diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6571fbfdb2a1..b125690d5dbc 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 
 	acpi_sleep=	[HW,ACPI] Sleep options
 			Format: { s3_bios, s3_mode, s3_beep, s4_nohwsig,
-				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable }
+				  old_ordering, nonvs, sci_force_enable, nobl }
 			See Documentation/power/video.txt for information on
 			s3_bios and s3_mode.
 			s3_beep is for debugging; it makes the PC's speaker beep
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@
 			sci_force_enable causes the kernel to set SCI_EN directly
 			on resume from S1/S3 (which is against the ACPI spec,
 			but some broken systems don't work without it).
+			nobl causes the internal blacklist of systems known to
+			behave incorrectly in some ways with respect to system
+			suspend and resume to be ignored (use wisely).
 
 	acpi_use_timer_override [HW,ACPI]
 			Use timer override. For some broken Nvidia NF5 boards
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
index 7188aea91549..f1915b744052 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ static int __init acpi_sleep_setup(char *str)
 			acpi_nvs_nosave_s3();
 		if (strncmp(str, "old_ordering", 12) == 0)
 			acpi_old_suspend_ordering();
+		if (strncmp(str, "nobl", 4) == 0)
+			acpi_sleep_no_blacklist();
 		str = strchr(str, ',');
 		if (str != NULL)
 			str += strspn(str, ", \t");
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
index 8082871b409a..15cd862a87c2 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
@@ -367,10 +367,20 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id acpisleep_dmi_table[] __initconst = {
 	{},
 };
 
+static bool ignore_blacklist;
+
+void __init acpi_sleep_no_blacklist(void)
+{
+	ignore_blacklist = true;
+}
+
 static void __init acpi_sleep_dmi_check(void)
 {
 	int year;
 
+	if (ignore_blacklist)
+		return;
+
 	if (dmi_get_date(DMI_BIOS_DATE, &year, NULL, NULL) && year >= 2012)
 		acpi_nvs_nosave_s3();
 
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index dc1ebfeeb5ec..699655a9618b 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ void __init acpi_no_s4_hw_signature(void);
 void __init acpi_old_suspend_ordering(void);
 void __init acpi_nvs_nosave(void);
 void __init acpi_nvs_nosave_s3(void);
+void __init acpi_sleep_no_blacklist(void);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
 
 struct acpi_osc_context {