diff --git a/src/profiler.rs b/src/profiler.rs
index 17e165a..983ac35 100644
--- a/src/profiler.rs
+++ b/src/profiler.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use std::{
     fs::File,
-    io, mem,
+    io,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     time::{Duration, SystemTime, SystemTimeError, UNIX_EPOCH},
 };
@@ -590,6 +590,53 @@ pub(crate) trait ProfilerEngine: Send + Sync + 'static {
     fn stop_async_profiler() -> Result<(), asprof::AsProfError>;
 }
 
+/// Holds the profiler task state and performs a final synchronous report
+/// via [`Reporter::report_blocking`] when the task is cancelled (e.g. Tokio
+/// runtime shutdown) before a graceful stop.
+struct ProfilerTaskState<E: ProfilerEngine> {
+    state: ProfilerState<E>,
+    reporter: Box<dyn Reporter + Send + Sync>,
+    agent_metadata: Option<AgentMetadata>,
+    reporting_interval: Duration,
+    completed_normally: bool,
+}
+
+impl<E: ProfilerEngine> ProfilerTaskState<E> {
+    fn try_final_report(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        let start = self.state.stop()?.ok_or("profiler was not running")?;
+        let jfr_file = self.state.jfr_file.as_ref().ok_or("jfr file missing")?;
+        let jfr_path = jfr_file.active_path();
+        if jfr_path.metadata()?.len() == 0 {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        let metadata = ReportMetadata {
+            instance: self
+                .agent_metadata
+                .as_ref()
+                .unwrap_or(&AgentMetadata::NoMetadata),
+            start: start.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)?,
+            end: SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)?,
+            reporting_interval: self.reporting_interval,
+        };
+        self.reporter
+            .report_blocking(&jfr_path, &metadata)
+            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<E: ProfilerEngine> Drop for ProfilerTaskState<E> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if self.completed_normally || !self.state.is_started() {
+            return;
+        }
+        tracing::info!("profiler task cancelled, attempting final report on drop");
+        if let Err(err) = self.try_final_report() {
+            tracing::warn!(?err, "failed to report on drop");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 enum TickError {
@@ -1092,18 +1139,6 @@ impl Profiler {
     }
 
     fn spawn_inner<E: ProfilerEngine>(self, asprof: E) -> Result<RunningProfiler, SpawnError> {
-        struct LogOnDrop;
-        impl Drop for LogOnDrop {
-            fn drop(&mut self) {
-                // Tokio will call destructors during runtime shutdown. Have something that will
-                // emit a log in that case
-                tracing::info!(
-                    "unable to upload the last jfr due to Tokio runtime shutdown. \
-                Add a call to `RunningProfiler::stop` to wait for jfr upload to finish."
-                );
-            }
-        }
-
         // Initialize async profiler - needs to be done once.
         E::init_async_profiler()?;
         tracing::info!("successfully initialized async profiler.");
@@ -1113,7 +1148,7 @@ impl Profiler {
 
         // Get profiles at the configured interval rate.
         let join_handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
-            let mut state = match ProfilerState::new(asprof, self.profiler_options) {
+            let state = match ProfilerState::new(asprof, self.profiler_options) {
                 Ok(state) => state,
                 Err(err) => {
                     tracing::error!(?err, "unable to create profiler state");
@@ -1121,11 +1156,15 @@ impl Profiler {
                 }
             };
 
-            // Lazily-loaded if not specified up front.
-            let mut agent_metadata = self.agent_metadata;
-            let mut done = false;
+            let mut task = ProfilerTaskState {
+                state,
+                reporter: self.reporter,
+                agent_metadata: self.agent_metadata,
+                reporting_interval: self.reporting_interval,
+                completed_normally: false,
+            };
 
-            let guard = LogOnDrop;
+            let mut done = false;
             while !done {
                 // Wait until a timer or exit event
                 tokio::select! {
@@ -1145,10 +1184,10 @@ impl Profiler {
                 }
 
                 if let Err(err) = profiler_tick(
-                    &mut state,
-                    &mut agent_metadata,
-                    &*self.reporter,
-                    self.reporting_interval,
+                    &mut task.state,
+                    &mut task.agent_metadata,
+                    &*task.reporter,
+                    task.reporting_interval,
                 )
                 .await
                 {
@@ -1165,7 +1204,7 @@ impl Profiler {
                 }
             }
 
-            mem::forget(guard);
+            task.completed_normally = true;
             tracing::info!("profiling task finished");
         });
 
@@ -1575,4 +1614,93 @@ mod tests {
             bad => panic!("{bad:?}"),
         };
     }
+
+    /// A reporter that tracks both async and blocking reports separately.
+    struct BlockingMockReporter {
+        async_tx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<String>,
+        blocking_reports: Arc<std::sync::Mutex<Vec<String>>>,
+    }
+    impl std::fmt::Debug for BlockingMockReporter {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+            f.debug_struct("BlockingMockReporter").finish()
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[async_trait::async_trait]
+    impl Reporter for BlockingMockReporter {
+        async fn report(
+            &self,
+            jfr: Vec<u8>,
+            _metadata: &ReportMetadata,
+        ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send>> {
+            self.async_tx
+                .send(String::from_utf8(jfr).unwrap())
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            Ok(())
+        }
+
+        fn report_blocking(
+            &self,
+            jfr_path: &Path,
+            _metadata: &ReportMetadata,
+        ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send>> {
+            let jfr = std::fs::read(jfr_path).map_err(|e| Box::new(e) as _)?;
+            self.blocking_reports
+                .lock()
+                .unwrap()
+                .push(String::from_utf8(jfr).unwrap());
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Simulates a runtime shutdown while the profiler is running.
+    /// The profiler should call report_blocking on drop to flush the
+    /// last sample.
+    #[test]
+    fn test_profiler_report_on_drop() {
+        let blocking_reports = Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+
+        let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+            .enable_all()
+            .start_paused(true)
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let reports_clone = blocking_reports.clone();
+        rt.block_on(async {
+            let (async_tx, mut async_rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel::<String>(10);
+            let agent = ProfilerBuilder::default()
+                .with_reporter(BlockingMockReporter {
+                    async_tx,
+                    blocking_reports: reports_clone,
+                })
+                .with_custom_agent_metadata(AgentMetadata::NoMetadata)
+                .build();
+            // Detach so the stop channel doesn't trigger a graceful stop
+            // when the block_on future returns.
+            agent
+                .spawn_inner::<MockProfilerEngine>(MockProfilerEngine {
+                    counter: AtomicU32::new(0),
+                })
+                .unwrap()
+                .detach();
+
+            // Wait for first async report to confirm profiler is running
+            let jfr = async_rx.recv().await.unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(jfr, "JFR0");
+            // Return without stopping — runtime drop will cancel the task.
+        });
+
+        // Runtime shutdown cancels all tasks, triggering ProfilerTaskState::Drop.
+        drop(rt);
+
+        let reports = blocking_reports.lock().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            reports.len(),
+            1,
+            "expected exactly one blocking report on drop"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(reports[0], "JFR1");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/reporter/local.rs b/src/reporter/local.rs
index b051a5c..2c14a0f 100644
--- a/src/reporter/local.rs
+++ b/src/reporter/local.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use chrono::SecondsFormat;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::time::SystemTime;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -61,18 +61,22 @@ impl LocalReporter {
         }
     }
 
+    fn jfr_file_name() -> String {
+        let time: chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc> = SystemTime::now().into();
+        let time = time
+            .to_rfc3339_opts(SecondsFormat::Secs, true)
+            .replace(":", "-");
+        format!("{time}.jfr")
+    }
+
     /// Writes the jfr file to disk.
     async fn report_profiling_data(
         &self,
         jfr: Vec<u8>,
         _metadata_obj: &ReportMetadata<'_>,
     ) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-        let time: chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc> = SystemTime::now().into();
-        let time = time
-            .to_rfc3339_opts(SecondsFormat::Secs, true)
-            .replace(":", "-");
-        tracing::debug!("reporting {time}.jfr");
-        let file_name = format!("{time}.jfr");
+        let file_name = Self::jfr_file_name();
+        tracing::debug!("reporting {file_name}");
         tokio::fs::write(self.directory.join(file_name), jfr).await?;
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -89,6 +93,18 @@ impl Reporter for LocalReporter {
             .await
             .map_err(|e| Box::new(LocalReporterError::IoError(e)) as _)
     }
+
+    fn report_blocking(
+        &self,
+        jfr_path: &Path,
+        _metadata: &ReportMetadata,
+    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send>> {
+        let file_name = Self::jfr_file_name();
+        tracing::debug!("reporting {file_name} (blocking)");
+        std::fs::copy(jfr_path, self.directory.join(file_name))
+            .map(|_| ())
+            .map_err(|e| Box::new(LocalReporterError::IoError(e)) as _)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -120,4 +136,25 @@ mod test {
             .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(tokio::fs::read(jfr_file.path()).await.unwrap(), b"JFR");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_local_reporter_reports_on_drop() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let src = dir.path().join("input.jfr");
+        std::fs::write(&src, b"JFR-DROP").unwrap();
+        let out_dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let reporter = LocalReporter::new(out_dir.path());
+        reporter.report_blocking(&src, &DUMMY_METADATA).unwrap();
+        let jfr_file = std::fs::read_dir(out_dir.path())
+            .unwrap()
+            .flat_map(|f| f.ok())
+            .filter(|f| {
+                Path::new(&f.file_name())
+                    .extension()
+                    .is_some_and(|e| e == "jfr")
+            })
+            .next()
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(jfr_file.path()).unwrap(), b"JFR-DROP");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/reporter/mod.rs b/src/reporter/mod.rs
index 482d2ce..afc8e9e 100644
--- a/src/reporter/mod.rs
+++ b/src/reporter/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 //! 3. [multi::MultiReporter], which allows combining multiple reporters.
 
 use std::fmt;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 
@@ -38,4 +39,21 @@ pub trait Reporter: fmt::Debug {
         jfr: Vec<u8>,
         metadata: &ReportMetadata,
     ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send>>;
+
+    /// Synchronously report profiling data. Called during drop when the
+    /// async runtime is shutting down and async reporting is not possible.
+    ///
+    /// The default implementation does nothing. Reporters that can perform
+    /// synchronous I/O (like [`local::LocalReporter`]) should override this.
+    fn report_blocking(
+        &self,
+        _jfr_path: &Path,
+        _metadata: &ReportMetadata,
+    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send>> {
+        tracing::info!(
+            "reporter does not support synchronous reporting, last sample will be lost. \
+            Add a call to `RunningProfiler::stop` to wait for the upload to finish."
+        );
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/reporter/multi.rs b/src/reporter/multi.rs
index 4fa1e6b..3ffbf10 100644
--- a/src/reporter/multi.rs
+++ b/src/reporter/multi.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::metadata::ReportMetadata;
 use super::Reporter;
 
 use std::fmt;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 /// An aggregated error that contains an error per reporter. A reporter is identified
 /// by the result of its Debug impl.
@@ -109,6 +110,28 @@ impl Reporter for MultiReporter {
             Err(Box::new(MultiError { errors }))
         }
     }
+
+    fn report_blocking(
+        &self,
+        jfr_path: &Path,
+        metadata: &ReportMetadata,
+    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send>> {
+        let errors: Vec<_> = self
+            .reporters
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|reporter| {
+                reporter
+                    .report_blocking(jfr_path, metadata)
+                    .err()
+                    .map(|e| (format!("{reporter:?}"), e))
+            })
+            .collect();
+        if errors.is_empty() {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err(Box::new(MultiError { errors }))
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/tests/integration.sh b/tests/integration.sh
index 8baebf4..884d8e1 100755
--- a/tests/integration.sh
+++ b/tests/integration.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ dir="profiles"
 mkdir -p $dir
 rm -f $dir/*.jfr
 
-# test the "unable to uploqad the last jfr" logic
+# test the drop-path final report logic
 rm -rf $dir/short
 mkdir $dir/short
 ./simple --local $dir/short --duration 1s --reporting-interval 10s --no-clean-stop >$dir/short/log
 cat $dir/short/log
-grep "unable to upload the last jfr" $dir/short/log
+grep "profiler task cancelled, attempting final report on drop" $dir/short/log
 rm -rf $dir/short
 
 # Pass --worker-threads 16 to make the test much less flaky since there is always some worker thread running