diff --git a/src/gui/lua/lua_misc.cpp b/src/gui/lua/lua_misc.cpp
index 072b44802..fca56c1c2 100644
--- a/src/gui/lua/lua_misc.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/lua/lua_misc.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ void CLuaInstMisc::LuaMiscRegister(lua_State *L)
 		{ "runScript",       CLuaInstMisc::runScriptExt },
 		{ "GetRevision",     CLuaInstMisc::GetRevision },
 		{ "checkVersion",    CLuaInstMisc::checkVersion },
+		{ "postMsg",         CLuaInstMisc::postMsg },
 		{ "__gc",            CLuaInstMisc::MiscDelete },
 		{ NULL, NULL }
 	};
@@ -198,6 +199,22 @@ int CLuaInstMisc::checkVersion(lua_State *L)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+int CLuaInstMisc::postMsg(lua_State *L)
+{
+	lua_Integer msg = 0;
+	neutrino_msg_t post_msg = 0;
+	msg = luaL_checkint(L, 2);
+	switch (msg) {
+		case POSTMSG_STANDBY_ON:
+			post_msg = NeutrinoMessages::STANDBY_ON;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return 0;
+	}
+	g_RCInput->postMsg(post_msg, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int CLuaInstMisc::MiscDelete(lua_State *L)
 {
 	CLuaMisc *D = MiscCheckData(L, 1);
diff --git a/src/gui/lua/lua_misc.h b/src/gui/lua/lua_misc.h
index 3c6d7b55c..551c40443 100644
--- a/src/gui/lua/lua_misc.h
+++ b/src/gui/lua/lua_misc.h
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ class CLuaMisc
 class CLuaInstMisc
 {
 	public:
+		enum {
+			POSTMSG_STANDBY_ON = 1
+		};
+
 		CLuaInstMisc() {};
 		~CLuaInstMisc() {};
 		static CLuaInstMisc* getInstance();
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ class CLuaInstMisc
 		static int runScriptExt(lua_State *L);
 		static int GetRevision(lua_State *L);
 		static int checkVersion(lua_State *L);
+		static int postMsg(lua_State *L);
 		static int MiscDelete(lua_State *L);
 
 		static void miscFunctionDeprecated(lua_State *L, std::string oldFunc);
diff --git a/src/gui/lua/luainstance.cpp b/src/gui/lua/luainstance.cpp
index a0fe82396..f85805621 100644
--- a/src/gui/lua/luainstance.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/lua/luainstance.cpp
@@ -335,6 +335,12 @@ static void set_lua_variables(lua_State *L)
 		{ NULL, 0 }
 	};
 
+	table_key post_msg[] =
+	{
+		{ "STANDBY_ON",		(lua_Integer)CLuaInstMisc::POSTMSG_STANDBY_ON },
+		{ NULL, 0 }
+	};
+
 	/* list of environment variable arrays to be exported */
 	lua_envexport e[] =
 	{
@@ -349,6 +355,7 @@ static void set_lua_variables(lua_State *L)
 		{ "DYNFONT",     dynfont },
 		{ "CURL",        curl_status },
 		{ "NMODE",       neutrino_mode },
+		{ "POSTMSG",     post_msg },
 		{ NULL, NULL }
 	};
 
diff --git a/src/gui/lua/luainstance.h b/src/gui/lua/luainstance.h
index 96e52714e..9a8ec0ab9 100644
--- a/src/gui/lua/luainstance.h
+++ b/src/gui/lua/luainstance.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "luainstance_helpers.h"
 
 #define LUA_API_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define LUA_API_VERSION_MINOR 32
+#define LUA_API_VERSION_MINOR 33
 
 /* inspired by Steve Kemp http://www.steve.org.uk/ */
 class CLuaInstance