diff --git a/modules/config/power-management.nix b/modules/config/power-management.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a094caae0e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/config/power-management.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.powerManagement;
+
+  sleepHook = pkgs.writeScript "sleep-hook.sh"
+    ''
+      #! ${pkgs.stdenv.shell}
+      action="$1"
+      if [ "$action" = "resume" ]; then
+          ${cfg.resumeCommands}        
+      fi
+    '';
+
+in
+
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+  
+    powerManagement = {
+
+      enable = mkOption {
+        default = false;
+        description =
+          ''
+            Whether to enable power management.  This includes support
+            for suspend-to-RAM and powersave features on laptops.
+          '';
+      };
+
+      resumeCommands = mkOption {
+        default = "";
+        description = "Commands executed after the system resumes from suspend-to-RAM.";
+      };
+      
+    };
+    
+  };
+  
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    # Enable the ACPI daemon.  Not sure whether this is essential.
+    services.acpid.enable = true;
+
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.pmutils ];
+
+    environment.etc = singleton
+      { source = sleepHook;
+        target = "pm/sleep.d/00sleep-hook";
+      };
+    
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/module-list.nix b/modules/module-list.nix
index b69012f07e4..e3300242912 100644
--- a/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   ./config/networking.nix
   ./config/no-x-libs.nix
   ./config/nsswitch.nix
+  ./config/power-management.nix
   ./config/system-path.nix
   ./config/timezone.nix
   ./config/unix-odbc-drivers.nix
diff --git a/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix b/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix
index 88bfc4e7258..e9fd8e46dc9 100644
--- a/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix
+++ b/modules/services/hardware/acpid.nix
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ in
 
   options = {
   
-    powerManagement = {
+    services.acpid = {
 
       enable = mkOption {
         default = false;
-        description = "Whether to enable power management (ACPI daemon)";
+        description = "Whether to enable the ACPI daemon.";
       };
       
     };
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ in
 
   ###### implementation
 
-  config = mkIf config.powerManagement.enable {
+  config = mkIf config.services.acpid.enable {
 
     jobs.acpid =
       { description = "ACPI daemon";
diff --git a/modules/services/hardware/hal.nix b/modules/services/hardware/hal.nix
index 6c033256633..25a24ce5e34 100644
--- a/modules/services/hardware/hal.nix
+++ b/modules/services/hardware/hal.nix
@@ -48,10 +48,9 @@ in
   
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    # !!! move pmutils somewhere else
-    environment.systemPackages = [hal pkgs.pmutils];
+    environment.systemPackages = [ hal ];
 
-    services.hal.packages = [hal pkgs.hal_info];
+    services.hal.packages = [ hal pkgs.hal_info ];
 
     users.extraUsers = singleton
       { name = "haldaemon";
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ in
     jobs.hal =
       { description = "HAL daemon";
         
-        startOn = "started dbus" + optionalString config.powerManagement.enable " and started acpid";
+        startOn = "started dbus" + optionalString config.services.acpid.enable " and started acpid";
 
         environment =
           { # !!! HACK? These environment variables manipulated inside
@@ -113,4 +112,4 @@ in
     
   };
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}