 
@@ -60,18 +59,29 @@
             .transpose()?;
         let requester_uid = ThreadState::get_calling_uid();
         let requester_sid = ThreadState::with_calling_sid(|sid| {
-            sid.and_then(|sid: &CStr| match sid.to_str() {
-                Ok(s) => Some(s.to_owned()),
-                Err(e) => {
-                    error!("SID was not valid UTF-8: {:?}", e);
-                    None
+            if let Some(sid) = sid {
+                match sid.to_str() {
+                    Ok(sid) => Ok(sid.to_owned()),
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        error!("SID was not valid UTF-8: {:?}", e);
+                        Err(StatusCode::BAD_VALUE)
+                    }
                 }
-            })
-        });
-        let requester_pid = ThreadState::get_calling_pid();
+            } else {
+                error!("Missing SID on startVm");
+                Err(StatusCode::UNKNOWN_ERROR)
+            }
+        })?;
+        let requester_debug_pid = ThreadState::get_calling_pid();
         let cid = state.allocate_cid()?;
-        let instance =
-            start_vm(config_fd.as_ref(), cid, log_fd, requester_uid, requester_sid, requester_pid)?;
+        let instance = start_vm(
+            config_fd.as_ref(),
+            cid,
+            log_fd,
+            requester_uid,
+            requester_sid,
+            requester_debug_pid,
+        )?;
         state.add_vm(Arc::downgrade(&instance));
         Ok(VirtualMachine::create(instance))
     }
@@ -91,7 +101,7 @@
                 cid: vm.cid as i32,
                 requesterUid: vm.requester_uid as i32,
                 requesterSid: vm.requester_sid.clone(),
-                requesterPid: vm.requester_pid,
+                requesterPid: vm.requester_debug_pid,
                 running: vm.running(),
             })
             .collect();
@@ -259,16 +269,16 @@
     cid: Cid,
     log_fd: Option<File>,
     requester_uid: u32,
-    requester_sid: Option<String>,
-    requester_pid: i32,
+    requester_sid: String,
+    requester_debug_pid: i32,
 ) -> binder::Result<Arc<VmInstance>> {
     let config = VmConfig::load(config_file).map_err(|e| {
         error!("Failed to load VM config from {:?}: {:?}", config_file, e);
         StatusCode::BAD_VALUE
     })?;
-    Ok(VmInstance::start(&config, cid, log_fd, requester_uid, requester_sid, requester_pid)
+    Ok(VmInstance::start(&config, cid, log_fd, requester_uid, requester_sid, requester_debug_pid)
         .map_err(|e| {
-            error!("Failed to start VM from {:?}: {:?}", config_file, e);
-            StatusCode::UNKNOWN_ERROR
-        })?)
+        error!("Failed to start VM from {:?}: {:?}", config_file, e);
+        StatusCode::UNKNOWN_ERROR
+    })?)
 }
diff --git a/virtmanager/src/crosvm.rs b/virtmanager/src/crosvm.rs
index 5e6f658..60e063c 100644
--- a/virtmanager/src/crosvm.rs
+++ b/virtmanager/src/crosvm.rs
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
     /// The UID of the process which requested the VM.
     pub requester_uid: u32,
     /// The SID of the process which requested the VM.
-    pub requester_sid: Option<String>,
+    pub requester_sid: String,
     /// The PID of the process which requested the VM. Note that this process may no longer exist
     /// and the PID may have been reused for a different process, so this should not be trusted.
-    pub requester_pid: i32,
+    pub requester_debug_pid: i32,
     /// Whether the VM is still running.
     running: AtomicBool,
     /// Callbacks to clients of the VM.
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@
         child: SharedChild,
         cid: Cid,
         requester_uid: u32,
-        requester_sid: Option<String>,
-        requester_pid: i32,
+        requester_sid: String,
+        requester_debug_pid: i32,
     ) -> VmInstance {
         VmInstance {
             child,
             cid,
             requester_uid,
             requester_sid,
-            requester_pid,
+            requester_debug_pid,
             running: AtomicBool::new(true),
             callbacks: Default::default(),
         }
@@ -75,12 +75,17 @@
         cid: Cid,
         log_fd: Option<File>,
         requester_uid: u32,
-        requester_sid: Option<String>,
-        requester_pid: i32,
+        requester_sid: String,
+        requester_debug_pid: i32,
     ) -> Result<Arc<VmInstance>, Error> {
         let child = run_vm(config, cid, log_fd)?;
-        let instance =
-            Arc::new(VmInstance::new(child, cid, requester_uid, requester_sid, requester_pid));
+        let instance = Arc::new(VmInstance::new(
+            child,
+            cid,
+            requester_uid,
+            requester_sid,
+            requester_debug_pid,
+        ));
 
         let instance_clone = instance.clone();
         thread::spawn(move || {
diff --git a/virtmanager/src/main.rs b/virtmanager/src/main.rs
index 454fc7e..4c98c41 100644
--- a/virtmanager/src/main.rs
+++ b/virtmanager/src/main.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@
     );
 
     let virt_manager = VirtManager::default();
-    let virt_manager = BnVirtManager::new_binder(virt_manager, BinderFeatures::default());
+    let virt_manager = BnVirtManager::new_binder(
+        virt_manager,
+        BinderFeatures { set_requesting_sid: true, ..BinderFeatures::default() },
+    );
     add_service(BINDER_SERVICE_IDENTIFIER, virt_manager.as_binder()).unwrap();
     info!("Registered Binder service, joining threadpool.");
     ProcessState::join_thread_pool();