diff -Nur xbmc-12.3-Frodo.orig/xbmc/powermanagement/linux/LinuxPowerSyscall.cpp xbmc-12.3-Frodo/xbmc/powermanagement/linux/LinuxPowerSyscall.cpp
--- xbmc-12.3-Frodo.orig/xbmc/powermanagement/linux/LinuxPowerSyscall.cpp	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ xbmc-12.3-Frodo/xbmc/powermanagement/linux/LinuxPowerSyscall.cpp	2014-01-10 16:23:32.238217592 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ *      Copyright (C) 2014 Team XBMC
+ *      http://www.xbmc.org
+ *
+ *  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ *  any later version.
+ *
+ *  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with XBMC; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+ *  <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+ 
+#if defined (_LINUX)
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "LinuxPowerSyscall.h"
+#include "utils/log.h"
+
+CLinuxPowerSyscall::CLinuxPowerSyscall()
+{ 
+	CLog::Log(LOGINFO, "Selected LinuxPower as PowerSyscall");
+}
+
+CLinuxPowerSyscall::~CLinuxPowerSyscall()
+{ }
+
+bool CLinuxPowerSyscall::Powerdown()
+{
+  system("/sbin/poweroff -F");
+  return 0;
+}
+
+bool CLinuxPowerSyscall::Reboot()
+{
+  system("/sbin/reboot -F");
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int CLinuxPowerSyscall::BatteryLevel(void)
+{ }
+
+bool CLinuxPowerSyscall::PumpPowerEvents(IPowerEventsCallback *callback)
+{    
+  return true;
+}
+
+#endif
diff -Nur xbmc-12.3-Frodo.orig/xbmc/powermanagement/linux/LinuxPowerSyscall.h xbmc-12.3-Frodo/xbmc/powermanagement/linux/LinuxPowerSyscall.h
--- xbmc-12.3-Frodo.orig/xbmc/powermanagement/linux/LinuxPowerSyscall.h	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ xbmc-12.3-Frodo/xbmc/powermanagement/linux/LinuxPowerSyscall.h	2014-01-10 14:57:23.365205874 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#pragma once
+/*
+ *      Copyright (C) 2014 Team XBMC
+ *      http://www.xbmc.org
+ *
+ *  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ *  any later version.
+ *
+ *  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with XBMC; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+ *  <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#if defined (_LINUX)
+#include "powermanagement/IPowerSyscall.h"
+
+class CLinuxPowerSyscall : public CPowerSyscallWithoutEvents
+{
+public:
+  CLinuxPowerSyscall();
+  ~CLinuxPowerSyscall();
+
+  virtual bool Powerdown();
+  virtual bool Suspend(void) { return false; }
+  virtual bool Hibernate(void) { return false; }
+  virtual bool Reboot();
+
+  virtual bool CanPowerdown(void) { return true; }
+  virtual bool CanSuspend(void) { return false; }
+  virtual bool CanHibernate(void) { return false; }
+  virtual bool CanReboot(void) { return true; }
+  virtual int  BatteryLevel(void);
+
+  virtual bool PumpPowerEvents(IPowerEventsCallback *callback);
+};
+#endif
diff -Nur xbmc-12.3-Frodo.orig/xbmc/powermanagement/linux/Makefile xbmc-12.3-Frodo/xbmc/powermanagement/linux/Makefile
--- xbmc-12.3-Frodo.orig/xbmc/powermanagement/linux/Makefile	2013-12-12 22:47:49.000000000 +0100
+++ xbmc-12.3-Frodo/xbmc/powermanagement/linux/Makefile	2014-01-10 14:27:13.411383558 +0100
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
      ConsoleUPowerSyscall.cpp \
      HALPowerSyscall.cpp \
      UPowerSyscall.cpp \
-     SystemdUPowerSyscall.cpp
+     SystemdUPowerSyscall.cpp \
+     LinuxPowerSyscall.cpp
 
 LIB=powermanagement_linux.a
 
diff -Nur xbmc-12.3-Frodo.orig/xbmc/powermanagement/PowerManager.cpp xbmc-12.3-Frodo/xbmc/powermanagement/PowerManager.cpp
--- xbmc-12.3-Frodo.orig/xbmc/powermanagement/PowerManager.cpp	2013-12-12 22:47:49.000000000 +0100
+++ xbmc-12.3-Frodo/xbmc/powermanagement/PowerManager.cpp	2014-01-14 11:19:11.558337441 +0100
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 #include "linux/ConsoleDeviceKitPowerSyscall.h"
 #include "linux/SystemdUPowerSyscall.h"
 #include "linux/UPowerSyscall.h"
+#ifdef HAS_SIMPLEPM
+#include "linux/LinuxPowerSyscall.h"
+#endif
 #ifdef HAS_HAL
 #include "linux/HALPowerSyscall.h"
 #endif
@@ -83,6 +86,10 @@
     m_instance = new CSystemdUPowerSyscall();
   else if (CUPowerSyscall::HasUPower())
     m_instance = new CUPowerSyscall();
+#ifdef HAS_SIMPLEPM
+  else
+    m_instance = new CLinuxPowerSyscall();
+#endif
 #ifdef HAS_HAL
   else
     m_instance = new CHALPowerSyscall();