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diff --git a/pjsip-apps/src/py_pjsua/py_pjsua.c b/pjsip-apps/src/py_pjsua/py_pjsua.c
index cb370f1e..e5cb6caf 100644
--- a/pjsip-apps/src/py_pjsua/py_pjsua.c
+++ b/pjsip-apps/src/py_pjsua/py_pjsua.c
@@ -2163,7 +2163,15 @@ static PyObject *py_pjsua_handle_events(PyObject *pSelf, PyObject *pArgs)
{
return NULL;
}
+
+ /* Since handle_events() will block, we must wrap it with ALLOW_THREADS
+ * construct, or otherwise many Python blocking functions (such as
+ * time.sleep(), readline(), etc.) may hang/block indefinitely.
+ * See http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/threads.html for more info.
+ */
+ Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
ret = pjsua_handle_events(msec);
+ Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
return Py_BuildValue("i",ret);
}