--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/nsExceptionHandler.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/nsExceptionHandler.cpp
@@ -48,18 +48,20 @@
 #include "mac_utils.h"
 #elif defined(XP_LINUX)
 #include "nsIINIParser.h"
 #include "common/linux/linux_libc_support.h"
 #include "third_party/lss/linux_syscall_support.h"
 #include "client/linux/crash_generation/client_info.h"
 #include "client/linux/crash_generation/crash_generation_server.h"
 #include "client/linux/handler/exception_handler.h"
+#include "common/linux/eintr_wrapper.h"
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #elif defined(XP_SOLARIS)
 #include "client/solaris/handler/exception_handler.h"
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #else
 #error "Not yet implemented for this platform"
@@ -951,16 +953,23 @@ bool MinidumpCallback(
                        "start",
                        "-a", "org.mozilla.gecko.reportCrash",
                        "-n", crashReporterPath,
                        "--es", "minidumpPath", minidumpPath,
                        (char*)0);
     }
 #endif
     _exit(1);
+#ifdef MOZ_WIDGET_ANDROID
+  } else {
+    // We need to wait on the 'am start' command above to finish, otherwise everything will
+    // be killed by the ActivityManager as soon as the signal handler exits
+    int status;
+    unused << HANDLE_EINTR(sys_waitpid(pid, &status, __WALL));
+#endif
   }
 #endif // XP_MACOSX
 #endif // XP_UNIX
 
   return returnValue;
 }
 
 #ifdef XP_WIN