diff --git a/bin/omarchy-setup-security-fingerprint b/bin/omarchy-setup-security-fingerprint
index 383aa37629a..ec9dc3f0be0 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-setup-security-fingerprint
+++ b/bin/omarchy-setup-security-fingerprint
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ account    include                     system-local-login
 EOF
 }
 
+install_sleep_hook() {
+  # Stopping fprintd before suspend keeps the lock screen from opening the
+  # reader inside a sleep transition that no longer accepts new inhibitors.
+  if [[ -e $OMARCHY_PATH/default/systemd/system-sleep/50-fprintd-release ]]; then
+    sudo install -Dm755 "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/systemd/system-sleep/50-fprintd-release" /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/50-fprintd-release 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+}
+
 
 echo -e "\e[32mSetting up fingerprint scanner for authentication.\n\e[0m"
 
@@ -103,6 +111,7 @@ if sudo fprintd-enroll "$USER"; then
     # pam_fprintd with nothing to match.
     setup_pam_config
     setup_lock_fingerprint_pam
+    install_sleep_hook
     echo -e "\e[32m\nPerfect! Fingerprint authentication is now configured.\e[0m"
     echo "You can use your fingerprint for sudo, polkit, and lock screen (Super + Ctrl + L)."
   else
diff --git a/default/systemd/system-sleep/50-fprintd-release b/default/systemd/system-sleep/50-fprintd-release
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7a380a83df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default/systemd/system-sleep/50-fprintd-release
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Stop fprintd before suspend/hibernate so the lock screen cannot open the
+# fingerprint reader inside a sleep transition that has already stopped
+# honoring new inhibitors. fprintd is Type=dbus, so it re-activates on the
+# next touch after resume.
+if [[ $1 == "pre" ]]; then
+  if systemctl is-active --quiet fprintd.service 2>/dev/null; then
+    systemctl stop fprintd.service 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/migrations/1788797303.sh b/migrations/1788797303.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d6c813db2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1788797303.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+echo "Stop fprintd before suspend so the reader cannot be opened inside a sleep transition"
+
+# The lock screen starts after PrepareForSleep(true), and pam_fprintd
+# D-Bus-activates fprintd once the lock is already in progress. fprintd then
+# asks logind for a delay inhibitor, but logind has already stopped honouring
+# new inhibitors, so the reader can be cut mid-transaction. Stopping fprintd in
+# the pre-sleep hook keeps it from being opened while the machine is going down.
+# fprintd is Type=dbus, so it re-activates on the next unlock attempt.
+hook_source="$OMARCHY_PATH/default/systemd/system-sleep/50-fprintd-release"
+hook_dest=/usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/50-fprintd-release
+
+as_root() {
+  if (( EUID == 0 )); then
+    "$@"
+  else
+    sudo "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+[[ -e $hook_source ]] || exit 0
+
+if [[ -e $hook_dest ]] && cmp -s "$hook_source" "$hook_dest"; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+as_root install -Dm755 "$hook_source" "$hook_dest"
diff --git a/test/shell.d/fprintd-sleep-release-test.sh b/test/shell.d/fprintd-sleep-release-test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6dd84ddaade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shell.d/fprintd-sleep-release-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+source "$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/base-test.sh"
+
+hook="$ROOT/default/systemd/system-sleep/50-fprintd-release"
+[[ -x $hook ]] || fail "fprintd sleep release hook is executable"
+
+grep -Fx '#!/bin/bash' "$hook" >/dev/null || fail "sleep hook uses bash"
+grep -F 'if [[ $1 == "pre" ]]; then' "$hook" >/dev/null || fail "sleep hook only acts on pre-sleep"
+grep -F 'systemctl is-active --quiet fprintd.service' "$hook" >/dev/null || fail "sleep hook checks fprintd is active"
+grep -F 'systemctl stop fprintd.service' "$hook" >/dev/null || fail "sleep hook stops fprintd"
+grep -F '|| true' "$hook" >/dev/null || fail "sleep hook does not abort suspend on a stop failure"
+
+migration="$ROOT/migrations/1788797303.sh"
+[[ -f $migration ]] || fail "fprintd sleep hook migration exists"
+grep -F '50-fprintd-release' "$migration" >/dev/null || fail "migration installs the fprintd sleep hook"
+grep -F 'install -Dm755' "$migration" >/dev/null || fail "migration preserves the executable hook"
+
+setup="$ROOT/bin/omarchy-setup-security-fingerprint"
+grep -F 'install_sleep_hook' "$setup" >/dev/null || fail "setup installs the fprintd sleep hook"
+
+pass "fprintd sleep release hook is wired into setup and migrations"