diff --git a/packages/tools/autoupdate/install b/packages/tools/autoupdate/install
index b9541bb7a8..23ac0a2ab6 100755
--- a/packages/tools/autoupdate/install
+++ b/packages/tools/autoupdate/install
@@ -48,6 +48,5 @@ mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc
     cp $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/autoupdate/update.conf $INSTALL/etc
   fi
 
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/crontabs
-  echo -e "1 */6 * * *\t/usr/bin/autoupdate" >> $INSTALL/etc/crontabs/root
-
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/pm/sleep.d
+  cp $PKG_DIR/sleep.d/* $INSTALL/etc/pm/sleep.d
diff --git a/packages/tools/autoupdate/sleep.d/90autoupdate b/packages/tools/autoupdate/sleep.d/90autoupdate
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..74577041a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/autoupdate/sleep.d/90autoupdate
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. /etc/profile
+
+case "$1" in
+  thaw|resume)
+    autoupdate &
+    ;;
+  *) exit $NA
+    ;;
+esac