diff --git a/include/cutils/debugger.h b/include/cutils/debugger.h
index ae6bfc4..4bcc8e6 100644
--- a/include/cutils/debugger.h
+++ b/include/cutils/debugger.h
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#if __LP64__
-#define DEBUGGER_SOCKET_NAME "android:debuggerd64"
+#define DEBUGGER32_SOCKET_NAME "android:debuggerd"
+#define DEBUGGER64_SOCKET_NAME "android:debuggerd64"
+
+#if defined(__LP64__)
+#define DEBUGGER_SOCKET_NAME DEBUGGER64_SOCKET_NAME
 #else
-#define DEBUGGER_SOCKET_NAME "android:debuggerd"
+#define DEBUGGER_SOCKET_NAME DEBUGGER32_SOCKET_NAME
 #endif
 
 typedef enum {
@@ -45,6 +48,16 @@
     int32_t original_si_code;
 } debugger_msg_t;
 
+#if defined(__LP64__)
+// For a 64 bit process to contact the 32 bit debuggerd.
+typedef struct {
+    debugger_action_t action;
+    pid_t tid;
+    uint32_t abort_msg_address;
+    int32_t original_si_code;
+} debugger32_msg_t;
+#endif
+
 /* Dumps a process backtrace, registers, and stack to a tombstone file (requires root).
  * Stores the tombstone path in the provided buffer.
  * Returns 0 on success, -1 on error.
diff --git a/libcutils/debugger.c b/libcutils/debugger.c
index 056de5d..4035ee1 100644
--- a/libcutils/debugger.c
+++ b/libcutils/debugger.c
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -21,70 +24,129 @@
 #include <cutils/debugger.h>
 #include <cutils/sockets.h>
 
-int dump_tombstone(pid_t tid, char* pathbuf, size_t pathlen) {
-    int s = socket_local_client(DEBUGGER_SOCKET_NAME,
-            ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_ABSTRACT, SOCK_STREAM);
-    if (s < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
+#if defined(__LP64__)
+#include <elf.h>
 
-    debugger_msg_t msg;
-    memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
+static bool is32bit(pid_t tid) {
+  char* exeline;
+  if (asprintf(&exeline, "/proc/%d/exe", tid) == -1) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  int fd = open(exeline, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+  free(exeline);
+  if (fd == -1) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  char ehdr[EI_NIDENT];
+  ssize_t bytes = read(fd, &ehdr, sizeof(ehdr));
+  close(fd);
+  if (bytes != (ssize_t) sizeof(ehdr) || memcmp(ELFMAG, ehdr, SELFMAG) != 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (ehdr[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS32) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int send_request(int sock_fd, void* msg_ptr, size_t msg_len) {
+  int result = 0;
+  if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(sock_fd, msg_ptr, msg_len)) != (ssize_t) msg_len) {
+    result = -1;
+  } else {
+    char ack;
+    if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(sock_fd, &ack, 1)) != 1) {
+      result = -1;
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+static int make_dump_request(debugger_action_t action, pid_t tid) {
+  const char* socket_name;
+  debugger_msg_t msg;
+  size_t msg_len;
+  void* msg_ptr;
+
+#if defined(__LP64__)
+  debugger32_msg_t msg32;
+  if (is32bit(tid)) {
+    msg_len = sizeof(debugger32_msg_t);
+    memset(&msg32, 0, msg_len);
+    msg32.tid = tid;
+    msg32.action = action;
+    msg_ptr = &msg32;
+
+    socket_name = DEBUGGER32_SOCKET_NAME;
+  } else
+#endif
+  {
+    msg_len = sizeof(debugger_msg_t);
+    memset(&msg, 0, msg_len);
     msg.tid = tid;
-    msg.action = DEBUGGER_ACTION_DUMP_TOMBSTONE;
+    msg.action = action;
+    msg_ptr = &msg;
 
-    int result = 0;
-    if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(s, &msg, sizeof(msg))) != sizeof(msg)) {
-        result = -1;
-    } else {
-        char ack;
-        if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(s, &ack, 1)) != 1) {
-            result = -1;
-        } else {
-            if (pathbuf && pathlen) {
-                ssize_t n = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(s, pathbuf, pathlen - 1));
-                if (n <= 0) {
-                    result = -1;
-                } else {
-                    pathbuf[n] = '\0';
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(s));
-    return result;
+    socket_name = DEBUGGER_SOCKET_NAME;
+  }
+
+  int sock_fd = socket_local_client(socket_name, ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_ABSTRACT,
+      SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC);
+  if (sock_fd < 0) {
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (send_request(sock_fd, msg_ptr, msg_len) < 0) {
+    TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(sock_fd));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  return sock_fd;
 }
 
 int dump_backtrace_to_file(pid_t tid, int fd) {
-    int s = socket_local_client(DEBUGGER_SOCKET_NAME,
-            ANDROID_SOCKET_NAMESPACE_ABSTRACT, SOCK_STREAM);
-    if (s < 0) {
-        return -1;
-    }
+  int sock_fd = make_dump_request(DEBUGGER_ACTION_DUMP_BACKTRACE, tid);
+  if (sock_fd < 0) {
+    return -1;
+  }
 
-    debugger_msg_t msg;
-    memset(&msg, 0, sizeof(msg));
-    msg.tid = tid;
-    msg.action = DEBUGGER_ACTION_DUMP_BACKTRACE;
-
-    int result = 0;
-    if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(s, &msg, sizeof(msg))) != sizeof(msg)) {
-        result = -1;
-    } else {
-        char ack;
-        if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(s, &ack, 1)) != 1) {
-            result = -1;
-        } else {
-            char buffer[4096];
-            ssize_t n;
-            while ((n = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(s, buffer, sizeof(buffer)))) > 0) {
-                if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(fd, buffer, n)) != n) {
-                    result = -1;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
+  /* Write the data read from the socket to the fd. */
+  int result = 0;
+  char buffer[1024];
+  ssize_t n;
+  while ((n = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(sock_fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer)))) > 0) {
+    if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(write(fd, buffer, n)) != n) {
+      result = -1;
+      break;
     }
-    TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(s));
-    return result;
+  }
+  TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(sock_fd));
+  return result;
+}
+
+int dump_tombstone(pid_t tid, char* pathbuf, size_t pathlen) {
+  int sock_fd = make_dump_request(DEBUGGER_ACTION_DUMP_TOMBSTONE, tid);
+  if (sock_fd < 0) {
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  /* Read the tombstone file name. */
+  char buffer[100]; /* This is larger than the largest tombstone path. */
+  int result = 0;
+  ssize_t n = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(sock_fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1));
+  if (n <= 0) {
+    result = -1;
+  } else {
+    if (pathbuf && pathlen) {
+      if (n >= (ssize_t) pathlen) {
+        n = pathlen - 1;
+      }
+      buffer[n] = '\0';
+      memcpy(pathbuf, buffer, n + 1);
+    }
+  }
+  TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(close(sock_fd));
+  return result;
 }