diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
index 64eaa447..97c44869 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ in
       default = {
         "sxmo_hook_start.sh" = ./hooks/sxmo_hook_start.sh;
         "sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh" = ./hooks/sxmo_hook_inputhandler.sh;
+        "sxmo_hook_postwake.sh" = ./hooks/sxmo_hook_postwake.sh;
       };
       description = ''
         extra hooks to add with higher priority than the builtins
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_postwake.sh b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_postwake.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36f0bd0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_hook_postwake.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# the default sxmo_postwake handler checks if the modem is offline
+# and if so installs a wakelock to block suspend for 30s.
+# that's a questionable place to install that logic, and i want to keep stuff
+# out of the wake-from-sleep critical path, so i'm overriding this hook to disable that.