diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index aa35955f7f..60d69217b4 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ struct MachineClass {
 
     void (*init)(MachineState *state);
     void (*reset)(MachineState *state);
+    void (*wakeup)(MachineState *state);
     void (*hot_add_cpu)(MachineState *state, const int64_t id, Error **errp);
     int (*kvm_type)(MachineState *machine, const char *arg);
     void (*smp_parse)(MachineState *ms, QemuOpts *opts);
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index edd5390110..09aa18cb35 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1557,6 +1557,22 @@ void qemu_system_reset(ShutdownCause reason)
     cpu_synchronize_all_post_reset();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Wake the VM after suspend.
+ */
+static void qemu_system_wakeup(void)
+{
+    MachineClass *mc;
+
+    mc = current_machine ? MACHINE_GET_CLASS(current_machine) : NULL;
+
+    if (mc && mc->wakeup) {
+        mc->wakeup(current_machine);
+    } else {
+        qemu_system_reset(SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_NONE);
+    }
+}
+
 void qemu_system_guest_panicked(GuestPanicInformation *info)
 {
     qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "Guest crashed");
@@ -1765,7 +1781,7 @@ static bool main_loop_should_exit(void)
     }
     if (qemu_wakeup_requested()) {
         pause_all_vcpus();
-        qemu_system_reset(SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_NONE);
+        qemu_system_wakeup();
         notifier_list_notify(&wakeup_notifiers, &wakeup_reason);
         wakeup_reason = QEMU_WAKEUP_REASON_NONE;
         resume_all_vcpus();