diff --git a/linker/debugger.cpp b/linker/debugger.cpp
index 9ebb09b..079682c 100644
--- a/linker/debugger.cpp
+++ b/linker/debugger.cpp
@@ -206,6 +206,15 @@
 }
 
 static void send_debuggerd_packet(siginfo_t* info) {
+  if (prctl(PR_GET_DUMPABLE, 0, 0, 0, 0) == 0) {
+    // process has disabled core dumps and PTRACE_ATTACH, and does not want to be dumped.
+    // Honor that intention by not connecting to debuggerd and asking it
+    // to dump our internal state.
+    __libc_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "libc",
+                      "Suppressing debuggerd output because prctl(PR_GET_DUMPABLE)==0");
+    return;
+  }
+
   int s = socket_abstract_client(DEBUGGER_SOCKET_NAME, SOCK_STREAM);
   if (s == -1) {
     __libc_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "libc", "Unable to open connection to debuggerd: %s",