diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/Watchdog.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/Watchdog.java
index 30432df418ed5..5215b6fbfd3db 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/Watchdog.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/Watchdog.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public class Watchdog extends Thread {
         "media.metrics", // system/bin/mediametrics
         "media.codec", // vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.media.omx@1.0-service
         "com.android.bluetooth",  // Bluetooth service
+        "statsd",  // Stats daemon
     };
 
     public static final List<String> HAL_INTERFACES_OF_INTEREST = Arrays.asList(