diff --git a/device/community/soc-qcom-sdm845/APKBUILD b/device/community/soc-qcom-sdm845/APKBUILD
index c73533a5e..f866c594b 100644
--- a/device/community/soc-qcom-sdm845/APKBUILD
+++ b/device/community/soc-qcom-sdm845/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkgname=soc-qcom-sdm845
 pkgdesc="Common package for Qualcomm SDM845 devices"
 pkgver=14
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 arch="aarch64"
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ source="
 	UPower.conf
 	call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.sh
 	call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.initd
+	call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.confd
 "
 
 package() {
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ nonfree_firmware() {
 	# Call Audio idle suspend workaround init script
 	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.initd \
 		"$subpkgdir"/etc/init.d/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround
+
+	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.confd \
+		"$subpkgdir"/etc/conf.d/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround
 }
 
 ucm() {
@@ -97,5 +101,6 @@ e55545b0b319bb0cb7e8c6ca961828f7e8c389f97b45492e0c432b9bbd5d3158359828e852ceac68
 e33f41360ccc4900bb76a26cc7b46bde1fb90facdf45c4fbcebc80499386939948401cacd6df9f779eafab10f4ee77ee1fef3e7bd06f483f8c2a4a644c84f327  modemmanager.conf
 9d455b56558d453d501a1ad869ffa79f9952ed43485a9847d506db6a78bfcd9f9c9d855660ee1d368eb74f4429385ec166addc30d802261c75562e785fe84c52  UPower.conf
 aa5cdb138a3cdd0b15d2bbb60c7f67ae0280ddc7d0488cfe2fc44680095a43c1cdacc54d70a689f2117538e9bf1e42758d8c3ac542c9cb8e8dc6d6f3161b7577  call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.sh
-1111d28b6e23163fb47fcfadc2ed3f83543ce0435c6be187a38d418cfe7821fe7905ac103969f3f7c115bd522d99c43efd52409835e292270a6ac9c34b5bee75  call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.initd
+5a58475b6e2ee1d655f3f23d8dc19e1cb2f32f1dfff3b9a9337d9c5baad1ec24bfaec0fb9cc03f00e5a291bee27c6b8bffbc65157e2bee5d65ef6d1adcb0910b  call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.initd
+6fb4c0bd8b7ed534d855a6732ccff783960e3cfa0e0cc7effcbb93afa00798dec15361a37a3200081bc114c8d266b7a0851cc4e819ad36eabdb47a50c72620d9  call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.confd
 "
diff --git a/device/community/soc-qcom-sdm845/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.confd b/device/community/soc-qcom-sdm845/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.confd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1f508aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/device/community/soc-qcom-sdm845/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.confd
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+userid=10000 # Default User ID in pmOS
+command_user=$(getent passwd $userid | cut -d: -f1)
+
+# Sxmo's XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is different than what is used in phosh
+[ -f  "/etc/profile.d/sxmo_init.sh" ] && XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="/dev/shm/user/$userid"
+
+# If the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR env variable is not set for a specific ui, set it to default for phosh
+[ -z "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" ] && XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="/run/user/$userid"
+
+env_var="XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
diff --git a/device/community/soc-qcom-sdm845/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.initd b/device/community/soc-qcom-sdm845/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.initd
index 632d9b346..2bcfcf9d2 100644
--- a/device/community/soc-qcom-sdm845/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.initd
+++ b/device/community/soc-qcom-sdm845/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.initd
@@ -3,26 +3,12 @@
 name="call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround"
 description="Disable pulseaudio suspend-on-idle module during call"
 pid="/run/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround.pid"
+command="/usr/sbin/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround"
+supervisor=supervise-daemon
+respawn_delay=1
+respawn_max=10
+start_stop_daemon_args="--env $env_var"
 
 depend() {
 	need dbus
 }
-
-start() {
-	ebegin "Starting call audio idle suspend workaround"
-
-	userid=10000 # Default User ID in pmOS
-	user=$(getent passwd $userid | cut -d: -f1)
-	env_var="XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$userid"
-	cmd="/usr/sbin/call_audio_idle_suspend_workaround"
-
-	start-stop-daemon --start --exec "$cmd" --env "$env_var" --background --user $user --pidfile "$pid" --make-pidfile
-	eend $?
-}
-
-stop() {
-	ebegin "Stopping call audio idle suspend workaround"
-
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile "$pid"
-	eend $?
-}