diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2886fdb7b..573fe09b8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PROGS       := \
   printenv \
   pwd \
   rmdir \
+  sleep \
   true \
   wc \
   whoami \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc4adc52b..a3a6d0eef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ To do
 - setuidgid
 - shred
 - shuf
-- sleep
 - sort
 - split
 - stat
diff --git a/sleep/sleep.rs b/sleep/sleep.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7f997bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sleep/sleep.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#[crate_id(name="sleep", vers="1.0.0", author="Arcterus")];
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+ *
+ * (c) Arcterus <arcterus@mail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+extern mod extra;
+
+use std::num;
+use std::cast;
+use std::os;
+use std::io::{stderr, timer};
+use extra::getopts::groups;
+
+fn main() {
+    let args = os::args();
+    let program = args[0].clone();
+
+    let opts = ~[
+        groups::optflag("h", "help", "display this help and exit"),
+        groups::optflag("V", "version", "output version information and exit")
+    ];
+    let matches = match groups::getopts(args.tail(), opts) {
+        Ok(m) => m,
+        Err(f) => {
+            writeln!(&mut stderr() as &mut Writer, "{}", f.to_err_msg())
+            os::set_exit_status(1);
+            return
+        }
+    };
+
+    if matches.opt_present("help") {
+        println("sleep 1.0.0");
+        println("");
+        println("Usage:");
+        println!("  {0:s} NUMBER[SUFFIX]", program);
+        println("or");
+        println!("  {0:s} OPTION", program);
+        println("");
+        print(groups::usage("Pause for NUMBER seconds.  SUFFIX may be 's' for seconds (the default),
+'m' for minutes, 'h' for hours or 'd' for days.  Unlike most implementations
+that require NUMBER be an integer, here NUMBER may be an arbitrary floating
+point number.  Given two or more arguments, pause for the amount of time
+specified by the sum of their values.", opts));
+    } else if matches.opt_present("version") {
+        println("sleep 1.0.0");
+    } else if matches.free.is_empty() {
+        writeln!(&mut stderr() as &mut Writer, "Missing an argument");
+        writeln!(&mut stderr() as &mut Writer,
+                 "For help, try '{0:s} --help'", program);
+        os::set_exit_status(1);
+    } else {
+        sleep(matches.free);
+    }
+}
+
+fn sleep(args: &[~str]) {
+    let mut failed = false;
+    let sleep_time = args.iter().fold(0.0, |result, arg| {
+        if failed {
+            0.0
+        } else {
+            unsafe {
+                let suffix_time = match match_suffix(cast::transmute(arg)) {
+                    Ok(m) => m,
+                    Err(f) => {
+                        writeln!(&mut stderr() as &mut Writer, "{}", f);
+                        failed = true;
+                        os::set_exit_status(1);
+                        0
+                    }
+                };
+                let num =
+                    if suffix_time == 0 {
+                        0.0
+                    } else {
+                        match num::from_str_radix::<f64>((*arg), 10) {
+                            Some(m) => m,
+                            None => {
+                                writeln!(&mut stderr() as &mut Writer,
+                                        "Invalid time interval '{}'", *arg);
+                                failed = true;
+                                os::set_exit_status(1);
+                                0.0
+                            }
+                        }
+                    };
+                result + num * suffix_time as f64
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    if !failed {
+        timer::sleep((sleep_time * 1000.0) as u64);
+    }
+}
+
+fn match_suffix(arg: &mut ~str) -> Result<int, ~str> {
+    let result = match (*arg).pop_char() {
+        's' | 'S' => Ok(1),
+        'm' | 'M' => Ok(60),
+        'h' | 'H' => Ok(60 * 60),
+        'd' | 'D' => Ok(60 * 60 * 24),
+        val => {
+            (*arg).push_char(val);
+            if !val.is_alphabetic() {
+                return Ok(1)
+            } else {
+                return Err(format!("Invalid time interval '{}'", *arg))
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    result
+}