diff --git a/contrib/fwupd.spec.in b/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
index 7e01fef08..251ca5a9f 100644
--- a/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ mkdir -p --mode=0700 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_localstatedir}/lib/fwupd/gnupg
 %{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-3/libfu_plugin_uefi.so
 %{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-3/libfu_plugin_uefi_recovery.so
 %endif
+%{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-3/libfu_plugin_logind.so
 %{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-3/libfu_plugin_logitech_hidpp.so
 %{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-3/libfu_plugin_upower.so
 %{_libdir}/fwupd-plugins-3/libfu_plugin_vli.so
diff --git a/plugins/logind/README.md b/plugins/logind/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd66d8bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/logind/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+logind Support
+==============
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+This plugin is used to ensure that the machine does not enter a low power mode
+when updates are being performed.
+
+Vendor ID Security
+------------------
+
+This protocol does not create a device and thus requires no vendor ID set.
diff --git a/plugins/logind/fu-plugin-logind.c b/plugins/logind/fu-plugin-logind.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67bb32fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/logind/fu-plugin-logind.c
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <gio/gunixfdlist.h>
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
+
+#include "fu-plugin-vfuncs.h"
+#include "fu-hash.h"
+
+struct FuPluginData {
+	GDBusProxy		*logind_proxy;
+	gint			 logind_fd;
+};
+
+void
+fu_plugin_init (FuPlugin *plugin)
+{
+	fu_plugin_set_build_hash (plugin, FU_BUILD_HASH);
+	fu_plugin_alloc_data (plugin, sizeof (FuPluginData));
+}
+
+void
+fu_plugin_destroy (FuPlugin *plugin)
+{
+	FuPluginData *data = fu_plugin_get_data (plugin);
+	if (data->logind_fd != 0)
+		g_close (data->logind_fd, NULL);
+	if (data->logind_proxy != NULL)
+		g_object_unref (data->logind_proxy);
+}
+
+gboolean
+fu_plugin_startup (FuPlugin *plugin, GError **error)
+{
+	FuPluginData *data = fu_plugin_get_data (plugin);
+	data->logind_proxy =
+		g_dbus_proxy_new_for_bus_sync (G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM,
+					       G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_DO_NOT_CONNECT_SIGNALS |
+					       G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_DO_NOT_LOAD_PROPERTIES,
+					       NULL,
+					       "org.freedesktop.login1",
+					       "/org/freedesktop/login1",
+					       "org.freedesktop.login1.Manager",
+					       NULL,
+					       error);
+	if (data->logind_proxy == NULL) {
+		g_prefix_error (error, "failed to connect to logind: ");
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+	if (g_dbus_proxy_get_name_owner (data->logind_proxy) == NULL) {
+		g_set_error (error,
+			     FWUPD_ERROR,
+			     FWUPD_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+			     "no owner for %s",
+			     g_dbus_proxy_get_name (data->logind_proxy));
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+fu_plugin_update_prepare (FuPlugin *plugin,
+			  FwupdInstallFlags flags,
+			  FuDevice *device,
+			  GError **error)
+{
+	FuPluginData *data = fu_plugin_get_data (plugin);
+	g_autoptr(GError) error_local = NULL;
+	g_autoptr(GUnixFDList) out_fd_list = NULL;
+	g_autoptr(GVariant) res = NULL;
+	const gchar *what = "shutdown:sleep:idle:handle-power-key:handle-suspend-key:"
+			    "handle-hibernate-key:handle-lid-switch";
+
+	/* already inhibited */
+	if (data->logind_fd != 0)
+		return TRUE;
+
+	/* not yet connected */
+	if (data->logind_proxy == NULL) {
+		g_warning ("no logind connection to use");
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+
+	/* block shutdown and idle */
+	res = g_dbus_proxy_call_with_unix_fd_list_sync (data->logind_proxy,
+							"Inhibit",
+							g_variant_new ("(ssss)",
+								       what,
+								       PACKAGE_NAME,
+								       "Firmware Update in Progress",
+								       "block"),
+							G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
+							-1,
+							NULL, /* fd_list */
+							&out_fd_list,
+							NULL, /* GCancellable */
+							&error_local);
+	if (res == NULL) {
+		g_warning ("failed to Inhibit using logind: %s", error_local->message);
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+
+	/* keep fd as cookie */
+	if (g_unix_fd_list_get_length (out_fd_list) != 1) {
+		g_warning ("invalid response from logind");
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+	data->logind_fd = g_unix_fd_list_get (out_fd_list, 0, NULL);
+	g_debug ("opened logind fd %i", data->logind_fd);
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+gboolean
+fu_plugin_update_cleanup (FuPlugin *plugin,
+			  FwupdInstallFlags flags,
+			  FuDevice *device,
+			  GError **error)
+{
+	FuPluginData *data = fu_plugin_get_data (plugin);
+	if (data->logind_fd == 0)
+		return TRUE;
+	g_debug ("closed logind fd %i", data->logind_fd);
+	if (!g_close (data->logind_fd, error))
+		return FALSE;
+	data->logind_fd = 0;
+	return TRUE;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/logind/meson.build b/plugins/logind/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9aea41e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/logind/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+cargs = ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="FuPluginLogind"']
+
+shared_module('fu_plugin_logind',
+  fu_hash,
+  sources : [
+    'fu-plugin-logind.c',
+  ],
+  include_directories : [
+    root_incdir,
+    fwupd_incdir,
+    fwupdplugin_incdir,
+  ],
+  install : true,
+  install_dir: plugin_dir,
+  link_with : [
+    fwupd,
+    fwupdplugin,
+  ],
+  c_args : cargs,
+  dependencies : [
+    plugin_deps,
+  ],
+)
diff --git a/plugins/meson.build b/plugins/meson.build
index 3fad95b53..00895266e 100644
--- a/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/plugins/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ subdir('thelio-io')
 subdir('wacom-raw')
 endif
 
+if get_option('systemd')
+subdir('logind')
+endif
+
 # depends on dfu
 subdir('csr')