diff --git a/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/main/java/org/metafacture/flowcontrol/ObjectSleeper.java b/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/main/java/org/metafacture/flowcontrol/ObjectSleeper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4526684c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/main/java/org/metafacture/flowcontrol/ObjectSleeper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+* Copyright 2024 hbz
+*
+* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 the "License";
+* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+* You may obtain a copy of the License at
+*
+*     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+*
+* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+* limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package org.metafacture.flowcontrol;
+
+import org.metafacture.framework.FluxCommand;
+import org.metafacture.framework.MetafactureException;
+import org.metafacture.framework.ObjectReceiver;
+import org.metafacture.framework.annotations.Description;
+import org.metafacture.framework.annotations.In;
+import org.metafacture.framework.annotations.Out;
+import org.metafacture.framework.helpers.DefaultObjectPipe;
+
+
+/**
+ * Lets the process between objects sleep for a specific ms.
+ *
+ * @param <T> object type
+ * @author Tobias Bülte
+ */
+@Description("Lets the process between objects sleep for a specific ms.")
+@In(Object.class)
+@Out(Object.class)
+@FluxCommand("sleep")
+public final class ObjectSleeper<T> extends DefaultObjectPipe<T, ObjectReceiver<T>> {
+
+    public static final long DEFAULT_SLEEP_TIME = 1000;
+
+    private long sleepTime = DEFAULT_SLEEP_TIME;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an instance of {@link ObjectSleeper}.
+    */
+    public ObjectSleeper() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the time in ms for the sleep phase.
+     *
+     * @param sleepTime the time to sleep
+     */
+    public void setSleepTime(final int sleepTime) {
+        this.sleepTime = sleepTime;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the time in ms for the sleep phase.
+     *
+     * @return the time to sleep
+     */
+    public long getSleepTime() {
+        return sleepTime;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void process(final T obj) {
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(sleepTime);
+        }
+        catch (final InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            throw new MetafactureException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+        getReceiver().process(obj);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/main/resources/flux-commands.properties b/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/main/resources/flux-commands.properties
index beefcf19a..ec36f0791 100644
--- a/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/main/resources/flux-commands.properties
+++ b/metafacture-flowcontrol/src/main/resources/flux-commands.properties
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ reset-object-batch org.metafacture.flowcontrol.ObjectBatchResetter
 defer-stream org.metafacture.flowcontrol.StreamDeferrer
 catch-stream-exception org.metafacture.flowcontrol.StreamExceptionCatcher
 thread-object-tee org.metafacture.flowcontrol.ObjectThreader
+sleep org.metafacture.flowcontrol.ObjectSleeper