diff --git a/trusty/storage/proxy/Android.bp b/trusty/storage/proxy/Android.bp
index a47143538..d67089fb2 100644
--- a/trusty/storage/proxy/Android.bp
+++ b/trusty/storage/proxy/Android.bp
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ cc_binary {
         "proxy.c",
     ],
 
-    shared_libs: ["liblog"],
+    shared_libs: [
+        "liblog",
+        "libhardware_legacy",
+    ],
     header_libs: ["libcutils_headers"],
 
     static_libs: [
diff --git a/trusty/storage/proxy/rpmb.c b/trusty/storage/proxy/rpmb.c
index abeacdfed..b59fb67f6 100644
--- a/trusty/storage/proxy/rpmb.c
+++ b/trusty/storage/proxy/rpmb.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/mmc/ioctl.h>
 
+#include <hardware_legacy/power.h>
+
 #include "ipc.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "rpmb.h"
@@ -100,6 +102,8 @@ static int rpmb_fd = -1;
 static uint8_t read_buf[4096];
 static enum dev_type dev_type = UNKNOWN_RPMB;
 
+static const char* UFS_WAKE_LOCK_NAME = "ufs_seq_wakelock";
+
 #ifdef RPMB_DEBUG
 
 static void print_buf(const char* prefix, const uint8_t* buf, size_t size) {
@@ -194,6 +198,7 @@ static int send_mmc_rpmb_req(int mmc_fd, const struct storage_rpmb_send_req* req
 
 static int send_ufs_rpmb_req(int sg_fd, const struct storage_rpmb_send_req* req) {
     int rc;
+    int wl_rc;
     const uint8_t* write_buf = req->payload;
     /*
      * Meaning of member values are stated on the definition of struct sec_proto_cdb.
@@ -202,6 +207,12 @@ static int send_ufs_rpmb_req(int sg_fd, const struct storage_rpmb_send_req* req)
     struct sec_proto_cdb out_cdb = {0xB5, 0xEC, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0, 0x00, 0x00};
     unsigned char sense_buffer[32];
 
+    wl_rc = acquire_wake_lock(PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, UFS_WAKE_LOCK_NAME);
+    if (wl_rc < 0) {
+        ALOGE("%s: failed to acquire wakelock: %d, %s\n", __func__, wl_rc, strerror(errno));
+        return wl_rc;
+    }
+
     if (req->reliable_write_size) {
         /* Prepare SECURITY PROTOCOL OUT command. */
         out_cdb.length = __builtin_bswap32(req->reliable_write_size);
@@ -244,6 +255,11 @@ static int send_ufs_rpmb_req(int sg_fd, const struct storage_rpmb_send_req* req)
     }
 
 err_op:
+    wl_rc = release_wake_lock(UFS_WAKE_LOCK_NAME);
+    if (wl_rc < 0) {
+        ALOGE("%s: failed to release wakelock: %d, %s\n", __func__, wl_rc, strerror(errno));
+    }
+
     return rc;
 }