--- /usr/sbin/pm-suspend 2016-05-16 18:59:01.623376619 +0200
+++ /usr/sbin/pm-suspend 2016-05-16 19:03:43.420630720 +0200
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]
 do
  [ "$1" = "--help" ] && help
+  [ "$1" = "--direct" ] && {
+    shift
+    DO_DIRECT="$1"
+  }
  shift
 done

@@ -95,16 +99,19 @@
 load_hook_parameters

 # run the sleep hooks
+[ "${DO_DIRECT}" != "false" ] && {
 log "$(date): Running hooks for $ACTION."
 if run_hooks sleep "$ACTION $METHOD"; then
         # Sleep only if we know how and if a hook did not inhibit us.
  log "$(date): performing $METHOD"
  sync
- "do_$METHOD" || r=128
+  [ -z "${DO_DIRECT}" ] && "do_$METHOD" || r=128
  log "$(date): Awake."
 else
  log "$(date): Inhibit found, will not perform $METHOD"
 fi
+}
+[ "${DO_DIRECT}" = "true" ] && exit $r
 log "$(date): Running hooks for $REVERSE"
 # run the sleep hooks in reverse with the wakeup action
 if run_hooks sleep "$REVERSE $METHOD" reverse; then