diff --git a/twrp-functions.cpp b/twrp-functions.cpp
index 3c6c55b..c964357 100644
--- a/twrp-functions.cpp
+++ b/twrp-functions.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,41 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int TWFunc::Wait_For_Child_Timeout(pid_t pid, int *status, const string& Child_Name, int timeout) {
+	pid_t retpid = waitpid(pid, status, WNOHANG);
+	for (; retpid == 0 && timeout; --timeout) {
+		sleep(1);
+		retpid = waitpid(pid, status, WNOHANG);
+	}
+	if (retpid == 0 && timeout == 0) {
+		LOGERR("%s took too long, killing process\n", Child_Name.c_str());
+		kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+		int died = 0;
+		for (timeout = 5; retpid == 0 && timeout; --timeout) {
+			sleep(1);
+			retpid = waitpid(pid, status, WNOHANG);
+		}
+		if (retpid)
+			LOGINFO("Child process killed successfully\n");
+		else
+			LOGINFO("Child process took too long to kill, may be a zombie process\n");
+		return -1;
+	} else if (retpid > 0) {
+		if (WIFSIGNALED(*status)) {
+			gui_msg(Msg(msg::kError, "pid_signal={1} process ended with signal: {2}")(Child_Name)(WTERMSIG(*status))); // Seg fault or some other non-graceful termination
+			return -1;
+		}
+	} else if (retpid < 0) { // no PID returned
+		if (errno == ECHILD)
+			LOGERR("%s no child process exist\n", Child_Name.c_str());
+		else {
+			LOGERR("%s Unexpected error %d\n", Child_Name.c_str(), errno);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 bool TWFunc::Path_Exists(string Path) {
 	// Check to see if the Path exists
 	struct stat st;