diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/config/settings.xml b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/config/settings.xml
index 74e7b9ba84..3d34bb5d21 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/config/settings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/config/settings.xml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
     <setting id="COUCHPOTATO_LAUNCH" value="true" />
     <setting id="COUCHPOTATO_VERSION" value="1" />
     <setting id="HEADPHONES_LAUNCH" value="true" />
+    <setting id="RESTART_ON_RESUME" value="false" />
 </settings>
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
index d34ed45af5..ca7f995bdb 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
     <string id="3021">Keep awake while downloading</string>
 	<string id="3030">Wake up periodically</string>
 	<string id="3031">Wake up at</string>
+	<string id="3032">Restart on suspend / resume</string>
 
 </strings>
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/settings.xml b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/settings.xml
index e996371150..2cc11a2521 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/resources/settings.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 		<setting id="SABNZBD_WAKE_AT" type="enum" subsetting="true" enable="eq(-1,true)" 
 		         label="3031" default="01" 
 		         values="|01:00|03:00|05:00|07:00|09:00|11:00|13:00|15:00|17:00|19:00|21:00|23:00"/>
+		<setting id="RESTART_ON_RESUME" type="bool" label="3032" default="false" />
 		
     </category>
 </settings>
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/sleep.d/SABnzbd-Suite.power b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/sleep.d/SABnzbd-Suite.power
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1674a064e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/SABnzbd-Suite/source/sleep.d/SABnzbd-Suite.power
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 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, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. /etc/profile
+
+ADDON_HOME="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/service.downloadmanager.SABnzbd-Suite"
+ADDON_SETTINGS="$ADDON_HOME/settings.xml"
+RESTART_ON_RESUME=`grep RESTART_ON_RESUME $ADDON_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
+
+LOCKFILE="/var/lock/SABnzbd-Suite.sleep"
+
+if [ "$RESTART_ON_RESUME" == "true" ] ; then
+  case "$1" in
+    hibernate|suspend)
+      if [ ! -z "`ps | grep -E 'python.*service.downloadmanager.SABnzbd-Suite' | awk '{print $1}'`" ] ; then
+        progress "Shutting down SABnzbd-Suite for suspending..."
+        SABnzbd-Suite.stop
+        touch $LOCKFILE
+      fi
+      ;;
+
+    thaw|resume)
+      progress "Restarting SABnzbd-Suite for wakeup..."
+      if [ -f "$LOCKFILE" ] ; then
+        rm -rf "$LOCKFILE"
+        python $HOME/.xbmc/addons/service.downloadmanager.SABnzbd-Suite/bin/SABnzbd-Suite.py
+      fi
+      ;;
+    *) exit $NA
+      ;;
+  esac
+fi