diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index ea7404d..0db2a47 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -426,7 +426,6 @@ int parse_macro_expression(const char *s, struct macro *macro)
 		macro->sz++; \
 	} while(0)
 
-	char *tok;
 	size_t len = strlen(s);
 
 	char buf[1024];
diff --git a/src/daemon.c b/src/daemon.c
index e2f64d8..cc2cf20 100644
--- a/src/daemon.c
+++ b/src/daemon.c
@@ -403,25 +403,36 @@ static void add_device(struct device *dev)
 
 static int event_handler(struct event *ev)
 {
-	int timeout;
-	static struct keyboard *last_kbd = NULL;
+	static int last_time = 0;
+	static int timeout = 0;
+	static struct keyboard *timeout_kbd = NULL;
+	struct key_event kev;
+
+	timeout -= ev->timestamp - last_time;
+	last_time = ev->timestamp;
+
+	timeout = timeout < 0 ? 0 : timeout;
 
 	switch (ev->type) {
 	case EV_TIMEOUT:
-		if (!last_kbd)
+		if (!timeout_kbd)
 			return 0;
 
-		return kbd_process_key_event(last_kbd, 0, 0);
-	case EV_DEV_EVENT:
-		timeout = ev->timeleft;
+		kev.code = 0;
+		kev.timestamp = ev->timestamp;
 
+		timeout = kbd_process_events(timeout_kbd, &kev, 1);
+		break;
+	case EV_DEV_EVENT:
 		if (ev->dev->data) {
-			last_kbd = ev->dev->data;
-
+			timeout_kbd = ev->dev->data;
 			switch (ev->devev->type) {
 			case DEV_KEY:
-				timeout = kbd_process_key_event(ev->dev->data, ev->devev->code,
-							     ev->devev->pressed);
+				kev.code = ev->devev->code;
+				kev.pressed = ev->devev->pressed;
+				kev.timestamp = ev->timestamp;
+
+				timeout = kbd_process_events(ev->dev->data, &kev, 1);
 				break;
 			case DEV_MOUSE_MOVE:
 				vkbd_mouse_move(vkbd, ev->devev->x, ev->devev->y);
@@ -436,11 +447,15 @@ static int event_handler(struct event *ev)
 				 * Treat scroll events as mouse buttons so oneshot and the like get
 				 * cleared.
 				 */
-				if (last_kbd) {
-					kbd_process_key_event(last_kbd,
-							      KEYD_EXTERNAL_MOUSE_BUTTON, 1);
-					kbd_process_key_event(last_kbd,
-							      KEYD_EXTERNAL_MOUSE_BUTTON, 0);
+				if (timeout_kbd) {
+					kev.code = KEYD_EXTERNAL_MOUSE_BUTTON;
+					kev.pressed = 1;
+					kev.timestamp = ev->timestamp;
+
+					kbd_process_events(ev->dev->data, &kev, 1);
+
+					kev.pressed = 0;
+					timeout = kbd_process_events(ev->dev->data, &kev, 1);
 				}
 
 				vkbd_mouse_scroll(vkbd, ev->devev->x, ev->devev->y);
@@ -448,7 +463,6 @@ static int event_handler(struct event *ev)
 			}
 		}
 
-		return timeout;
 		break;
 	case EV_DEV_ADD:
 		if (strcmp(ev->dev->name, VKBD_NAME))
@@ -472,7 +486,7 @@ static int event_handler(struct event *ev)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return timeout;
 }
 
 int run_daemon(int argc, char *argv[])
diff --git a/src/evloop.c b/src/evloop.c
index be28970..f2d5fbd 100644
--- a/src/evloop.c
+++ b/src/evloop.c
@@ -74,16 +74,14 @@ int evloop(int (*event_handler) (struct event *ev))
 
 		start_time = get_time_ms();
 		poll(pfds, ndevs+nr_aux_fds+1, timeout > 0 ? timeout : -1);
-		elapsed = get_time_ms() - start_time;
+		ev.timestamp = get_time_ms();
+		elapsed = ev.timestamp - start_time;
 
-		ev.timeleft = timeout;
 		if (timeout > 0 && elapsed >= timeout) {
 			ev.type = EV_TIMEOUT;
-			ev.timeleft = 0;
 			timeout = event_handler(&ev);
 		} else {
 			timeout -= elapsed;
-			ev.timeleft = timeout;
 		}
 
 		for (i = 0; i < ndevs; i++) {
diff --git a/src/keyboard.c b/src/keyboard.c
index 2c92ad9..241bdc0 100644
--- a/src/keyboard.c
+++ b/src/keyboard.c
@@ -606,12 +606,14 @@ struct keyboard *new_keyboard(struct config *config,
  * of kbd_process_key_event must take place. A return value of 0 permits the
  * main loop to call at liberty.
  */
-long kbd_process_key_event(struct keyboard *kbd,
-			   uint8_t code, int pressed)
+static long process_event(struct keyboard *kbd, uint8_t code, int pressed, int timestamp)
 {
 	int dl = -1;
 	struct descriptor d;
 
+	int timeleft = kbd->timeout - (timestamp - kbd->last_event_ts);
+	kbd->last_event_ts = timestamp;
+
 	/* timeout */
 	if (!code) {
 		if (kbd->active_macro) {
@@ -669,7 +671,31 @@ long kbd_process_key_event(struct keyboard *kbd,
 		cache_set(kbd, code, NULL, -1);
 	}
 
-	return process_descriptor(kbd, code, &d, dl, pressed);
+	kbd->timeout = process_descriptor(kbd, code, &d, dl, pressed);
+	return kbd->timeout;
+}
+
+
+long kbd_process_events(struct keyboard *kbd, const struct key_event *events, size_t n)
+{
+	size_t i = 0;
+	int timeout = 0;
+	int timeout_ts = 0;
+
+	while (i != n) {
+		const struct key_event *ev = &events[i];
+
+		if (timeout && timeout_ts < ev->timestamp) {
+			timeout = process_event(kbd, 0, 0, timeout_ts);
+		} else {
+			timeout = process_event(kbd, ev->code, ev->pressed, ev->timestamp);
+			i++;
+		}
+
+		timeout_ts = ev->timestamp + timeout;
+	}
+
+	return timeout;
 }
 
 int kbd_eval(struct keyboard *kbd, const char *exp)
diff --git a/src/keyboard.h b/src/keyboard.h
index 3f3085c..887e276 100644
--- a/src/keyboard.h
+++ b/src/keyboard.h
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ struct cache_entry {
 	int dl;
 };
 
+struct key_event {
+	uint8_t code;
+	uint8_t pressed;
+	int timestamp;
+};
+
 /* May correspond to more than one physical input device. */
 struct keyboard {
 	const struct config *original_config;
@@ -43,6 +49,8 @@ struct keyboard {
 	int active_macro_layer;
 
 	long macro_repeat_timeout;
+	int timeout;
+	int last_event_ts;
 
 	struct {
 		long activation_time;
@@ -72,7 +80,7 @@ struct keyboard *new_keyboard(struct config *config,
 			      void (*sink) (uint8_t code, uint8_t pressed),
 			      void (*layer_observer)(struct keyboard *kbd, const char *name, int state));
 
-long kbd_process_key_event(struct keyboard *kbd, uint8_t code, int pressed);
+long kbd_process_events(struct keyboard *kbd, const struct key_event *events, size_t n);
 int kbd_eval(struct keyboard *kbd, const char *exp);
 void kbd_reset(struct keyboard *kbd);
 
diff --git a/src/keyd.h b/src/keyd.h
index ff3a1ad..59340c9 100644
--- a/src/keyd.h
+++ b/src/keyd.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct event {
 	enum event_type type;
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct device_event *devev;
-	int timeleft;
+	int timestamp;
 	int fd;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/monitor.c b/src/monitor.c
index 5f445e9..5a43bf1 100644
--- a/src/monitor.c
+++ b/src/monitor.c
@@ -30,17 +30,9 @@ static void cleanup()
 	set_tflags(ICANON|ECHO, 1);
 }
 
-static long get_time_ms()
-{
-	struct timespec ts;
-	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
-	return ts.tv_sec * 1E3 + ts.tv_nsec / 1E6;
-}
-
 int event_handler(struct event *ev)
 {
 	static long last_time;
-	long ctime = get_time_ms();
 
 	switch (ev->type) {
 	const char *name;
@@ -56,17 +48,23 @@ int event_handler(struct event *ev)
 		       ev->dev->name, ev->dev->path);
 		break;
 	case EV_DEV_EVENT:
-		if (ev->devev->type == DEV_KEY) {
+		switch (ev->devev->type) {
+		case DEV_KEY:
 			name = keycode_table[ev->devev->code].name;
 
 			if (time_flag)
-				printf("+%ld ms\t", ctime - last_time);
+				printf("+%ld ms\t", ev->timestamp - last_time);
 
 			printf("%s\t%04x:%04x\t%s %s\n",
 			       ev->dev->name,
 			       ev->dev->vendor_id,
-			       ev->dev->product_id, name, ev->devev->pressed ? "down" : "up");
-	       }
+			       ev->dev->product_id, name,
+			       ev->devev->pressed ? "down" : "up");
+
+			break;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
 		break;
 	case EV_FD_ERR:
 		exit(0);
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ int event_handler(struct event *ev)
 	fflush(stdout);
 	fflush(stderr);
 
-	last_time = ctime;
+	last_time = ev->timestamp;
 	return 0;
 }