diff --git a/inputremapper/injection/macros/macro.py b/inputremapper/injection/macros/macro.py
index 90eb4f57f..a4adaeb00 100644
--- a/inputremapper/injection/macros/macro.py
+++ b/inputremapper/injection/macros/macro.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import copy
 import math
 import re
+import random
 from typing import List, Callable, Awaitable, Tuple, Optional, Union, Any
 
 from evdev.ecodes import (
@@ -468,12 +469,19 @@ async def task(handler: Callable):
 
         self.tasks.append(task)
 
-    def add_wait(self, time: Union[int, float]):
+    def add_wait(self, time: Union[str, float, int], max_time=None):
         """Wait time in milliseconds."""
-        time = self._type_check(time, [int, float], "wait", 1)
+        time = self._type_check(time, [float, int], "wait", 1)
+        max_time = self._type_check(max_time, [float, int, None], "wait", 2)
 
         async def task(_):
-            await asyncio.sleep(self._resolve(time, [int, float]) / 1000)
+            resolved_time = self._resolve(time, [float, int])
+            resolved_max_time = self._resolve(max_time, [float, int])
+
+            if resolved_max_time is not None and resolved_max_time > resolved_time:
+                resolved_time = random.uniform(resolved_time, resolved_max_time)
+
+            await asyncio.sleep(resolved_time / 1000)
 
         self.tasks.append(task)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_macros.py b/tests/unit/test_macros.py
index 6f0b5ce44..8dbfd6efb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_macros.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_macros.py
@@ -1344,6 +1344,56 @@ def set_foo(value):
         )
 
 
+@test_setup
+class TestWait(MacroTestBase):
+    async def assert_time_randomized(
+        self,
+        macro: Macro,
+        min_: float,
+        max_: float,
+    ):
+        for _ in range(100):
+            start = time.time()
+            await macro.run(self.handler)
+            time_taken = time.time() - start
+
+            # Any of the runs should be within the defined range, to prove that they
+            # are indeed random.
+            if min_ < time_taken < max_:
+                return
+
+        raise AssertionError("`wait` was not randomized")
+
+    async def test_wait_1_core(self):
+        mapping = DummyMapping()
+        mapping.macro_key_sleep_ms = 0
+        macro = parse("repeat(5, wait(50))", self.context, mapping, True)
+
+        start = time.time()
+        await macro.run(self.handler)
+        time_per_iteration = (time.time() - start) / 5
+
+        self.assertLess(abs(time_per_iteration - 0.05), 0.005)
+
+    async def test_wait_2_ranged(self):
+        mapping = DummyMapping()
+        mapping.macro_key_sleep_ms = 0
+        macro = parse("wait(1, 100)", self.context, mapping, True)
+        await self.assert_time_randomized(macro, 0.02, 0.08)
+
+    async def test_wait_3_ranged_single_get(self):
+        mapping = DummyMapping()
+        mapping.macro_key_sleep_ms = 0
+        macro = parse("set(a, 100).wait(1, $a)", self.context, mapping, True)
+        await self.assert_time_randomized(macro, 0.02, 0.08)
+
+    async def test_wait_4_ranged_double_get(self):
+        mapping = DummyMapping()
+        mapping.macro_key_sleep_ms = 0
+        macro = parse("set(a, 1).set(b, 100).wait($a, $b)", self.context, mapping, True)
+        await self.assert_time_randomized(macro, 0.02, 0.08)
+
+
 @test_setup
 class TestIfSingle(MacroTestBase):
     async def test_if_single(self):