Index: src/OFThread.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFThread.h
+++ src/OFThread.h
@@ -99,10 +99,15 @@
 /**
  * \return The current thread or nil if we are in the main thread
  */
 + (OFThread*)currentThread;
 
+/**
+ * Suspends execution of the current thread for N milliseconds.
+ */
++ (void)sleepForNMilliseconds: (unsigned int)msecs;
+
 /**
  * Terminates the current thread, letting it return nil.
  */
 + (void)terminate;
 

Index: src/OFThread.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFThread.m
+++ src/OFThread.m
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@
  * Q Public License 1.0, which can be found in the file LICENSE included in
  * the packaging of this file.
  */
 
 #include "config.h"
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+# include <unistd.h>
+#else
+# include <windows.h>
+#endif
 
 #import "OFThread.h"
 #import "OFList.h"
 #import "OFAutoreleasePool.h"
 #import "OFExceptions.h"
@@ -82,10 +88,19 @@
 
 + (OFThread*)currentThread
 {
 	return of_tlskey_get(thread_self);
 }
+
++ (void)sleepForNMilliseconds: (unsigned int)msecs;
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32
+	usleep(msecs * 1000);
+#else
+	Sleep(msecs);
+#endif
+}
 
 + (void)terminate
 {
 	[self terminateWithObject: nil];
 }