diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-at91.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-at91.c
index 3cf3529888c7..c0714da44920 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-at91.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-at91.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ static int __init at91_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(rtc);
 	}
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc);
+	device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, 1);
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "AT91 Real Time Clock driver.\n");
 	return 0;
@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@ static int __devexit at91_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	rtc_device_unregister(rtc);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
+	device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, 0);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -336,6 +338,7 @@ static int __devexit at91_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 /* AT91RM9200 RTC Power management control */
 
 static struct timespec at91_rtc_delta;
+static u32 at91_rtc_imr;
 
 static int at91_rtc_suspend(struct platform_device *pdev, pm_message_t state)
 {
@@ -349,6 +352,18 @@ static int at91_rtc_suspend(struct platform_device *pdev, pm_message_t state)
 	rtc_tm_to_time(&tm, &time.tv_sec);
 	save_time_delta(&at91_rtc_delta, &time);
 
+	/* this IRQ is shared with DBGU and other hardware which isn't
+	 * necessarily doing PM like we are...
+	 */
+	at91_rtc_imr = at91_sys_read(AT91_RTC_IMR)
+			& (AT91_RTC_ALARM|AT91_RTC_SECEV);
+	if (at91_rtc_imr) {
+		if (device_may_wakeup(&pdev->dev))
+			enable_irq_wake(AT91_ID_SYS);
+		else
+			at91_sys_write(AT91_RTC_IDR, at91_rtc_imr);
+	}
+
 	pr_debug("%s(): %4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d\n", __FUNCTION__,
 		1900 + tm.tm_year, tm.tm_mon, tm.tm_mday,
 		tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec);
@@ -367,6 +382,13 @@ static int at91_rtc_resume(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	rtc_tm_to_time(&tm, &time.tv_sec);
 	restore_time_delta(&at91_rtc_delta, &time);
 
+	if (at91_rtc_imr) {
+		if (device_may_wakeup(&pdev->dev))
+			disable_irq_wake(AT91_ID_SYS);
+		else
+			at91_sys_write(AT91_RTC_IER, at91_rtc_imr);
+	}
+
 	pr_debug("%s(): %4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d\n", __FUNCTION__,
 		1900 + tm.tm_year, tm.tm_mon, tm.tm_mday,
 		tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec);