diff --git a/common/asshelp.c b/common/asshelp.c
index 76f812d8c..d87017eba 100644
--- a/common/asshelp.c
+++ b/common/asshelp.c
@@ -326,7 +326,10 @@ wait_for_sock (int secs, const char *name, const char *sockname, int verbose, as
     {
       if (verbose)
         {
-          secsleft = (target_us - elapsed_us)/1000000;
+          secsleft = (target_us - elapsed_us + 999999)/1000000;
+          /* log_clock ("left=%d last=%d targ=%d elap=%d next=%d\n", */
+          /*            secsleft, lastalert, target_us, elapsed_us, */
+          /*            next_sleep_us); */
           if (secsleft < lastalert)
             {
               log_info (_("waiting for the %s to come up ... (%ds)\n"),
diff --git a/common/sysutils.c b/common/sysutils.c
index e90010c44..55a7ee9ec 100644
--- a/common/sysutils.c
+++ b/common/sysutils.c
@@ -340,11 +340,10 @@ gnupg_usleep (unsigned int usecs)
       struct timespec req;
       struct timespec rem;
 
-      req.tv_sec = 0;
-      req.tv_nsec = usecs * 1000;
-
+      req.tv_sec  = usecs / 1000000;
+      req.tv_nsec = (usecs % 1000000) * 1000;
       while (nanosleep (&req, &rem) < 0 && errno == EINTR)
-        req = rem;
+          req = rem;
     }
 
 #else /*Standard Unix*/
diff --git a/dirmngr/dirmngr.c b/dirmngr/dirmngr.c
index 31f8e0f46..5965f84ef 100644
--- a/dirmngr/dirmngr.c
+++ b/dirmngr/dirmngr.c
@@ -1203,6 +1203,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
           current_logfile = xstrdup (logfile);
         }
 
+      if (debug_wait)
+        {
+          log_debug ("waiting for debugger - my pid is %u .....\n",
+                     (unsigned int)getpid());
+          gnupg_sleep (debug_wait);
+          log_debug ("... okay\n");
+        }
+
 #ifndef HAVE_W32_SYSTEM
       if (strchr (socket_name, ':'))
         {