diff --git a/exec/ircmsg.js b/exec/ircmsg.js
index df68d54c51a975b2098bf21c20bdf3d7a1177d03..738a28bcb6526c55bd2d5c6c909551dd2a1932ab 100644
--- a/exec/ircmsg.js
+++ b/exec/ircmsg.js
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ function send(msg)
 	log("Sending: " + msg);
 	if(!my_server.send("PRIVMSG "+channel+" :"+expand_tabs(msg)+"\r\n"))
 		alert("send failure");
+	else
+		mswait(2000);	// Cyan: IRCd throttles clients that send text to the server too quickly
 }
 
 function expand_tabs(msg)