diff --git a/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/USBCore.cpp b/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/USBCore.cpp
index 6c8ae633d..ddc4812ec 100644
--- a/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/USBCore.cpp
+++ b/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/USBCore.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 
-/* Copyright (c) 2010, Peter Barrett  
+/* Copyright (c) 2010, Peter Barrett
+** Sleep/Wakeup support added by Michael Dreher
 **  
 ** Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for  
 ** any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the  
@@ -266,6 +267,11 @@ int USB_Send(u8 ep, const void* d, int len)
 	if (!_usbConfiguration)
 		return -1;
 
+	if (_usbSuspendState & (1<<SUSPI)) {
+		//send a remote wakeup
+		UDCON |= (1 << RMWKUP);
+	}
+
 	int r = len;
 	const u8* data = (const u8*)d;
 	u8 timeout = 250;		// 250ms timeout on send? TODO