diff --git a/.changes/wkwebview-race-condition.md b/.changes/wkwebview-race-condition.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8035f743b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/wkwebview-race-condition.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+wry: minor
+---
+
+Fix a bug in the wkwebview implementation that could cause hangs and crashes
+when wait_for_blocking_operation() was called multiple times in quick succession.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/wkwebview/mod.rs b/src/wkwebview/mod.rs
index b80bae84c..2a318b176 100644
--- a/src/wkwebview/mod.rs
+++ b/src/wkwebview/mod.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ use std::{
   panic::AssertUnwindSafe,
   ptr::{null_mut, NonNull},
   str::{self, FromStr},
-  sync::{Arc, Mutex},
+  sync::{Arc, Mutex}, thread, time::Duration,
 };
 
 #[cfg(feature = "mac-proxy")]
@@ -1054,6 +1054,7 @@ unsafe fn window_position(view: &NSView, x: i32, y: i32, height: f64) -> CGPoint
   CGPoint::new(x as f64, frame.size.height - y as f64 - height)
 }
 
+/// Wait synchronously for the NSRunLoop to run until a receiver has a message.
 unsafe fn wait_for_blocking_operation<T>(rx: std::sync::mpsc::Receiver<T>) -> Result<T> {
   let interval = 0.0002;
   let limit = 1.;
@@ -1061,9 +1062,16 @@ unsafe fn wait_for_blocking_operation<T>(rx: std::sync::mpsc::Receiver<T>) -> Re
   // run event loop until we get the response back, blocking for at most 3 seconds
   loop {
     let rl = objc2_foundation::NSRunLoop::mainRunLoop();
-    let d = NSDate::dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow(interval);
-    rl.runUntilDate(&d);
+    let limit_date = NSDate::dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow(interval);
+
+    let mode = NSString::from_str("NSDefaultRunLoopMode");
+    rl.acceptInputForMode_beforeDate(&mode, &limit_date);
+    thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs_f64(interval));
+
     if let Ok(response) = rx.try_recv() {
+      // Extra 1ms just to make sure our runloop is cleared.
+      // See https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry/pull/1486 for a writeup of why this was added.
+      thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1));
       return Ok(response);
     }
     elapsed += interval;