diff --git a/src/c/main.d b/src/c/main.d
index 934e4278f..c61a78833 100755
--- a/src/c/main.d
+++ b/src/c/main.d
@@ -812,6 +812,11 @@ cl_boot(int argc, char **argv)
                         if (process != this)
                                 mp_process_join(process);
                 }
+		/* FIXME! We need to do this because of a problem in GC
+		 * When the thread exits, sometimes the dyld library gets
+		 * called, and if we call dlopen() at the same time we
+		 * cause ECL to hang */
+		ecl_musleep(1e-3, 1);
         }
 #endif
         ECL_SET(@'ext::*program-exit-code*', code);