diff --git a/debuggerd/Android.bp b/debuggerd/Android.bp
index 7d17cd9..2b5f4f6 100644
--- a/debuggerd/Android.bp
+++ b/debuggerd/Android.bp
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@
     defaults: ["debuggerd_defaults"],
     srcs: ["handler/debuggerd_handler.cpp"],
 
-    header_libs: ["libdebuggerd_common_headers"],
+    header_libs: [
+        "libbase_headers",
+        "libdebuggerd_common_headers",
+    ],
 
     whole_static_libs: [
         "libasync_safe",
diff --git a/debuggerd/handler/debuggerd_handler.cpp b/debuggerd/handler/debuggerd_handler.cpp
index 1275229..d41dc67 100644
--- a/debuggerd/handler/debuggerd_handler.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/handler/debuggerd_handler.cpp
@@ -48,10 +48,13 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 #include <async_safe/log.h>
 
 #include "dump_type.h"
 
+using android::base::unique_fd;
+
 // see man(2) prctl, specifically the section about PR_GET_NAME
 #define MAX_TASK_NAME_LEN (16)
 
@@ -117,13 +120,12 @@
 }
 
 static bool get_main_thread_name(char* buf, size_t len) {
-  int fd = open("/proc/self/comm", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+  unique_fd fd(open("/proc/self/comm", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC));
   if (fd == -1) {
     return false;
   }
 
   ssize_t rc = read(fd, buf, len);
-  close(fd);
   if (rc == -1) {
     return false;
   } else if (rc == 0) {
@@ -302,8 +304,8 @@
   TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(dup2(devnull, STDOUT_FILENO));
   TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(dup2(devnull, STDERR_FILENO));
 
-  int pipefds[2];
-  if (pipe(pipefds) != 0) {
+  unique_fd pipe_read, pipe_write;
+  if (!android::base::Pipe(&pipe_read, &pipe_write)) {
     fatal_errno("failed to create pipe");
   }
 
@@ -313,9 +315,9 @@
     async_safe_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "libc",
                           "failed to fork in debuggerd signal handler: %s", strerror(errno));
   } else if (forkpid == 0) {
-    TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(dup2(pipefds[1], STDOUT_FILENO));
-    close(pipefds[0]);
-    close(pipefds[1]);
+    TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(dup2(pipe_write.get(), STDOUT_FILENO));
+    pipe_write.reset();
+    pipe_read.reset();
 
     raise_caps();
 
@@ -333,9 +335,9 @@
 
     fatal_errno("exec failed");
   } else {
-    close(pipefds[1]);
+    pipe_write.reset();
     char buf[4];
-    ssize_t rc = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(pipefds[0], &buf, sizeof(buf)));
+    ssize_t rc = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(read(pipe_read.get(), &buf, sizeof(buf)));
     if (rc == -1) {
       async_safe_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "libc", "read of IPC pipe failed: %s",
                             strerror(errno));
@@ -351,7 +353,7 @@
         thread_info->crash_dump_started = true;
       }
     }
-    close(pipefds[0]);
+    pipe_read.reset();
 
     // Don't leave a zombie child.
     int status;
diff --git a/debuggerd/util.cpp b/debuggerd/util.cpp
index c6a997b..0bb07ac 100644
--- a/debuggerd/util.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/util.cpp
@@ -86,13 +86,3 @@
 
   return result;
 }
-
-bool Pipe(unique_fd* read, unique_fd* write) {
-  int pipefds[2];
-  if (pipe(pipefds) != 0) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  read->reset(pipefds[0]);
-  write->reset(pipefds[1]);
-  return true;
-}
diff --git a/debuggerd/util.h b/debuggerd/util.h
index 6051714..171e07a 100644
--- a/debuggerd/util.h
+++ b/debuggerd/util.h
@@ -42,5 +42,3 @@
 //   plus any errors returned by the underlying recvmsg.
 ssize_t recv_fd(int sockfd, void* _Nonnull data, size_t len,
                 android::base::unique_fd* _Nullable out_fd);
-
-bool Pipe(android::base::unique_fd* read, android::base::unique_fd* write);