diff --git a/healthd/healthd.cpp b/healthd/healthd.cpp
index d9ac356e7..2caae782f 100644
--- a/healthd/healthd.cpp
+++ b/healthd/healthd.cpp
@@ -136,10 +136,14 @@ static void healthd_mode_nop_battery_update(
     struct android::BatteryProperties* /*props*/) {
 }
 
-int healthd_register_event(int fd, void (*handler)(uint32_t)) {
+int healthd_register_event(int fd, void (*handler)(uint32_t), EventWakeup wakeup) {
     struct epoll_event ev;
 
-    ev.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLWAKEUP;
+    ev.events = EPOLLIN;
+
+    if (wakeup == EVENT_WAKEUP_FD)
+        ev.events |= EPOLLWAKEUP;
+
     ev.data.ptr = (void *)handler;
     if (epoll_ctl(epollfd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &ev) == -1) {
         KLOG_ERROR(LOG_TAG,
@@ -245,7 +249,7 @@ static void uevent_init(void) {
     }
 
     fcntl(uevent_fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
-    if (healthd_register_event(uevent_fd, uevent_event))
+    if (healthd_register_event(uevent_fd, uevent_event, EVENT_WAKEUP_FD))
         KLOG_ERROR(LOG_TAG,
                    "register for uevent events failed\n");
 }
@@ -268,7 +272,7 @@ static void wakealarm_init(void) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if (healthd_register_event(wakealarm_fd, wakealarm_event))
+    if (healthd_register_event(wakealarm_fd, wakealarm_event, EVENT_WAKEUP_FD))
         KLOG_ERROR(LOG_TAG,
                    "Registration of wakealarm event failed\n");
 
@@ -286,7 +290,6 @@ static void healthd_mainloop(void) {
         if (timeout < 0 || (mode_timeout > 0 && mode_timeout < timeout))
             timeout = mode_timeout;
         nevents = epoll_wait(epollfd, events, eventct, timeout);
-
         if (nevents == -1) {
             if (errno == EINTR)
                 continue;
diff --git a/healthd/healthd_mode_charger.cpp b/healthd/healthd_mode_charger.cpp
index fb17f2da1..6551cc777 100644
--- a/healthd/healthd_mode_charger.cpp
+++ b/healthd/healthd_mode_charger.cpp
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ void healthd_mode_charger_init(struct healthd_config* config)
     ret = ev_init(input_callback, charger);
     if (!ret) {
         epollfd = ev_get_epollfd();
-        healthd_register_event(epollfd, charger_event_handler);
+        healthd_register_event(epollfd, charger_event_handler, EVENT_WAKEUP_FD);
     }
 
     struct animation* anim = init_animation();
diff --git a/healthd/include/healthd/healthd.h b/healthd/include/healthd/healthd.h
index 34ea55f66..17efbd62a 100644
--- a/healthd/include/healthd/healthd.h
+++ b/healthd/include/healthd/healthd.h
@@ -73,9 +73,14 @@ struct healthd_config {
     bool (*screen_on)(android::BatteryProperties *props);
 };
 
+enum EventWakeup {
+    EVENT_NO_WAKEUP_FD,
+    EVENT_WAKEUP_FD,
+};
+
 // Global helper functions
 
-int healthd_register_event(int fd, void (*handler)(uint32_t));
+int healthd_register_event(int fd, void (*handler)(uint32_t), EventWakeup wakeup = EVENT_NO_WAKEUP_FD);
 void healthd_battery_update();
 android::status_t healthd_get_property(int id,
     struct android::BatteryProperty *val);