diff --git a/ircbot/bot.py b/ircbot/bot.py
index 2f43767..df7b617 100644
--- a/ircbot/bot.py
+++ b/ircbot/bot.py
@@ -872,6 +872,7 @@ class IRCBot(irc.client.SimpleIRCClient):
             if recursing:
                 return replystr
             else:
+                lines = 0
                 replies = replystr.split('\n')
                 for reply in replies:
                     # split messages that are too long. max length is 512, but we also need to
@@ -886,6 +887,10 @@ class IRCBot(irc.client.SimpleIRCClient):
                         reply = self.splitter + ' ' + reply[splitpos + 1:]
                         self.privmsg(replypath, splittext)
 
+                        # antiflood
+                        lines += 1
+                        time.sleep(int(0.5 * lines))
+
                     # done splitting, or it was never necessary
                     self.privmsg(replypath, reply)
                 if stop: