diff --git a/src/core/hle/ipc.h b/src/core/hle/ipc.h
index a6602e12cb..57ecf69e93 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/ipc.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/ipc.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ namespace IPC {
 /// Size of the command buffer area, in 32-bit words.
 constexpr size_t COMMAND_BUFFER_LENGTH = 0x100 / sizeof(u32);
 
+/// Maximum number of static buffers per thread
+constexpr size_t MAX_STATIC_BUFFERS = 16;
 // These errors are commonly returned by invalid IPC translations, so alias them here for
 // convenience.
 // TODO(yuriks): These will probably go away once translation is implemented inside the kernel.
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
index d9faf4b535..a5a5c3c12d 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "common/common_funcs.h"
 #include "common/common_types.h"
 #include "core/hle/ipc_helpers.h"
+#include "core/hle/kernel/event.h"
 #include "core/hle/kernel/handle_table.h"
 #include "core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h"
 #include "core/hle/kernel/kernel.h"
@@ -26,13 +27,47 @@ void SessionRequestHandler::ClientDisconnected(SharedPtr<ServerSession> server_s
     boost::range::remove_erase(connected_sessions, server_session);
 }
 
-HLERequestContext::HLERequestContext(SharedPtr<Kernel::ServerSession> server_session)
+HLERequestContext::HLERequestContext(SharedPtr<ServerSession> server_session)
     : server_session(std::move(server_session)) {
     cmd_buf[0] = 0;
 }
 
 HLERequestContext::~HLERequestContext() = default;
 
+SharedPtr<Event> HLERequestContext::SleepClientThread(SharedPtr<Thread> thread,
+                                                      const std::string& reason, u64 timeout,
+                                                      WakeupCallback&& callback) {
+    // Put the client thread to sleep until the wait event is signaled or the timeout expires.
+    thread->wakeup_callback =
+        [context = this, callback](ThreadWakeupReason reason, SharedPtr<Thread> thread,
+                                   SharedPtr<WaitObject> object, size_t index) mutable -> bool {
+        ASSERT(thread->status == THREADSTATUS_WAIT_HLE_EVENT);
+        callback(thread, *context, reason);
+
+        auto& process = thread->owner_process;
+        // We must copy the entire command buffer *plus* the entire static buffers area, since
+        // the translation might need to read from it in order to retrieve the StaticBuffer
+        // target addresses.
+        std::array<u32, IPC::COMMAND_BUFFER_LENGTH + 2 * IPC::MAX_STATIC_BUFFERS> cmd_buff;
+        Memory::ReadBlock(*process, thread->GetCommandBufferAddress(), cmd_buff.data(),
+                          cmd_buff.size() * sizeof(u32));
+        context->WriteToOutgoingCommandBuffer(cmd_buff.data(), *process, Kernel::g_handle_table);
+        // Copy the translated command buffer back into the thread's command buffer area.
+        Memory::WriteBlock(*process, thread->GetCommandBufferAddress(), cmd_buff.data(),
+                           cmd_buff.size() * sizeof(u32));
+    };
+
+    auto event = Kernel::Event::Create(Kernel::ResetType::OneShot, "HLE Pause Event: " + reason);
+    thread->status = THREADSTATUS_WAIT_HLE_EVENT;
+    thread->wait_objects = {event};
+    event->AddWaitingThread(thread);
+
+    if (timeout > 0)
+        thread->WakeAfterDelay(timeout);
+
+    return event;
+}
+
 void HLERequestContext::ParseCommandBuffer(u32_le* src_cmdbuf, bool incoming) {
     IPC::RequestParser rp(src_cmdbuf);
     command_header = std::make_unique<IPC::CommandHeader>(rp.PopRaw<IPC::CommandHeader>());
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
index b5631b7737..bd74854ce0 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <array>
 #include <memory>
+#include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <boost/container/small_vector.hpp>
 #include "common/common_types.h"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "core/hle/ipc.h"
 #include "core/hle/kernel/kernel.h"
 #include "core/hle/kernel/server_session.h"
-
+#include "core/hle/kernel/thread.h"
 namespace Service {
 class ServiceFrameworkBase;
 }
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ class Domain;
 class HandleTable;
 class HLERequestContext;
 class Process;
+class Thread;
+class Event;
 
 /**
  * Interface implemented by HLE Session handlers.
@@ -98,10 +101,26 @@ public:
      * Returns the session through which this request was made. This can be used as a map key to
      * access per-client data on services.
      */
-    const SharedPtr<Kernel::ServerSession>& Session() const {
+    SharedPtr<Kernel::ServerSession> Session() const {
         return server_session;
     }
 
+    using WakeupCallback = std::function<void(SharedPtr<Thread> thread, HLERequestContext& context,
+                                              ThreadWakeupReason reason)>;
+    /*
+     * Puts the specified guest thread to sleep until the returned event is signaled or until the
+     * specified timeout expires.
+     * @param thread Thread to be put to sleep.
+     * @param reason Reason for pausing the thread, to be used for debugging purposes.
+     * @param timeout Timeout in nanoseconds after which the thread will be awoken and the callback
+     * invoked with a Timeout reason.
+     * @param callback Callback to be invoked when the thread is resumed. This callback must write
+     * the entire command response once again, regardless of the state of it before this function
+     * was called.
+     * @returns Event that when signaled will resume the thread and call the callback function.
+     */
+    SharedPtr<Event> SleepClientThread(SharedPtr<Thread> thread, const std::string& reason,
+                                       u64 timeout, WakeupCallback&& callback);
     void ParseCommandBuffer(u32_le* src_cmdbuf, bool incoming);
 
     /// Populates this context with data from the requesting process/thread.
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp
index 25828777e6..ff544d3538 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ static void ThreadWakeupCallback(u64 thread_handle, int cycles_late) {
     bool resume = true;
 
     if (thread->status == THREADSTATUS_WAIT_SYNCH_ANY ||
-        thread->status == THREADSTATUS_WAIT_SYNCH_ALL || thread->status == THREADSTATUS_WAIT_ARB) {
+        thread->status == THREADSTATUS_WAIT_SYNCH_ALL || thread->status == THREADSTATUS_WAIT_ARB ||
+        thread->status == THREADSTATUS_WAIT_HLE_EVENT) {
 
         // Remove the thread from each of its waiting objects' waitlists
         for (auto& object : thread->wait_objects)
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.h b/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.h
index 4fd2fc2f85..8d477cbff8 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ enum ThreadStatus {
     THREADSTATUS_RUNNING,        ///< Currently running
     THREADSTATUS_READY,          ///< Ready to run
     THREADSTATUS_WAIT_ARB,       ///< Waiting on an address arbiter
+    THREADSTATUS_WAIT_HLE_EVENT, ///< Waiting for hle event to finish
     THREADSTATUS_WAIT_SLEEP,     ///< Waiting due to a SleepThread SVC
     THREADSTATUS_WAIT_IPC,       ///< Waiting for the reply from an IPC request
     THREADSTATUS_WAIT_SYNCH_ANY, ///< Waiting due to WaitSynch1 or WaitSynchN with wait_all = false
diff --git a/src/core/hle/service/service.cpp b/src/core/hle/service/service.cpp
index 78380475c8..7c43c0a298 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/service/service.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/service/service.cpp
@@ -152,9 +152,15 @@ ResultCode ServiceFrameworkBase::HandleSyncRequest(Kernel::HLERequestContext& co
     }
 
     u32* cmd_buf = (u32*)Memory::GetPointer(Kernel::GetCurrentThread()->GetTLSAddress());
-    context.WriteToOutgoingCommandBuffer(cmd_buf, *Kernel::g_current_process,
-                                         Kernel::g_handle_table);
-
+    auto thread = Kernel::GetCurrentThread();
+    ASSERT(thread->status == THREADSTATUS_RUNNING || thread->status == THREADSTATUS_WAIT_HLE_EVENT);
+    // Only write the response immediately if the thread is still running. If the HLE handler put
+    // the thread to sleep then the writing of the command buffer will be deferred to the wakeup
+    // callback.
+    if (thread->status == THREADSTATUS_RUNNING) {
+        context.WriteToOutgoingCommandBuffer(cmd_buf, *Kernel::g_current_process,
+                                             Kernel::g_handle_table);
+    }
     return RESULT_SUCCESS;
 }