diff --git a/engines/saga/actor.cpp b/engines/saga/actor.cpp
index 6ea8674e8ed..5b9b05f9083 100644
--- a/engines/saga/actor.cpp
+++ b/engines/saga/actor.cpp
@@ -1811,6 +1811,10 @@ void Actor::drawActors() {
 
 	createDrawOrderList();
 
+	// Update frameCount for sfWaitFrames in IHNM
+	// TODO: is this the correct place to do this?
+	_vm->_frameCount++;
+
 	for (drawOrderIterator = _drawOrderList.begin(); drawOrderIterator != _drawOrderList.end(); ++drawOrderIterator) {
 		drawObject = drawOrderIterator.operator*();
 
diff --git a/engines/saga/script.h b/engines/saga/script.h
index a8a0cd762be..b358a00966a 100644
--- a/engines/saga/script.h
+++ b/engines/saga/script.h
@@ -326,6 +326,11 @@ public:
 		_sleepTime = sleepTime;
 	}
 
+	void waitFrames(int frames) {
+		wait(kWaitTypeWaitFrames);
+		_frameWait = frames;
+	}
+
 	ScriptThread() {
 		memset(this, 0xFE, sizeof(*this));
 		_stackBuf = NULL;
diff --git a/engines/saga/sfuncs.cpp b/engines/saga/sfuncs.cpp
index d759c9c2e7a..06ea9da77bb 100644
--- a/engines/saga/sfuncs.cpp
+++ b/engines/saga/sfuncs.cpp
@@ -1887,8 +1887,13 @@ void Script::sfResetMouseClicks(SCRIPTFUNC_PARAMS) {
 	SF_stub("sfResetMouseClicks", thread, nArgs);
 }
 
+// Param1: frames
 void Script::sfWaitFrames(SCRIPTFUNC_PARAMS) {
-	SF_stub("sfWaitFrames", thread, nArgs);
+	int16 frames;
+	frames = thread->pop();
+
+	if (!_skipSpeeches)
+		thread->waitFrames(_vm->_frameCount + frames);
 }
 
 void Script::sfScriptFade(SCRIPTFUNC_PARAMS) {