diff --git a/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/delay_stubs.c b/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/delay_stubs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05138c263d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/delay_stubs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Cloud Software Group
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 only. with the special
+ * exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <caml/memory.h>
+#include <caml/threads.h>
+#include <caml/custom.h>
+#include <caml/unixsupport.h>
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+typedef struct delay {
+	pthread_mutex_t mtx;
+	pthread_cond_t cond;
+	bool signaled;
+} delay;
+
+// Initialize delay
+// Returns error number or 0 if success
+static int delay_init(delay *d)
+{
+	int err;
+	pthread_condattr_t cond_attr;
+
+	d->signaled = false;
+
+	err = pthread_condattr_init(&cond_attr);
+	if (err)
+		goto err0;
+	err = pthread_condattr_setclock(&cond_attr, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+	if (!err)
+		err = pthread_cond_init(&d->cond, &cond_attr);
+	if (err)
+		goto err1;
+	err = pthread_mutex_init(&d->mtx, NULL);
+	if (err)
+		goto err2;
+	pthread_condattr_destroy(&cond_attr);
+	return 0;
+
+err2:
+	pthread_cond_destroy(&d->cond);
+err1:
+	pthread_condattr_destroy(&cond_attr);
+err0:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void delay_destroy(delay *d)
+{
+	pthread_cond_destroy(&d->cond);
+	pthread_mutex_destroy(&d->mtx);
+}
+
+static void delay_signal(delay *d)
+{
+	// there are quite some chances lock is not held
+	if (pthread_mutex_trylock(&d->mtx) == 0) {
+		d->signaled = true;
+		pthread_cond_signal(&d->cond);
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&d->mtx);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// slow way, release engine
+	caml_release_runtime_system();
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&d->mtx);
+	d->signaled = true;
+	pthread_cond_signal(&d->cond);
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&d->mtx);
+	caml_acquire_runtime_system();
+}
+
+// Wait for deadline or signal.
+// Returns error number or 0 if success.
+// Error can be ETIMEDOUT.
+int delay_wait(delay *d, const struct timespec *deadline)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	caml_release_runtime_system();
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&d->mtx);
+	do {
+		if (d->signaled) {
+			d->signaled = false;
+			err = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+		err = pthread_cond_timedwait(&d->cond, &d->mtx, deadline);
+	} while (err == 0);
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&d->mtx);
+	caml_acquire_runtime_system();
+	return err;
+}
+
+#define delay_val(v) (*((delay **)Data_custom_val(v)))
+
+static void delay_finalize(value v_delay)
+{
+	delay *d = delay_val(v_delay);
+	delay_destroy(d);
+	caml_stat_free(d);
+}
+
+static struct custom_operations delay_ops = {
+	"xapi.delay",
+	delay_finalize,
+	custom_compare_default,
+	custom_hash_default,
+	custom_serialize_default,
+	custom_deserialize_default,
+	custom_compare_ext_default,
+	custom_fixed_length_default
+};
+
+CAMLprim value caml_xapi_delay_create(value v_unit)
+{
+	CAMLparam1(v_unit);
+	CAMLlocal1(res);
+	delay *d;
+	int err;
+
+	d = caml_stat_alloc(sizeof(*d));
+	err = delay_init(d);
+	if (err) {
+		caml_stat_free(d);
+		unix_error(err, "caml_delay_create", Nothing);
+	}
+	res = caml_alloc_custom(&delay_ops, sizeof(delay *), 0, 1);
+	delay_val(res) = d;
+	CAMLreturn(res);
+}
+
+CAMLprim value caml_xapi_delay_signal(value v_delay)
+{
+	CAMLparam1(v_delay);
+	delay *d = delay_val(v_delay);
+	delay_signal(d);
+	CAMLreturn(Val_unit);
+}
+
+CAMLprim value caml_xapi_delay_wait(value v_delay, value v_deadline)
+{
+	CAMLparam2(v_delay, v_deadline);
+	delay *d = delay_val(v_delay);
+	uint64_t deadline = (uint64_t) Int64_val(v_deadline);
+	struct timespec ts = {
+		deadline / 1000000000u,
+		deadline % 1000000000u
+	};
+
+	int err = delay_wait(d, &ts);
+	if (err != 0 && err != ETIMEDOUT)
+		unix_error(err, "caml_delay_wait", Nothing);
+
+	CAMLreturn(err ? Val_true : Val_false);
+}
diff --git a/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/dune b/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/dune
index e0437e881a..7fcff9e08c 100644
--- a/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/dune
+++ b/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/dune
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
   (name  xapi_stdext_threads)
   (modules :standard \ ipq scheduler threadext_test ipq_test)
   (libraries
+    mtime
+    mtime.clock.os
     threads.posix
     unix
     xapi-stdext-unix
     xapi-stdext-pervasives)
+  (foreign_stubs
+    (language c)
+    (names delay_stubs))
 )
 
 (library
diff --git a/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/threadext.ml b/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/threadext.ml
index 311d985ca6..b954a159dd 100644
--- a/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/threadext.ml
+++ b/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/threadext.ml
@@ -55,69 +55,27 @@ let thread_iter f xs =
   match thread_iter_all_exns f xs with [] -> () | (_, e) :: _ -> raise e
 
 module Delay = struct
-  (* Concrete type is the ends of a pipe *)
-  type t = {
-      (* A pipe is used to wake up a thread blocked in wait: *)
-      mutable pipe_in: Unix.file_descr option
-    ; (* Indicates that a signal arrived before a wait: *)
-      mutable signalled: bool
-    ; m: M.t
-  }
+  type t
 
-  let make () = {pipe_in= None; signalled= false; m= M.create ()}
+  external make : unit -> t = "caml_xapi_delay_create"
 
-  exception Pre_signalled
+  external signal : t -> unit = "caml_xapi_delay_signal"
 
-  let wait (x : t) (seconds : float) =
-    let to_close = ref [] in
-    let close' fd =
-      if List.mem fd !to_close then Unix.close fd ;
-      to_close := List.filter (fun x -> fd <> x) !to_close
-    in
-    finally
-      (fun () ->
-        try
-          let pipe_out =
-            Mutex.execute x.m (fun () ->
-                if x.signalled then (
-                  x.signalled <- false ;
-                  raise Pre_signalled
-                ) ;
-                let pipe_out, pipe_in = Unix.pipe () in
-                (* these will be unconditionally closed on exit *)
-                to_close := [pipe_out; pipe_in] ;
-                x.pipe_in <- Some pipe_in ;
-                x.signalled <- false ;
-                pipe_out
-            )
-          in
-          let open Xapi_stdext_unix.Unixext in
-          (* flush the single byte from the pipe *)
-          try
-            let (_ : string) =
-              time_limited_single_read pipe_out 1 ~max_wait:seconds
-            in
-            false
-          with Timeout -> true
-          (* return true if we waited the full length of time, false if we were woken *)
-        with Pre_signalled -> false
-      )
-      (fun () ->
-        Mutex.execute x.m (fun () ->
-            x.pipe_in <- None ;
-            List.iter close' !to_close
-        )
-      )
+  external wait : t -> int64 -> bool = "caml_xapi_delay_wait"
 
-  let signal (x : t) =
-    Mutex.execute x.m (fun () ->
-        match x.pipe_in with
-        | Some fd ->
-            ignore (Unix.write fd (Bytes.of_string "X") 0 1)
-        | None ->
-            x.signalled <- true
-        (* If the wait hasn't happened yet then store up the signal *)
-    )
+  let wait d t =
+    if t <= 0. then
+      true
+    else
+      match Mtime.Span.of_float_ns (t *. 1e9) with
+      | Some span ->
+          let now = Mtime_clock.now () in
+          let deadline =
+            Mtime.add_span now span |> Option.value ~default:Mtime.max_stamp
+          in
+          wait d (Mtime.to_uint64_ns deadline)
+      | None ->
+          invalid_arg "Time specified too big"
 end
 
 let wait_timed_read fd timeout =
diff --git a/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/threadext.mli b/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/threadext.mli
index b5edcff21b..5c02ff5487 100644
--- a/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/threadext.mli
+++ b/ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-threads/threadext.mli
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ module Delay : sig
   val wait : t -> float -> bool
   (** Blocks the calling thread for a given period of time with the option of
       returning early if someone calls 'signal'. Returns true if the full time
-      period elapsed and false if signalled. Note that multple 'signals' are
-      coalesced; 'signals' sent before 'wait' is called are not lost. *)
+      period elapsed and false if signalled. Note that multiple 'signals' are
+      coalesced; 'signals' sent before 'wait' is called are not lost.
+      Only one thread should call 'wait' for a given 'Delay', attempts
+     to call from multiple thread is an undefined behaviour. *)
 
   val signal : t -> unit
   (** Sends a signal to a waiting thread. See 'wait' *)