diff --git a/src/client/renderingengine.cpp b/src/client/renderingengine.cpp
index fe3c17936..807c5816a 100644
--- a/src/client/renderingengine.cpp
+++ b/src/client/renderingengine.cpp
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ void FpsControl::limit(IrrlichtDevice *device, f32 *dtime, bool assume_paused)
 
 	if (busy_time < frametime_min) {
 		sleep_time = frametime_min - busy_time;
-		if (sleep_time > 0)
-			sleep_us(sleep_time);
+		porting::preciseSleepUs(sleep_time);
 	} else {
 		sleep_time = 0;
 	}
diff --git a/src/porting.h b/src/porting.h
index d6cec6c1a..8b753f518 100644
--- a/src/porting.h
+++ b/src/porting.h
@@ -32,12 +32,16 @@
 	#define sleep_ms(x) Sleep(x)
 	#define sleep_us(x) Sleep((x)/1000)
 
+	#define SLEEP_ACCURACY_US 2000
+
 	#define setenv(n,v,o) _putenv_s(n,v)
 	#define unsetenv(n) _putenv_s(n,"")
 #else
 	#include <unistd.h>
 	#include <cstdlib> // setenv
 
+	#define SLEEP_ACCURACY_US 200
+
 	#define sleep_ms(x) usleep((x)*1000)
 	#define sleep_us(x) usleep(x)
 #endif
@@ -220,6 +224,21 @@ inline u64 getDeltaMs(u64 old_time_ms, u64 new_time_ms)
 	return (old_time_ms - new_time_ms);
 }
 
+inline void preciseSleepUs(u64 sleep_time)
+{
+	if (sleep_time > 0)
+	{
+		u64 target_time = porting::getTimeUs() + sleep_time;
+		if (sleep_time > SLEEP_ACCURACY_US)
+			sleep_us(sleep_time - SLEEP_ACCURACY_US);
+
+		// Busy-wait the remaining time to adjust for sleep inaccuracies
+		// The target - now > 0 construct will handle overflow gracefully (even though it should
+		// never happen)
+		while ((s64)(target_time - porting::getTimeUs()) > 0) {}
+	}
+}
+
 inline const char *getPlatformName()
 {
 	return