diff --git a/src/bin/pg_rewind/pg_rewind.c b/src/bin/pg_rewind/pg_rewind.c
index 7e54ac5..ea5385c 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_rewind/pg_rewind.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_rewind/pg_rewind.c
@@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		print_filemap();
 
 	/*
+	 * Sleep here to allow user to do nasty things with the source file
+	 * list.
+	 */
+	pg_usleep(10000000); /* 10s */
+
+	/*
 	 * Ok, we're ready to start copying things over.
 	 */
 	if (showprogress)