diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6e772a543f..1098af5d88 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ realpath \
 strlcpy \
 geteuid \
 getuid \
+pause \
 ])
 
 AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
diff --git a/src/lib/ecore/ecore_main.c b/src/lib/ecore/ecore_main.c
index e1ee7b1e96..b94bd9532d 100644
--- a/src/lib/ecore/ecore_main.c
+++ b/src/lib/ecore/ecore_main.c
@@ -301,7 +301,11 @@ _ecore_fd_valid(void)
         if (fcntl(epoll_fd, F_GETFD) < 0)
           {
              ERR("arghhh you caught me! report a backtrace to edevel!");
+#ifdef HAVE_PAUSE             
              pause();
+#else
+             sleep(60);
+#endif
           }
      }
 }