diff --git a/includes/kore.h b/includes/kore.h
index 4582552..dd96499 100644
--- a/includes/kore.h
+++ b/includes/kore.h
@@ -346,11 +346,11 @@ void		kore_worker_connection_remove(struct connection *);
 
 void		kore_platform_init(void);
 void		kore_platform_event_init(void);
-void		kore_platform_event_wait(void);
 void		kore_platform_proctitle(char *);
 void		kore_platform_disable_read(int);
 void		kore_platform_enable_accept(void);
 void		kore_platform_disable_accept(void);
+void		kore_platform_event_wait(u_int64_t);
 void		kore_platform_schedule_read(int, void *);
 void		kore_platform_event_schedule(int, int, int, void *);
 void		kore_platform_worker_setcpu(struct kore_worker *);
diff --git a/src/bsd.c b/src/bsd.c
index 8b8fc5b..1bfae4d 100644
--- a/src/bsd.c
+++ b/src/bsd.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ kore_platform_event_init(void)
 }
 
 void
-kore_platform_event_wait(void)
+kore_platform_event_wait(u_int64_t timer)
 {
 	struct listener		*l;
 	struct connection	*c;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ kore_platform_event_wait(void)
 	int			n, i;
 
 	timeo.tv_sec = 0;
-	timeo.tv_nsec = 100000000;
+	timeo.tv_nsec = timer * 1000000;
 	n = kevent(kfd, changelist, nchanges, events, event_count, &timeo);
 	if (n == -1) {
 		if (errno == EINTR)
diff --git a/src/linux.c b/src/linux.c
index e42cbd8..d864541 100644
--- a/src/linux.c
+++ b/src/linux.c
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ kore_platform_event_init(void)
 }
 
 void
-kore_platform_event_wait(void)
+kore_platform_event_wait(u_int64_t timer)
 {
 	struct connection	*c;
 	struct listener		*l;
 	u_int8_t		type;
 	int			n, i;
 
-	n = epoll_wait(efd, events, event_count, 100);
+	n = epoll_wait(efd, events, event_count, timer);
 	if (n == -1) {
 		if (errno == EINTR)
 			return;