diff --git a/src/lib/time/sleep.go b/src/lib/time/sleep.go
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+++ b/src/lib/time/sleep.go
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+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package time
+
+import (
+	"os";
+	"syscall";
+	"unsafe";
+)
+
+func Sleep(ns int64) *os.Error {
+	var tv syscall.Timeval;
+	syscall.Nstotimeval(ns, &tv);
+	r1, r2, err := syscall.Syscall6(syscall.SYS_SELECT, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		int64(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&tv))), 0);
+	return os.ErrnoToError(err);
+}
+