diff --git a/lib/pages/recording_dialog.dart b/lib/pages/recording_dialog.dart
index c575c6d9..f79a116b 100644
--- a/lib/pages/recording_dialog.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/recording_dialog.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_gen/gen_l10n/l10n.dart';
 import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';
 import 'package:record/record.dart';
+import 'package:wakelock/wakelock.dart';
 
 class RecordingDialog extends StatefulWidget {
   static const String recordingFileType = 'aac';
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ class _RecordingDialogState extends State<RecordingDialog> {
         setState(() => error = true);
         return;
       }
+      await Wakelock.enable();
       await _audioRecorder.start(
           path: _recordedPath, encoder: AudioEncoder.AAC);
       setState(() => _duration = Duration.zero);
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ class _RecordingDialogState extends State<RecordingDialog> {
 
   @override
   void dispose() {
+    Wakelock.disable();
     _recorderSubscription?.cancel();
     _audioRecorder.stop();
     super.dispose();
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index a57b3990..565b8f0f 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ packages:
     source: hosted
     version: "1.2.0+11"
   wakelock:
-    dependency: transitive
+    dependency: "direct main"
     description:
       name: wakelock
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index a563af8a..561a76c3 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ dependencies:
   universal_html: ^2.0.8
   url_launcher: ^6.0.9
   vrouter: 1.2.0+11
+  wakelock: ^0.5.3+3
 
 dev_dependencies:
   dapackages: ^1.6.0