diff --git c/panels/power/cc-power-panel.c i/panels/power/cc-power-panel.c
index d70496a..af71db9 100644
--- c/panels/power/cc-power-panel.c
+++ i/panels/power/cc-power-panel.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct _CcPowerPanelPrivate
   GCancellable  *cancellable;
   GtkBuilder    *builder;
   UpClient      *up_client;
+  GDBusProxy    *logind_proxy;
   GDBusProxy    *screen_proxy;
   gboolean       has_batteries;
 
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ cc_power_panel_dispose (GObject *object)
     }
   g_clear_object (&priv->builder);
   g_clear_object (&priv->screen_proxy);
+  g_clear_object (&priv->logind_proxy);
   g_clear_object (&priv->up_client);
 #ifdef HAVE_BLUETOOTH
   g_clear_object (&priv->bt_client);
@@ -1737,6 +1739,7 @@ add_automatic_suspend_section (CcPowerPanel *self)
   GtkWidget *dialog;
   GtkWidget *combo;
   GtkCellRenderer *cell;
+  GVariant *result;
 
   /* The default values for these settings are unfortunate for us;
    * timeout == 0, action == suspend means 'do nothing' - just
@@ -1820,7 +1823,23 @@ add_automatic_suspend_section (CcPowerPanel *self)
   gtk_widget_set_margin_bottom (label, 6);
   gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (box), label, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
 
-  if (up_client_get_can_hibernate (self->priv->up_client))
+  value = 0;
+  result = g_dbus_proxy_call_sync (self->priv->logind_proxy,
+                                   "CanHibernate",
+                                   NULL,
+                                   G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
+                                   -1,
+                                   NULL,
+                                   NULL);
+  if (result)
+    {
+      g_variant_get (result, "(s)", &s);
+      if (g_strcmp0 (s, "yes") == 0)
+        value = 1;
+      g_variant_unref(result);
+    }
+
+  if (value)
     {
       model = (GtkTreeModel*)gtk_builder_get_object (priv->builder, "liststore_critical");
       priv->critical_battery_combo = sw = gtk_combo_box_new_with_model (model);
@@ -2070,6 +2089,15 @@ cc_power_panel_init (CcPowerPanel *self)
                             got_screen_proxy_cb,
                             self);
 
+  priv->logind_proxy = g_dbus_proxy_new_for_bus_sync (G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM,
+                                                      G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_NONE,
+                                                      NULL,
+                                                      "org.freedesktop.login1",
+                                                      "/org/freedesktop/login1",
+                                                      "org.freedesktop.login1.Manager",
+                                                      NULL,
+                                                      &error);
+
   priv->up_client = up_client_new ();
 
   priv->gsd_settings = g_settings_new ("org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power");