diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp
index ddb19dd78..67529673e 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.cpp
@@ -316,6 +316,18 @@ extensionToMimetype( const QString& extension )
     return s_ext2mime.value( extension, "unknown" );
 }
 
+
+void
+msleep( unsigned int ms )
+{
+  #ifdef WIN32
+    Sleep( ms );   
+  #else
+    ::usleep( ms * 1000 );
+  #endif
+}
+
+
 static QMutex s_noProxyHostsMutex;
 static QStringList s_noProxyHosts;
 
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.h b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.h
index c3b256ca2..e1b0c3e98 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtils.h
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ namespace TomahawkUtils
     DLLEXPORT QString ageToString( const QDateTime& time, bool appendAgoString = false );
     DLLEXPORT QString filesizeToString( unsigned int size );
     DLLEXPORT QString extensionToMimetype( const QString& extension );
+    
+    DLLEXPORT void msleep( unsigned int ms );
     DLLEXPORT bool newerVersion( const QString& oldVersion, const QString& newVersion );
 
     DLLEXPORT NetworkProxyFactory* proxyFactory( bool makeClone = false, bool noMutexLocker = false );