diff --git a/platform/kindle/koreader.sh b/platform/kindle/koreader.sh
index 224c43359..21a92fa7d 100755
--- a/platform/kindle/koreader.sh
+++ b/platform/kindle/koreader.sh
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ fi
 if [ "${FROM_KUAL}" = "yes" ]; then
     # Yield a bit to let stuff stop properly...
     logmsg "Hush now . . ."
-    # NOTE: This may or may not be terribly useful...
-    usleep 250000
+    if [ "${NO_SLEEP}" = "no" ]; then
+        # NOTE: This may or may not be terribly useful...
+        usleep 250000
+    fi
 
     # If we were started by the KUAL Kindlet, and not the Booklet, we have a nice value to correct...
     if [ "$(nice)" = "5" ]; then