diff --git a/crash_reporter/crash_reporter.cc b/crash_reporter/crash_reporter.cc
index 72eeeda99..7872f7b1d 100644
--- a/crash_reporter/crash_reporter.cc
+++ b/crash_reporter/crash_reporter.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <base/files/file_util.h>
+#include <base/guid.h>
 #include <base/logging.h>
 #include <base/strings/string_split.h>
 #include <base/strings/string_util.h>
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ static const char kUserCrashSignal[] =
 static const char kKernelCrashDetected[] = "/var/run/kernel-crash-detected";
 static const char kUncleanShutdownDetected[] =
     "/var/run/unclean-shutdown-detected";
+static const char kGUIDFileName[] = "/data/misc/crash_reporter/guid";
 
 // Enumeration of kinds of crashes to be used in the CrashCounter histogram.
 enum CrashKinds {
@@ -122,6 +124,21 @@ static int Initialize(KernelCollector *kernel_collector,
                       const bool clean_shutdown) {
   CHECK(!clean_shutdown) << "Incompatible options";
 
+  // Try to read the GUID from kGUIDFileName.  If the file doesn't exist, is
+  // blank, or the read fails, generate a new GUID and write it to the file.
+  std::string guid;
+  base::FilePath filepath(kGUIDFileName);
+  if (!base::ReadFileToString(filepath, &guid) || guid.empty()) {
+    guid = base::GenerateGUID();
+    // If we can't read or write the file, log an error.  However it is not
+    // a fatal error, as the crash server will assign a random GUID based
+    // on a hash of the IP address if one is not provided in the report.
+    if (base::WriteFile(filepath, guid.c_str(), guid.size()) <= 0) {
+      LOG(ERROR) << "Could not write guid " << guid << " to file "
+                 << filepath.value();
+    }
+  }
+
   bool was_kernel_crash = false;
   bool was_unclean_shutdown = false;
   kernel_collector->Enable();
diff --git a/crash_reporter/crash_sender b/crash_reporter/crash_sender
index d0d677204..29a12297f 100755
--- a/crash_reporter/crash_sender
+++ b/crash_reporter/crash_sender
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ BRILLO_PRODUCT=Brillo
 # Base directory that contains any crash reporter state files.
 CRASH_STATE_DIR="/data/misc/crash_reporter"
 
-# File whose existence implies crash reports may be sent, and whose
-# contents includes our machine's anonymized guid.
-CONSENT_ID="/data/misc/metrics/enabled"
+# File containing crash_reporter's anonymized guid.
+GUID_FILE="${CRASH_STATE_DIR}/guid"
 
 # Crash sender lock in case the sender is already running.
 CRASH_SENDER_LOCK="${CRASH_STATE_DIR}/lock/crash_sender"
@@ -393,7 +392,7 @@ send_crash() {
 
   # Need to strip dashes ourselves as Chrome preserves it in the file
   # nowadays.  This is also what the Chrome breakpad client does.
-  guid=$(tr -d '-' < "${CONSENT_ID}")
+  guid=$(tr -d '-' < "${GUID_FILE}")
 
   local error_type="$(get_key_value "${meta_path}" "error_type")"
   [ "${error_type}" = "undefined" ] && error_type=