diff --git a/debuggerd/common/include/dump_type.h b/debuggerd/common/include/dump_type.h
index 203269e..a3e171b 100644
--- a/debuggerd/common/include/dump_type.h
+++ b/debuggerd/common/include/dump_type.h
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
   kDebuggerdNativeBacktrace,
   kDebuggerdTombstone,
   kDebuggerdJavaBacktrace,
-  kDebuggerdAnyIntercept
+  kDebuggerdAnyIntercept,
+  kDebuggerdTombstoneProto,
 };
 
 inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const DebuggerdDumpType& rhs) {
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@
     case kDebuggerdAnyIntercept:
       stream << "kDebuggerdAnyIntercept";
       break;
+    case kDebuggerdTombstoneProto:
+      stream << "kDebuggerdTombstoneProto";
+      break;
     default:
       stream << "[unknown]";
   }
diff --git a/debuggerd/debuggerd_test.cpp b/debuggerd/debuggerd_test.cpp
index 86a78e6..2652b1c 100644
--- a/debuggerd/debuggerd_test.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/debuggerd_test.cpp
@@ -1426,3 +1426,70 @@
   ConsumeFd(std::move(output_fd), &result);
   ASSERT_MATCH(result, R"(Cause: stack pointer[^\n]*stack overflow.\n)");
 }
+
+TEST(tombstoned, proto) {
+  const pid_t self = getpid();
+  unique_fd tombstoned_socket, text_fd, proto_fd;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(
+      tombstoned_connect(self, &tombstoned_socket, &text_fd, &proto_fd, kDebuggerdTombstoneProto));
+
+  tombstoned_notify_completion(tombstoned_socket.get());
+
+  ASSERT_NE(-1, text_fd.get());
+  ASSERT_NE(-1, proto_fd.get());
+
+  struct stat text_st;
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, fstat(text_fd.get(), &text_st));
+
+  // Give tombstoned some time to link the files into place.
+  std::this_thread::sleep_for(100ms);
+
+  // Find the tombstone.
+  std::optional<int> tombstone_index;
+  for (int i = 0; i < 50; ++i) {
+    std::string path = android::base::StringPrintf("/data/tombstones/tombstone_%02d", i);
+
+    struct stat st;
+    if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(stat(path.c_str(), &st)) != 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (st.st_dev == text_st.st_dev && st.st_ino == text_st.st_ino) {
+      tombstone_index = i;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(tombstone_index);
+  std::string proto_path =
+      android::base::StringPrintf("/data/tombstones/tombstone_%02d.pb", *tombstone_index);
+
+  struct stat proto_fd_st;
+  struct stat proto_file_st;
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, fstat(proto_fd.get(), &proto_fd_st));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, stat(proto_path.c_str(), &proto_file_st));
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(proto_fd_st.st_dev, proto_file_st.st_dev);
+  ASSERT_EQ(proto_fd_st.st_ino, proto_file_st.st_ino);
+}
+
+TEST(tombstoned, proto_intercept) {
+  const pid_t self = getpid();
+  unique_fd intercept_fd, output_fd;
+  InterceptStatus status;
+
+  tombstoned_intercept(self, &intercept_fd, &output_fd, &status, kDebuggerdTombstone);
+  ASSERT_EQ(InterceptStatus::kRegistered, status);
+
+  unique_fd tombstoned_socket, text_fd, proto_fd;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(
+      tombstoned_connect(self, &tombstoned_socket, &text_fd, &proto_fd, kDebuggerdTombstoneProto));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::WriteStringToFd("foo", text_fd.get()));
+  tombstoned_notify_completion(tombstoned_socket.get());
+
+  text_fd.reset();
+
+  std::string output;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::ReadFdToString(output_fd, &output));
+  ASSERT_EQ("foo", output);
+}
diff --git a/debuggerd/tombstoned/include/tombstoned/tombstoned.h b/debuggerd/tombstoned/include/tombstoned/tombstoned.h
index 6403dbe..bff216c 100644
--- a/debuggerd/tombstoned/include/tombstoned/tombstoned.h
+++ b/debuggerd/tombstoned/include/tombstoned/tombstoned.h
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 #include "dump_type.h"
 
 bool tombstoned_connect(pid_t pid, android::base::unique_fd* tombstoned_socket,
-                        android::base::unique_fd* output_fd, DebuggerdDumpType dump_type);
+                        android::base::unique_fd* text_output_fd,
+                        android::base::unique_fd* proto_output_fd, DebuggerdDumpType dump_type);
+
+bool tombstoned_connect(pid_t pid, android::base::unique_fd* tombstoned_socket,
+                        android::base::unique_fd* text_output_fd, DebuggerdDumpType dump_type);
 
 bool tombstoned_notify_completion(int tombstoned_socket);
diff --git a/debuggerd/tombstoned/intercept_manager.cpp b/debuggerd/tombstoned/intercept_manager.cpp
index 7d25c50..577f829 100644
--- a/debuggerd/tombstoned/intercept_manager.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/tombstoned/intercept_manager.cpp
@@ -192,6 +192,18 @@
                                       /* backlog */ -1, intercept_socket);
 }
 
+bool dump_types_compatible(DebuggerdDumpType interceptor, DebuggerdDumpType dump) {
+  if (interceptor == dump) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (interceptor == kDebuggerdTombstone && dump == kDebuggerdTombstoneProto) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 bool InterceptManager::GetIntercept(pid_t pid, DebuggerdDumpType dump_type,
                                     android::base::unique_fd* out_fd) {
   auto it = this->intercepts.find(pid);
@@ -202,7 +214,7 @@
   if (dump_type == kDebuggerdAnyIntercept) {
     LOG(INFO) << "found registered intercept of type " << it->second->dump_type
               << " for requested type kDebuggerdAnyIntercept";
-  } else if (it->second->dump_type != dump_type) {
+  } else if (!dump_types_compatible(it->second->dump_type, dump_type)) {
     LOG(WARNING) << "found non-matching intercept of type " << it->second->dump_type
                  << " for requested type: " << dump_type;
     return false;
diff --git a/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.cpp b/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.cpp
index 2b74fd4..f057260 100644
--- a/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.cpp
@@ -62,14 +62,22 @@
 struct CrashArtifact {
   unique_fd fd;
   std::optional<std::string> temporary_path;
+
+  static CrashArtifact devnull() {
+    CrashArtifact result;
+    result.fd.reset(open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
+    return result;
+  }
 };
 
 struct CrashArtifactPaths {
   std::string text;
+  std::optional<std::string> proto;
 };
 
 struct CrashOutput {
   CrashArtifact text;
+  std::optional<CrashArtifact> proto;
 };
 
 // Ownership of Crash is a bit messy.
@@ -89,14 +97,15 @@
 class CrashQueue {
  public:
   CrashQueue(const std::string& dir_path, const std::string& file_name_prefix, size_t max_artifacts,
-             size_t max_concurrent_dumps)
+             size_t max_concurrent_dumps, bool supports_proto)
       : file_name_prefix_(file_name_prefix),
         dir_path_(dir_path),
         dir_fd_(open(dir_path.c_str(), O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC)),
         max_artifacts_(max_artifacts),
         next_artifact_(0),
         max_concurrent_dumps_(max_concurrent_dumps),
-        num_concurrent_dumps_(0) {
+        num_concurrent_dumps_(0),
+        supports_proto_(supports_proto) {
     if (dir_fd_ == -1) {
       PLOG(FATAL) << "failed to open directory: " << dir_path;
     }
@@ -119,14 +128,14 @@
   static CrashQueue* for_tombstones() {
     static CrashQueue queue("/data/tombstones", "tombstone_" /* file_name_prefix */,
                             GetIntProperty("tombstoned.max_tombstone_count", 32),
-                            1 /* max_concurrent_dumps */);
+                            1 /* max_concurrent_dumps */, true /* supports_proto */);
     return &queue;
   }
 
   static CrashQueue* for_anrs() {
     static CrashQueue queue("/data/anr", "trace_" /* file_name_prefix */,
                             GetIntProperty("tombstoned.max_anr_count", 64),
-                            4 /* max_concurrent_dumps */);
+                            4 /* max_concurrent_dumps */, false /* supports_proto */);
     return &queue;
   }
 
@@ -160,6 +169,15 @@
         // Don't generate tombstones for backtrace requests.
         return {};
 
+      case kDebuggerdTombstoneProto:
+        if (!supports_proto_) {
+          LOG(ERROR) << "received kDebuggerdTombstoneProto on a queue that doesn't support proto";
+          return {};
+        }
+        result.proto = create_temporary_file();
+        result.text = create_temporary_file();
+        break;
+
       case kDebuggerdTombstone:
         result.text = create_temporary_file();
         break;
@@ -178,6 +196,10 @@
     CrashArtifactPaths result;
     result.text = StringPrintf("%s%02d", file_name_prefix_.c_str(), next_artifact_);
 
+    if (supports_proto_) {
+      result.proto = StringPrintf("%s%02d.pb", file_name_prefix_.c_str(), next_artifact_);
+    }
+
     next_artifact_ = (next_artifact_ + 1) % max_artifacts_;
     return result;
   }
@@ -243,6 +265,8 @@
   const size_t max_concurrent_dumps_;
   size_t num_concurrent_dumps_;
 
+  bool supports_proto_;
+
   std::deque<std::unique_ptr<Crash>> queued_requests_;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CrashQueue);
@@ -261,7 +285,11 @@
   unique_fd output_fd;
   bool intercepted =
       intercept_manager->GetIntercept(crash->crash_pid, crash->crash_type, &output_fd);
-  if (!intercepted) {
+  if (intercepted) {
+    if (crash->crash_type == kDebuggerdTombstoneProto) {
+      crash->output.proto = CrashArtifact::devnull();
+    }
+  } else {
     if (auto o = CrashQueue::for_crash(crash.get())->get_output(crash->crash_type); o) {
       crash->output = std::move(*o);
       output_fd.reset(dup(crash->output.text.fd));
@@ -273,8 +301,13 @@
 
   TombstonedCrashPacket response = {.packet_type = CrashPacketType::kPerformDump};
 
-  ssize_t rc =
-      SendFileDescriptors(crash->crash_socket_fd, &response, sizeof(response), output_fd.get());
+  ssize_t rc = -1;
+  if (crash->output.proto) {
+    rc = SendFileDescriptors(crash->crash_socket_fd, &response, sizeof(response), output_fd.get(),
+                             crash->output.proto->fd.get());
+  } else {
+    rc = SendFileDescriptors(crash->crash_socket_fd, &response, sizeof(response), output_fd.get());
+  }
 
   output_fd.reset();
 
@@ -343,7 +376,7 @@
   }
 
   crash->crash_type = request.packet.dump_request.dump_type;
-  if (crash->crash_type < 0 || crash->crash_type > kDebuggerdAnyIntercept) {
+  if (crash->crash_type < 0 || crash->crash_type > kDebuggerdTombstoneProto) {
     LOG(WARNING) << "unexpected crash dump type: " << crash->crash_type;
     return;
   }
@@ -438,6 +471,14 @@
     }
   }
 
+  if (crash->output.proto && crash->output.proto->fd != -1) {
+    if (!paths.proto) {
+      LOG(ERROR) << "missing path for proto tombstone";
+    } else if (!link_fd(crash->output.proto->fd, queue->dir_fd(), *paths.proto)) {
+      LOG(ERROR) << "failed to link proto tombstone";
+    }
+  }
+
   // If we don't have O_TMPFILE, we need to clean up after ourselves.
   if (crash->output.text.temporary_path) {
     rc = unlinkat(queue->dir_fd().get(), crash->output.text.temporary_path->c_str(), 0);
@@ -445,6 +486,12 @@
       PLOG(ERROR) << "failed to unlink temporary tombstone at " << paths.text;
     }
   }
+  if (crash->output.proto && crash->output.proto->temporary_path) {
+    rc = unlinkat(queue->dir_fd().get(), crash->output.proto->temporary_path->c_str(), 0);
+    if (rc != 0) {
+      PLOG(ERROR) << "failed to unlink temporary proto tombstone";
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 static void crash_completed_cb(evutil_socket_t sockfd, short ev, void* arg) {
diff --git a/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned_client.cpp b/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned_client.cpp
index 2c23c98..abfafb1 100644
--- a/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned_client.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned_client.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@
 using android::base::ReceiveFileDescriptors;
 using android::base::unique_fd;
 
-bool tombstoned_connect(pid_t pid, unique_fd* tombstoned_socket, unique_fd* output_fd,
+bool tombstoned_connect(pid_t pid, unique_fd* tombstoned_socket, unique_fd* text_output_fd,
                         DebuggerdDumpType dump_type) {
+  return tombstoned_connect(pid, tombstoned_socket, text_output_fd, nullptr, dump_type);
+}
+
+bool tombstoned_connect(pid_t pid, unique_fd* tombstoned_socket, unique_fd* text_output_fd,
+                        unique_fd* proto_output_fd, DebuggerdDumpType dump_type) {
   unique_fd sockfd(
       socket_local_client((dump_type != kDebuggerdJavaBacktrace ? kTombstonedCrashSocketName
                                                                 : kTombstonedJavaTraceSocketName),
@@ -54,8 +59,15 @@
     return false;
   }
 
-  unique_fd tmp_output_fd;
-  ssize_t rc = ReceiveFileDescriptors(sockfd, &packet, sizeof(packet), &tmp_output_fd);
+  unique_fd tmp_output_fd, tmp_proto_fd;
+  ssize_t rc = -1;
+
+  if (dump_type == kDebuggerdTombstoneProto) {
+    rc = ReceiveFileDescriptors(sockfd, &packet, sizeof(packet), &tmp_output_fd, &tmp_proto_fd);
+  } else {
+    rc = ReceiveFileDescriptors(sockfd, &packet, sizeof(packet), &tmp_output_fd);
+  }
+
   if (rc == -1) {
     async_safe_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_ERROR, "libc",
                           "failed to read response to DumpRequest packet: %s", strerror(errno));
@@ -78,7 +90,10 @@
   }
 
   *tombstoned_socket = std::move(sockfd);
-  *output_fd = std::move(tmp_output_fd);
+  *text_output_fd = std::move(tmp_output_fd);
+  if (proto_output_fd) {
+    *proto_output_fd = std::move(tmp_proto_fd);
+  }
   return true;
 }