diff --git a/src/usb_moded-modesetting.c b/src/usb_moded-modesetting.c
index 00f111f..94137c6 100644
--- a/src/usb_moded-modesetting.c
+++ b/src/usb_moded-modesetting.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ umount:                 command = g_strconcat("mount | grep ", mountpath, NULL);
 					if(try != 3)
 					{
 						try++;
-						sleep(1);
+						usb_moded_sleep(1);
 						log_err("Umount failed. Retrying\n");
 						report_mass_storage_blocker(mount, 1);
 						goto umount;
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ umount:                 command = g_strconcat("mount | grep ", mountpath, NULL);
               	}
 		
 	        /* activate mounts after sleeping 1s to be sure enumeration happened and autoplay will work in windows*/
-		sleep(1);
+		usb_moded_sleep(1);
                 for(i=0 ; mounts[i] != NULL; i++)
                 {       
 			
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ int set_dynamic_mode(void)
   if(data->appsync && !ret)
   {
 	/* let's sleep for a bit (350ms) to allow interfaces to settle before running postsync */
-	usleep(350000);
+	usb_moded_msleep(350);
 	activate_sync_post(data->mode_name);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/usb_moded-modules.c b/src/usb_moded-modules.c
index c6afae2..e028a47 100644
--- a/src/usb_moded-modules.c
+++ b/src/usb_moded-modules.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ int usb_moded_module_cleanup(const char *module)
 	if(!strcmp(module, MODULE_NONE))
 		goto END;
 	/* wait a bit for all components listening on dbus to clean up their act 
-	sleep(2); */
+	usb_moded_sleep(2); */
 	/* check if things were not reconnected in that timespan 
 	if(get_usb_connection_state())
 		return(0);
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int usb_moded_module_cleanup(const char *module)
 	while(failure)
 	{
 		/* module did not get unloaded. We will wait a bit and try again */
-		sleep(1);
+		usb_moded_sleep(1);
 		/* send the REALLY  disconnect message */
 		usb_moded_send_signal(USB_REALLY_DISCONNECT);
 		failure = usb_moded_unload_module(module);
diff --git a/src/usb_moded-network.c b/src/usb_moded-network.c
index 36ed1fd..0b6f50d 100644
--- a/src/usb_moded-network.c
+++ b/src/usb_moded-network.c
@@ -491,10 +491,7 @@ gboolean connman_set_tethering(const char *path, gboolean on)
 	{
 		if (i>0)
 		{
-			struct timespec tv;
-			tv.tv_sec = 0;
-			tv.tv_nsec = 200000000;
-			nanosleep(&tv, NULL);
+			usb_moded_msleep(200);
 		}
 		if (connman_try_set_tethering(connection, path, on))
 		{
@@ -711,7 +708,7 @@ static int connman_set_cellular_online(DBusConnection *dbus_conn_connman, const
 	/* we don't care for the reply, which is empty anyway if all goes well */
         ret = !dbus_connection_send(dbus_conn_connman, msg, NULL);
 	/* sleep for the connection to come up */
-	sleep(5);
+	usb_moded_sleep(5);
 	/* make sure the message is sent before cleaning up and closing the connection */
 	dbus_connection_flush(dbus_conn_connman);
         dbus_message_unref(msg);
@@ -976,7 +973,7 @@ int usb_network_up(struct mode_list_elem *data)
   //usb_moded_system("/sbin/ifconfig rndis0 up");
 
   log_debug("waiting for connman to pick up interface\n");
-  sleep(1);
+  usb_moded_sleep(1);
   dbus_error_init(&error);
 
   if( (dbus_conn_connman = dbus_bus_get(DBUS_BUS_SYSTEM, &error)) == 0 )
diff --git a/src/usb_moded.c b/src/usb_moded.c
index d982112..3d55ef0 100644
--- a/src/usb_moded.c
+++ b/src/usb_moded.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void set_usb_connected(gboolean connected)
 static gboolean set_disconnected(gpointer data)
 {
   /* let usb settle */
-  sleep(1);
+  usb_moded_sleep(1);
   /* only disconnect for real if we are actually still disconnected */
   if(!get_usb_connection_state())
 	{
@@ -1147,6 +1147,34 @@ usb_moded_system_(const char *file, int line, const char *func,
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/** Wrapper to give visibility to blocking sleeps usb-moded is making
+ */
+void
+usb_moded_usleep_(const char *file, int line, const char *func,
+		  useconds_t usec)
+{
+	struct timespec ts = {
+		.tv_sec  = (usec / 1000000),
+		.tv_nsec = (usec % 1000000) * 1000
+	};
+
+	long ms = (ts.tv_nsec + 1000000 - 1) / 1000000;
+
+	if( !ms ) {
+		log_debug("SLEEP %ld seconds; from %s:%d: %s()",
+			  (long)ts.tv_sec, file, line, func);
+	}
+	else if( ts.tv_sec ) {
+		log_debug("SLEEP %ld.%03ld seconds; from %s:%d: %s()",
+			  (long)ts.tv_sec, ms, file, line, func);
+	}
+	else {
+		log_debug("SLEEP %ld milliseconds; from %s:%d: %s()",
+			  ms, file, line, func);
+	}
+
+	do { } while( nanosleep(&ts, &ts) == -1 && errno != EINTR );
+}
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
diff --git a/src/usb_moded.h b/src/usb_moded.h
index c2cabbc..5ad30e9 100644
--- a/src/usb_moded.h
+++ b/src/usb_moded.h
@@ -99,4 +99,9 @@ void usb_moded_stop(int exitcode);
 int usb_moded_system_(const char *file, int line, const char *func, const char *command);
 #define usb_moded_system(command)  usb_moded_system_(__FILE__,__LINE__,__FUNCTION__,(command))
 
+void usb_moded_usleep_(const char *file, int line, const char *func, useconds_t usec);
+#define usb_moded_usleep(usec)    usb_moded_usleep_(__FILE__,__LINE__,__FUNCTION__,(usec))
+#define usb_moded_msleep(msec)    usb_moded_usleep_(__FILE__,__LINE__,__FUNCTION__,(msec)*1000)
+#define usb_moded_sleep(sec)      usb_moded_usleep_(__FILE__,__LINE__,__FUNCTION__,(sec)*1000000)
+
 #endif /* USB_MODED_H */