diff --git a/deps/v8/src/platform-freebsd.cc b/deps/v8/src/platform-freebsd.cc
index 511759c485e2..5c90c6bdae85 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/platform-freebsd.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/platform-freebsd.cc
@@ -539,11 +539,6 @@ void Thread::SetThreadLocal(LocalStorageKey key, void* value) {
 }
 
 
-void Thread::YieldCPU() {
-  sched_yield();
-}
-
-
 class FreeBSDMutex : public Mutex {
  public:
   FreeBSDMutex() {
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/platform-linux.cc b/deps/v8/src/platform-linux.cc
index beb2ccee297f..3d6b3044e7bc 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/platform-linux.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/platform-linux.cc
@@ -812,11 +812,6 @@ void Thread::SetThreadLocal(LocalStorageKey key, void* value) {
 }
 
 
-void Thread::YieldCPU() {
-  sched_yield();
-}
-
-
 class LinuxMutex : public Mutex {
  public:
   LinuxMutex() {
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/platform-macos.cc b/deps/v8/src/platform-macos.cc
index a216f6e4cacd..e54e3e4a4216 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/platform-macos.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/platform-macos.cc
@@ -640,11 +640,6 @@ void Thread::SetThreadLocal(LocalStorageKey key, void* value) {
 }
 
 
-void Thread::YieldCPU() {
-  sched_yield();
-}
-
-
 class MacOSMutex : public Mutex {
  public:
   MacOSMutex() {
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/platform-openbsd.cc b/deps/v8/src/platform-openbsd.cc
index 408d4dc0f848..72167de9202d 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/platform-openbsd.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/platform-openbsd.cc
@@ -593,11 +593,6 @@ void Thread::SetThreadLocal(LocalStorageKey key, void* value) {
 }
 
 
-void Thread::YieldCPU() {
-  sched_yield();
-}
-
-
 class OpenBSDMutex : public Mutex {
  public:
   OpenBSDMutex() {
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/platform-posix.cc b/deps/v8/src/platform-posix.cc
index 5c3529d4458c..8aecd560e908 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/platform-posix.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/platform-posix.cc
@@ -392,6 +392,12 @@ void OS::StrNCpy(Vector<char> dest, const char* src, size_t n) {
 }
 
 
+void Thread::YieldCPU() {
+  const timespec delay = { 0, 1 };
+  nanosleep(&delay, NULL);
+}
+
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // POSIX socket support.
 //
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/platform-solaris.cc b/deps/v8/src/platform-solaris.cc
index 07718fe50b99..4e95ecc6a48b 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/platform-solaris.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/platform-solaris.cc
@@ -527,11 +527,6 @@ void Thread::SetThreadLocal(LocalStorageKey key, void* value) {
 }
 
 
-void Thread::YieldCPU() {
-  sched_yield();
-}
-
-
 class SolarisMutex : public Mutex {
  public:
   SolarisMutex() {
diff --git a/deps/v8/tools/gyp/v8.gyp b/deps/v8/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
index 71cf36649ada..c304925908ac 100644
--- a/deps/v8/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
+++ b/deps/v8/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@
             ['OS=="solaris"', {
                 'link_settings': {
                   'libraries': [
-                    '-lsocket -lnsl',
+                    '-lsocket -lnsl -lrt',
                 ]},
                 'sources': [
                   '../../src/platform-solaris.cc',