diff --git a/tests/migration/i386/Makefile b/tests/migration/i386/Makefile
index 5c03241..37a72ae 100644
--- a/tests/migration/i386/Makefile
+++ b/tests/migration/i386/Makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 .PHONY: all clean
 all: a-b-bootblock.h
 
-a-b-bootblock.h: x86.bootsect
+a-b-bootblock.h: x86.bootsect x86.o
 	echo "$$__note" > header.tmp
 	xxd -i $< | sed -e 's/.*int.*//' >> header.tmp
+	nm x86.o | awk '{print "#define SYM_"$$3" 0x"$$1}' >> header.tmp
 	mv header.tmp $@
 
 x86.bootsect: x86.boot
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ x86.boot: x86.o
 	$(CROSS_PREFIX)objcopy -O binary $< $@
 
 x86.o: a-b-bootblock.S
-	$(CROSS_PREFIX)gcc -m32 -march=i486 -c $< -o $@
+	$(CROSS_PREFIX)gcc -I.. -m32 -march=i486 -c $< -o $@
 
 clean:
 	@rm -rf *.boot *.o *.bootsect
diff --git a/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.S b/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.S
index 3d464c7..62d79b2 100644
--- a/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.S
+++ b/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.S
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@
 #
 # Author: dgilbert@redhat.com
 
+#include "migration-test.h"
+
+#define ACPI_ENABLE         0xf1
+#define ACPI_PORT_SMI_CMD   0xb2
+#define ACPI_PM_BASE        0x600
+#define PM1A_CNT_OFFSET     4
+
+#define ACPI_SCI_ENABLE     0x0001
+#define ACPI_SLEEP_TYPE     0x0400
+#define ACPI_SLEEP_ENABLE   0x2000
+#define SLEEP (ACPI_SCI_ENABLE + ACPI_SLEEP_TYPE + ACPI_SLEEP_ENABLE)
+
+#define LOW_ADDR            X86_TEST_MEM_START
+#define HIGH_ADDR           X86_TEST_MEM_END
+
+/* Save the suspended status at an address that is not written in the loop. */
+#define suspended           (X86_TEST_MEM_START + 4)
 
 .code16
 .org 0x7c00
@@ -41,12 +58,11 @@ start:             # at 0x7c00 ?
         # bl keeps a counter so we limit the output speed
         mov $0, %bl
 mainloop:
-        # Start from 1MB
-        mov $(1024*1024),%eax
+        mov $LOW_ADDR,%eax
 innerloop:
         incb (%eax)
         add $4096,%eax
-        cmp $(100*1024*1024),%eax
+        cmp $HIGH_ADDR,%eax
         jl innerloop
 
         inc %bl
@@ -57,7 +73,30 @@ innerloop:
         mov $0x3f8,%dx
         outb %al,%dx
 
-        jmp mainloop
+        # should this test suspend?
+        mov (suspend_me),%eax
+        cmp $0,%eax
+        je mainloop
+
+        # are we waking after suspend?  do not suspend again.
+        mov $suspended,%eax
+        mov (%eax),%eax
+        cmp $1,%eax
+        je mainloop
+
+        # enable acpi
+        mov $ACPI_ENABLE,%al
+        outb %al,$ACPI_PORT_SMI_CMD
+
+        # suspend to ram
+        mov $suspended,%eax
+        movl $1,(%eax)
+        mov $SLEEP,%ax
+        mov $(ACPI_PM_BASE + PM1A_CNT_OFFSET),%dx
+        outw %ax,%dx
+        # not reached.  The wakeup causes reset and restart at 0x7c00, and we
+        # do not save and restore registers as a real kernel would do.
+
 
         # GDT magic from old (GPLv2)  Grub startup.S
         .p2align        2       /* force 4-byte alignment */
@@ -83,6 +122,10 @@ gdtdesc:
         .word   0x27                    /* limit */
         .long   gdt                     /* addr */
 
+        /* test launcher can poke a 1 here to exercise suspend */
+suspend_me:
+        .int  0
+
 /* I'm a bootable disk */
 .org 0x7dfe
         .byte 0x55
diff --git a/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.h b/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.h
index b7b0fce..4d46873 100644
--- a/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.h
+++ b/tests/migration/i386/a-b-bootblock.h
@@ -4,20 +4,20 @@
  * the header and the assembler differences in your patch submission.
  */
 unsigned char x86_bootsect[] = {
-  0xfa, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x16, 0x78, 0x7c, 0x66, 0xb8, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+  0xfa, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x16, 0xa4, 0x7c, 0x66, 0xb8, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
   0x0f, 0x22, 0xc0, 0x66, 0xea, 0x20, 0x7c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00,
   0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xe4, 0x92, 0x0c, 0x02,
   0xe6, 0x92, 0xb8, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x8e, 0xd8, 0x66, 0xb8, 0x41,
   0x00, 0x66, 0xba, 0xf8, 0x03, 0xee, 0xb3, 0x00, 0xb8, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10,
   0x00, 0xfe, 0x00, 0x05, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x3d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40,
   0x06, 0x7c, 0xf2, 0xfe, 0xc3, 0x80, 0xe3, 0x3f, 0x75, 0xe6, 0x66, 0xb8,
-  0x42, 0x00, 0x66, 0xba, 0xf8, 0x03, 0xee, 0xeb, 0xdb, 0x8d, 0x76, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x9a, 0xcf, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0xcf, 0x00,
-  0x27, 0x00, 0x60, 0x7c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+  0x42, 0x00, 0x66, 0xba, 0xf8, 0x03, 0xee, 0xa1, 0xaa, 0x7c, 0x00, 0x00,
+  0x83, 0xf8, 0x00, 0x74, 0xd3, 0xb8, 0x04, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x8b, 0x00,
+  0x83, 0xf8, 0x01, 0x74, 0xc7, 0xb0, 0xf1, 0xe6, 0xb2, 0xb8, 0x04, 0x00,
+  0x10, 0x00, 0xc7, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x66, 0xb8, 0x01, 0x24,
+  0x66, 0xba, 0x04, 0x06, 0x66, 0xef, 0x66, 0x90, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9a, 0xcf, 0x00,
+  0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0xcf, 0x00, 0x27, 0x00, 0x8c, 0x7c,
   0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
   0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
   0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
@@ -49,3 +49,9 @@ unsigned char x86_bootsect[] = {
   0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x55, 0xaa
 };
 
+#define SYM_gdt 0x00007c8c
+#define SYM_gdtdesc 0x00007ca4
+#define SYM_innerloop 0x00007c3d
+#define SYM_mainloop 0x00007c38
+#define SYM_start 0x00007c00
+#define SYM_suspend_me 0x00007caa
diff --git a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
index 2dde3af..591103e 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/migration-test.c
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ typedef struct {
     bool use_dirty_ring;
     const char *opts_source;
     const char *opts_target;
+    /* suspend the src before migrating to dest. */
+    bool suspend_me;
 } MigrateStart;
 
 /*
@@ -622,6 +624,8 @@ static int test_migrate_start(QTestState **from, QTestState **to,
     dst_state = (QTestMigrationState) { };
     src_state = (QTestMigrationState) { };
 
+    x86_bootsect[SYM_suspend_me - SYM_start] = args->suspend_me;
+
     bootpath = g_strdup_printf("%s/bootsect", tmpfs);
     if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
         /* the assembled x86 boot sector should be exactly one sector large */
