diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
index 6f6ac033d5d9..c6ffbaec32a4 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ static int __init omap_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 *    is write-only, and always reads as zero...)
 	 */
 
+	device_init_wakeup(&pdev->dev, true);
+
 	if (new_ctrl & (u8) OMAP_RTC_CTRL_SPLIT)
 		pr_info("%s: split power mode\n", pdev->name);