diff --git a/crash_reporter/Android.mk b/crash_reporter/Android.mk
index 81cb458..565963c 100644
--- a/crash_reporter/Android.mk
+++ b/crash_reporter/Android.mk
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@
 LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(crash_reporter_includes)
 LOCAL_RTTI_FLAG := -frtti
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libchrome \
+    libbinder \
     libbrillo \
     libcutils \
-    libdbus \
     libmetrics \
     libpcrecpp
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libmetricscollectorservice
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(crash_reporter_src)
 include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
@@ -60,18 +61,19 @@
 LOCAL_REQUIRED_MODULES := core2md \
     crash_reporter_logs.conf \
     crash_sender \
-    crash_server \
-    dbus-send
+    crash_server
 LOCAL_INIT_RC := crash_reporter.rc
 LOCAL_RTTI_FLAG := -frtti
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libchrome \
+    libbinder \
     libbrillo \
     libcutils \
-    libdbus \
     libmetrics \
-    libpcrecpp
+    libpcrecpp \
+    libutils
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := crash_reporter.cc
-LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libcrash
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libcrash \
+    libmetricscollectorservice
 include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
 
 # Crash sender script.
@@ -140,7 +142,6 @@
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libchrome \
     libbrillo \
     libcutils \
-    libdbus \
     libpcrecpp
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(crash_reporter_test_src)
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libcrash libgmock
diff --git a/crash_reporter/crash_reporter.cc b/crash_reporter/crash_reporter.cc
index 3955fe5..26ffa38 100644
--- a/crash_reporter/crash_reporter.cc
+++ b/crash_reporter/crash_reporter.cc
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@
 #include <base/strings/string_split.h>
 #include <base/strings/string_util.h>
 #include <base/strings/stringprintf.h>
+#include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
 #include <brillo/flag_helper.h>
-#include <brillo/process.h>
 #include <brillo/syslog_logging.h>
+#include <metrics/metrics_collector_service_client.h>
 #include <metrics/metrics_library.h>
+#include <utils/String16.h>
+
 
 #include "kernel_collector.h"
 #include "kernel_warning_collector.h"
@@ -37,8 +40,6 @@
 #include "user_collector.h"
 
 static const char kCrashCounterHistogram[] = "Logging.CrashCounter";
-static const char kUserCrashSignal[] =
-    "org.chromium.CrashReporter.UserCrash";
 static const char kKernelCrashDetected[] = "/var/run/kernel-crash-detected";
 static const char kUncleanShutdownDetected[] =
     "/var/run/unclean-shutdown-detected";
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
 
 static MetricsLibrary s_metrics_lib;
 
+using android::brillo::metrics::IMetricsCollectorService;
 using base::FilePath;
 using base::StringPrintf;
 
@@ -88,32 +90,14 @@
 
 static void CountUserCrash() {
   SendCrashMetrics(kCrashKindUser, "user");
-  // Announce through D-Bus whenever a user crash happens. This is
-  // used by the metrics daemon to log active use time between
-  // crashes.
-  //
-  // We run in the background in case dbus-daemon itself is crashed
-  // and not responding.  This allows us to not block and potentially
-  // deadlock on a dbus-daemon crash.  If dbus-daemon crashes without
-  // restarting, each crash will fork off a lot of dbus-send
-  // processes.  Such a system is in a unusable state and will need
-  // to be restarted anyway.
-  //
-  // Note: This will mean that the dbus-send process will become a zombie and
-  // reparent to init for reaping, but that's OK -- see above.
+  // Tell the metrics collector about the user crash, in order to log active
+  // use time between crashes.
+  MetricsCollectorServiceClient metrics_collector_service;
 
-  brillo::ProcessImpl dbus_send;
-  dbus_send.AddArg("/system/bin/dbus-send");
-  dbus_send.AddArg("--type=signal");
-  dbus_send.AddArg("--system");
-  dbus_send.AddArg("/");
-  dbus_send.AddArg(kUserCrashSignal);
-  bool status = dbus_send.Start();
-  if (status) {
-    dbus_send.Release();
-  } else {
-    PLOG(WARNING) << "Sending UserCrash DBus signal failed";
-  }
+  if (metrics_collector_service.Init())
+    metrics_collector_service.notifyUserCrash();
+  else
+    LOG(ERROR) << "Failed to send user crash notification to metrics_collector";
 }