diff --git a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/gestures/handlers/SleepGestureHandler.kt b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/gestures/handlers/SleepGestureHandler.kt
index 5cb9887a1b..4de9c6c896 100644
--- a/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/gestures/handlers/SleepGestureHandler.kt
+++ b/lawnchair/src/app/lawnchair/gestures/handlers/SleepGestureHandler.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import android.content.ComponentName
 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.os.Build
+import android.os.PowerManager
+import android.os.SystemClock
 import android.provider.Settings
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Spacer
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.requiredWidth
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ import app.lawnchair.util.requireSystemService
 import app.lawnchair.views.ComposeBottomSheet
 import com.android.launcher3.R
 import com.android.launcher3.Utilities
+import com.android.launcher3.util.PackageManagerHelper
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
 
 class SleepGestureHandler(context: Context) : GestureHandler(context) {
 
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ class SleepGestureHandler(context: Context) : GestureHandler(context) {
     }
 
     private val methods = listOf(
+        SleepMethodSystem(context),
         SleepMethodRoot(context),
         SleepMethodPieAccessibility(context),
         SleepMethodDeviceAdmin(context)
@@ -62,6 +67,29 @@ class SleepGestureHandler(context: Context) : GestureHandler(context) {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Allows Lawnchair to sleep the device without any extra permissions when it is installed as a system app.
+ */
+class SleepMethodSystem(context: Context) : SleepGestureHandler.SleepMethod(context) {
+    override suspend fun isSupported() = PackageManagerHelper.isSystemApp(context, context.packageName)
+
+    override suspend fun sleep(launcher: LawnchairLauncher) {
+        val powerManager = context.getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE) as PowerManager
+        try {
+            powerManager.javaClass.getMethod(
+                "goToSleep",
+                *arrayOf<Class<*>?>(Long::class.javaPrimitiveType)
+            ).invoke(powerManager, SystemClock.uptimeMillis())
+        } catch (e: IllegalAccessException) {
+            e.printStackTrace()
+        } catch (e: InvocationTargetException) {
+            e.printStackTrace()
+        } catch (e: NoSuchMethodException) {
+            e.printStackTrace()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 class SleepMethodRoot(context: Context) : SleepGestureHandler.SleepMethod(context) {
     private val rootHelperManager = RootHelperManager.INSTANCE.get(context)