diff --git a/325.patch b/325.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3418bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/325.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From ab5004079080bc9bdfb17bd6e8c43d0d702716dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Felipe Borges <felipeborges@gnome.org>
+Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 11:46:44 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] power: Initialize check for VM environment earlier
+
+Otherwise it will be called uninitialized when auto suspending.
+
+Fixes #736
+---
+ plugins/power/gsd-power-manager.c | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/plugins/power/gsd-power-manager.c b/plugins/power/gsd-power-manager.c
+index 0263e9f6..2b27af0b 100644
+--- a/plugins/power/gsd-power-manager.c
++++ b/plugins/power/gsd-power-manager.c
+@@ -2871,9 +2871,6 @@ on_rr_screen_acquired (GObject      *object,
+         if (!gnome_settings_is_wayland ())
+                 manager->xscreensaver_watchdog_timer_id = gsd_power_enable_screensaver_watchdog ();
+ 
+-        /* don't blank inside a VM */
+-        manager->is_virtual_machine = gsd_power_is_hardware_a_vm ();
+-
+         /* queue a signal in case the proxy from gnome-shell was created before we got here
+            (likely, considering that to get here we need a reply from gnome-shell)
+         */
+@@ -3003,6 +3000,9 @@ gsd_power_manager_start (GsdPowerManager *manager,
+         g_debug ("Starting power manager");
+         gnome_settings_profile_start (NULL);
+ 
++        /* Check whether we are running in a VM */
++        manager->is_virtual_machine = gsd_power_is_hardware_a_vm ();
++
+         /* Check whether we have a lid first */
+         manager->up_client = up_client_new ();
+         manager->lid_is_present = up_client_get_lid_is_present (manager->up_client);
+-- 
+GitLab
+
diff --git a/gnome-settings-daemon.spec b/gnome-settings-daemon.spec
index 7db9c4e..205e10d 100644
--- a/gnome-settings-daemon.spec
+++ b/gnome-settings-daemon.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ Summary:        The daemon sharing settings from GNOME to GTK+/KDE applications
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
 URL:            https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon
 Source0:        https://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}/%{major_version}/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.xz
+# https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/merge_requests/325
+# https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/issues/736
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2180047
+# Ensure auto-suspend does not apply to VMs
+Patch0:         325.patch
 
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 BuildRequires:  gettext