diff --git a/src/lovr.c b/src/lovr.c
index 82dd21fa..5d1bed5e 100644
--- a/src/lovr.c
+++ b/src/lovr.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ void lovrInit(lua_State* L) {
     "      else lovr.draw() end "
     "    end "
     "    lovr.graphics.present() "
+    "    lovr.timer.sleep(.001) "
     "  end "
     "end"
   );
diff --git a/src/lovr/timer.c b/src/lovr/timer.c
index a902885f..a5345172 100644
--- a/src/lovr/timer.c
+++ b/src/lovr/timer.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 const luaL_Reg lovrTimer[] = {
   { "step", l_lovrTimerStep },
+  { "sleep", l_lovrTimerSleep },
   { NULL, NULL }
 };
 
@@ -16,3 +17,9 @@ int l_lovrTimerStep(lua_State* L) {
   lua_pushnumber(L, lovrTimerStep());
   return 1;
 }
+
+int l_lovrTimerSleep(lua_State* L) {
+  double duration = luaL_checknumber(L, 1);
+  lovrTimerSleep(duration);
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/lovr/timer.h b/src/lovr/timer.h
index ea3db1fc..a97cc9cf 100644
--- a/src/lovr/timer.h
+++ b/src/lovr/timer.h
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 extern const luaL_Reg lovrTimer[];
 int l_lovrTimerInit(lua_State* L);
 int l_lovrTimerStep(lua_State* L);
+int l_lovrTimerSleep(lua_State* L);
diff --git a/src/timer/timer.c b/src/timer/timer.c
index f4974af3..1a8c40c5 100644
--- a/src/timer/timer.c
+++ b/src/timer/timer.c
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 #include "timer.h"
 #include "../glfw.h"
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <Windows.h>
+#else
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
 
 double lovrTimerStep() {
   double time = glfwGetTime();
   glfwSetTime(0);
   return time;
 }
+
+void lovrTimerSleep(double seconds) {
+#ifdef WIN32
+  Sleep((unsigned int)(seconds * 1000));
+#else
+  usleep((unsigned int)(seconds * 1000000));
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/timer/timer.h b/src/timer/timer.h
index 89acf01d..16c76729 100644
--- a/src/timer/timer.h
+++ b/src/timer/timer.h
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 double lovrTimerStep();
+void lovrTimerSleep(double seconds);