diff --git a/src/Backends/Platform/X11.cpp b/src/Backends/Platform/X11.cpp
index 1f0cafcf..435e99e3 100644
--- a/src/Backends/Platform/X11.cpp
+++ b/src/Backends/Platform/X11.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ Visual* xVisual;
 static XVisualInfo xvisinfo;
 static unsigned long startTime;
 
+static void nophandler(int signo) {}
+
 bool Backend_Init(void (*drag_and_drop_callback)(const char *path), void (*window_focus_callback)(bool focus)) {
     // we're ignoring the hell out of focus and drag & drop
     xDisplay = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
@@ -35,6 +38,17 @@ bool Backend_Init(void (*drag_and_drop_callback)(const char *path), void (*windo
     gettimeofday(&time, NULL);
     startTime = (time.tv_sec * 1000) + (time.tv_usec / 1000);
 
+    // Disable SIGALRM to compensate for thread-unsafe usleep in Solaris
+    sigset_t mask;
+    struct sigaction act;
+    struct sigaction oldact;
+    act.sa_handler = nophandler;
+    act.sa_flags = 0;
+    sigaction(SIGALRM, &act, &oldact);
+    sigemptyset(&mask);
+    sigaddset(&mask, SIGALRM);
+    sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &mask, 0);
+
     return true;
 }