diff --git a/zyklonb.c b/zyklonb.c
index 34e6e7e..56a9220 100644
--- a/zyklonb.c
+++ b/zyklonb.c
@@ -636,6 +636,9 @@ recovery_handler (int signum, siginfo_t *info, void *context)
 			"signal received", signal_name);
 	*g_startup_reason_location = buf;
 
+	// Avoid annoying resource intensive infinite loops by sleeping for a bit
+	(void) sleep (1);
+
 	// TODO: maybe pregenerate the path, see the following for some other ways
 	//   that would be illegal to do from within a signal handler:
 	//     http://stackoverflow.com/a/1024937