diff --git a/src/Dev/SapphireTest.php b/src/Dev/SapphireTest.php
index 7af35ecc5..0bde7d7c8 100644
--- a/src/Dev/SapphireTest.php
+++ b/src/Dev/SapphireTest.php
@@ -1359,6 +1359,22 @@ if (class_exists(IsEqualCanonicalizing::class)) {
                 $this->getName(false)
             );
         }
+
+        /**
+         * Test safe version of sleep()
+         *
+         * @param int $seconds
+         * @return DBDatetime
+         * @throws Exception
+         */
+        protected function mockSleep(int $seconds): DBDatetime
+        {
+            $now = DBDatetime::now();
+            $now->modify(sprintf('+ %d seconds', $seconds));
+            DBDatetime::set_mock_now($now);
+
+            return $now;
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -2655,4 +2671,20 @@ class SapphireTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase implements TestOnly
         }
         return $rules;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test safe version of sleep()
+     *
+     * @param int $seconds
+     * @return DBDatetime
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    protected function mockSleep(int $seconds): DBDatetime
+    {
+        $now = DBDatetime::now();
+        $now->modify(sprintf('+ %d seconds', $seconds));
+        DBDatetime::set_mock_now($now);
+
+        return $now;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/php/ORM/DBDatetimeTest.php b/tests/php/ORM/DBDatetimeTest.php
index 6abf14d4e..71b24be22 100644
--- a/tests/php/ORM/DBDatetimeTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/ORM/DBDatetimeTest.php
@@ -58,6 +58,25 @@ class DBDatetimeTest extends SapphireTest
         });
     }
 
+    public function testMockSleep()
+    {
+        DBDatetime::set_mock_now('2010-01-01 10:00:00');
+
+        $this->mockSleep(1);
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            '2010-01-01 10:00:01',
+            DBDatetime::now()->Rfc2822(),
+            'We expect the time to move forward by 1 second'
+        );
+
+        $this->mockSleep(10);
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            '2010-01-01 10:00:11',
+            DBDatetime::now()->Rfc2822(),
+            'We expect the time to move forward by 10 seconds'
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testSetNullAndZeroValues()
     {
         $date = DBDatetime::create_field('Datetime', '');