diff --git a/src/Backends/Platform/X11.cpp b/src/Backends/Platform/X11.cpp
index 435e99e3..3160084a 100644
--- a/src/Backends/Platform/X11.cpp
+++ b/src/Backends/Platform/X11.cpp
@@ -158,5 +158,9 @@ unsigned long Backend_GetTicks(void) {
 }
 
 void Backend_Delay(unsigned int ticks) {
-    usleep(ticks * 1000);
+    struct timeval timeout;
+    timeout.tv_sec = ticks / 1000;
+    timeout.tv_usec = (ticks * 1000) % 1000000;
+
+    select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, &timeout);
 }