diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_suspend.sh b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_suspend.sh
index 380ba708..d0591850 100755
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_suspend.sh
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/hooks/sxmo_suspend.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ doas rtl8723cs-wowlan tcp --dest-port 22 --dest-ip SELF
 doas rtl8723cs-wowlan tcp --source-port 2587 --dest-ip SELF
 # wake if someone doesn't know how to route to us, because that could obstruct the above
 doas rtl8723cs-wowlan arp --dest-ip SELF
+# specifically wake upon ARP request via the broadcast address.
+# should in theory by covered by the above (TODO: remove this!), but for now hopefully helps wake-on-lan be more reliable?
+doas rtl8723cs-wowlan arp --dest-ip SELF --dest-mac ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
 
 echo "calling suspend for duration: $suspend_time"