diff --git a/Shelly.hs b/Shelly.hs
--- a/Shelly.hs
+++ b/Shelly.hs
@@ -65,14 +65,15 @@
          -- * convert between Text and FilePath
          , toTextIgnore, toTextWarn, fromText
 
-         -- * Utilities.
-         , (<$>), whenM, unlessM, time
+         -- * Utility Functions
+         , whenM, unlessM, time, sleep 
 
          -- * Re-exported for your convenience
-         , liftIO, when, unless, FilePath
+         , liftIO, when, unless, FilePath, (<$>)
 
          -- * internal functions for writing extensions
          , get, put
+
          -- * find functions
          , find, findWhen, findFold, findDirFilter, findDirFilterWhen, findFoldDirFilter
          ) where
@@ -974,3 +975,7 @@
   res <- what
   t' <- liftIO getCurrentTime
   return (realToFrac $ diffUTCTime t' t, res)
+
+-- | threadDelay wrapper that uses seconds
+sleep :: Int -> Sh ()
+sleep = liftIO . threadDelay . (1000 * 1000 *)
diff --git a/shelly.cabal b/shelly.cabal
--- a/shelly.cabal
+++ b/shelly.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:       shelly
 
-Version:     0.15.2
+Version:     0.15.3
 Synopsis:    shell-like (systems) programming in Haskell
 
 Description: Shelly provides convenient systems programming in Haskell,
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
                , system-filepath >= 0.4.7 && < 0.5
                , system-fileio < 0.4
                , bytestring
-               , containers
 
   ghc-options: -Wall
 
@@ -61,6 +60,18 @@
                  , bytestring
                  , hspec >= 1.4
                  , HUnit
+
+-- test out kiling while sleeping
+test-suite sleep
+  type:           exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  main-is: test/sleep.hs
+  Build-depends: base >= 4 && < 5, containers
+               , time, directory, text, mtl
+               , process >= 1.0
+               , unix-compat < 0.5
+               , system-filepath >= 0.4.7 && < 0.5
+               , system-fileio < 0.4
+               , bytestring
 
 -- demonstarated that command output in Shellish was not shown until after the command finished
 -- not necessary anymore
diff --git a/test/sleep.hs b/test/sleep.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sleep.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{-# Language OverloadedStrings #-}
+import Shelly
+
+main :: IO ()
+main =
+  shelly $ do
+    echo "sleeping"
+    sleep 5
+    echo "all done"