diff --git a/engines/tony/mpal/mpal.cpp b/engines/tony/mpal/mpal.cpp
index 3757cdddcf7d..78111753ce96 100644
--- a/engines/tony/mpal/mpal.cpp
+++ b/engines/tony/mpal/mpal.cpp
@@ -996,11 +996,12 @@ void ShutUpActionThread(CORO_PARAM, const void *param) {
 	CORO_BEGIN_CONTEXT;
 	CORO_END_CONTEXT(_ctx);
 
-	HANDLE hThread = *(const HANDLE *)param;
+	int pid = *(const int *)param;
 
 	CORO_BEGIN_CODE(_ctx);
 
-	WaitForSingleObject(hThread, INFINITE);
+	CORO_INVOKE_2(_vm->_scheduler.waitForSingleObject, pid, INFINITE);
+
 	bExecutingAction = false;
 
 	CORO_KILL_SELF();
@@ -1554,7 +1555,7 @@ static HANDLE DoAction(uint32 nAction, uint32 ordItem, uint32 dwParam) {
 		if ((h = g_scheduler->createProcess(ActionThread, newitem)) == NULL)
 			return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 
-		if ((h = g_scheduler->createProcess(0, ShutUpActionThread, &h, sizeof(PROCESS *))) == NULL)
+		if ((h = g_scheduler->createProcess(ShutUpActionThread, &h->pid, sizeof(int))) == NULL)
 			return INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 
 /*
diff --git a/engines/tony/sched.cpp b/engines/tony/sched.cpp
index 7f259b7a5b84..0f397316f6d4 100644
--- a/engines/tony/sched.cpp
+++ b/engines/tony/sched.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  * Process scheduler.
  */
 
+#include "common/system.h"
 #include "common/textconsole.h"
 #include "common/util.h"
 #include "tony/sched.h"
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ Scheduler::Scheduler() {
 	maxProcs = 0;
 #endif
 
-	pRCfunction = 0;
+	pRCfunction = NULL;
+	pidCounter = 0;
 
 	active = new PROCESS;
 	active->pPrevious = NULL;
@@ -289,6 +291,40 @@ void Scheduler::giveWay(PPROCESS pReSchedProc) {
 	pReSchedProc->pNext = NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Continously makes a given process wait for another process to finish
+ *
+ * @param pid		Process identifier
+ * @param duration	Duration in milliseconds
+ */
+void Scheduler::waitForSingleObject(CORO_PARAM, int pid, int duration) {
+	CORO_BEGIN_CONTEXT;
+		uint32 endTime;
+		PROCESS *pProc;
+	CORO_END_CONTEXT(_ctx);
+
+	CORO_BEGIN_CODE(_ctx);
+
+	_ctx->endTime = (duration == INFINITE) ? INFINITE : g_system->getMillis() + duration;
+
+	// Outer loop for doing checks until expiry 
+	while (g_system->getMillis() < _ctx->endTime) {
+		// Check to see if a process with the given Id exists
+		_ctx->pProc = active->pNext;
+		while ((_ctx->pProc != NULL) && (_ctx->pProc->pid == pid))
+			_ctx->pProc = _ctx->pProc->pNext;
+
+		if (_ctx->pProc == NULL)
+			// No match process found, so it's okay to break out of loop
+			break;
+
+		// Sleep until the next cycle
+		CORO_SLEEP(1);
+	}
+
+	CORO_END_CODE;
+}
+
 /**
  * Creates a new process.
  *
@@ -297,7 +333,7 @@ void Scheduler::giveWay(PPROCESS pReSchedProc) {
  * @param pParam	process specific info
  * @param sizeParam	size of process specific info
  */
-PROCESS *Scheduler::createProcess(int pid, CORO_ADDR coroAddr, const void *pParam, int sizeParam) {
+PROCESS *Scheduler::createProcess(CORO_ADDR coroAddr, const void *pParam, int sizeParam) {
 	PROCESS *pProc;
 
 	// get a free process
@@ -347,7 +383,7 @@ PROCESS *Scheduler::createProcess(int pid, CORO_ADDR coroAddr, const void *pPara
 	pProc->sleepTime = 1;
 
 	// set new process id
-	pProc->pid = pid;
+	pProc->pid = ++pidCounter;
 
 	// set new process specific info
 	if (sizeParam) {
diff --git a/engines/tony/sched.h b/engines/tony/sched.h
index 9bc6d052da29..cffa0f932862 100644
--- a/engines/tony/sched.h
+++ b/engines/tony/sched.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ namespace Tony {
 #define	NUM_PROCESS	100
 #define MAX_PROCESSES 100
 
+#define INFINITE 0xffffffff
+
 typedef void (*CORO_ADDR)(CoroContext &, const void *);
 
 /** process structure */
@@ -75,6 +77,10 @@ class Scheduler {
 	/** the currently active process */
 	PROCESS *pCurrent;
 
+	/** Auto-incrementing process Id */
+	int pidCounter;
+
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	// diagnostic process counters
 	int numProcs;
@@ -105,10 +111,11 @@ class Scheduler {
 	void rescheduleAll();
 	void reschedule(PPROCESS pReSchedProc = NULL);
 	void giveWay(PPROCESS pReSchedProc = NULL);
+	void waitForSingleObject(CORO_PARAM, int pid, int duration);
 
-	PROCESS *createProcess(int pid, CORO_ADDR coroAddr, const void *pParam, int sizeParam);
+	PROCESS *createProcess(CORO_ADDR coroAddr, const void *pParam, int sizeParam);
 	PROCESS *createProcess(CORO_ADDR coroAddr, const void *pParam) {
-		return createProcess(0, coroAddr, &pParam, sizeof(void *));
+		return createProcess(coroAddr, &pParam, sizeof(void *));
 	}
 	void killProcess(PROCESS *pKillProc);