diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d9a6452..9f65d168 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Changes to vulkano-shaders:
 
 Changes to vulkano-util:
 - `VulkanoWindowRenderer::acquire` now takes in an `FnOnce(&[Arc<ImageView>])`. This means that a closure can be called when the swapchain gets recreated.
+- `VulkanoWindowRenderer::acquire` now also takes in `Option<Duration>` for the swapchain acquire timeout.
 
 ### Additions
 
diff --git a/examples/interactive-fractal/main.rs b/examples/interactive-fractal/main.rs
index ed6fa4c6..92a06cd6 100644
--- a/examples/interactive-fractal/main.rs
+++ b/examples/interactive-fractal/main.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // - A simple `InputState` to interact with the application.
 
 use crate::app::FractalApp;
-use std::error::Error;
+use std::{error::Error, time::Duration};
 use vulkano::{image::ImageUsage, swapchain::PresentMode, sync::GpuFuture};
 use vulkano_util::{
     context::{VulkanoConfig, VulkanoContext},
@@ -145,16 +145,17 @@ fn compute_then_render(
     target_image_id: usize,
 ) {
     // Start the frame.
-    let before_pipeline_future = match renderer.acquire(|swapchain_image_views| {
-        app.place_over_frame
-            .recreate_framebuffers(swapchain_image_views)
-    }) {
-        Err(e) => {
-            println!("{e}");
-            return;
-        }
-        Ok(future) => future,
-    };
+    let before_pipeline_future =
+        match renderer.acquire(Some(Duration::from_millis(1)), |swapchain_image_views| {
+            app.place_over_frame
+                .recreate_framebuffers(swapchain_image_views)
+        }) {
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("{e}");
+                return;
+            }
+            Ok(future) => future,
+        };
 
     // Retrieve the target image.
     let image = renderer.get_additional_image_view(target_image_id);
diff --git a/examples/multi-window-game-of-life/main.rs b/examples/multi-window-game-of-life/main.rs
index d7813c5b..44779c2d 100644
--- a/examples/multi-window-game-of-life/main.rs
+++ b/examples/multi-window-game-of-life/main.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ mod render_pass;
 
 use crate::app::{App, RenderPipeline};
 use glam::{f32::Vec2, IVec2};
-use std::{error::Error, time::Instant};
+use std::{
+    error::Error,
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
 use vulkano_util::renderer::VulkanoWindowRenderer;
 use winit::{
     event::{ElementState, Event, MouseButton, WindowEvent},
@@ -194,17 +197,18 @@ fn compute_then_render(
     }
 
     // Start the frame.
-    let before_pipeline_future = match window_renderer.acquire(|swapchain_image_views| {
-        pipeline
-            .place_over_frame
-            .recreate_framebuffers(swapchain_image_views)
-    }) {
-        Err(e) => {
-            println!("{e}");
-            return;
-        }
-        Ok(future) => future,
-    };
+    let before_pipeline_future =
+        match window_renderer.acquire(Some(Duration::from_millis(1)), |swapchain_image_views| {
+            pipeline
+                .place_over_frame
+                .recreate_framebuffers(swapchain_image_views)
+        }) {
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("{e}");
+                return;
+            }
+            Ok(future) => future,
+        };
 
     // Compute.
     let after_compute = pipeline
diff --git a/examples/triangle-util/main.rs b/examples/triangle-util/main.rs
index 249e3810..3e80a9f8 100644
--- a/examples/triangle-util/main.rs
+++ b/examples/triangle-util/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // that you want to learn Vulkan. This means that for example it won't go into details about what a
 // vertex or a shader is.
 
-use std::{error::Error, sync::Arc};
+use std::{error::Error, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 use vulkano::{
     buffer::{Buffer, BufferContents, BufferCreateInfo, BufferUsage},
     command_buffer::{
@@ -331,11 +331,11 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), impl Error> {
 
                 // Begin rendering by acquiring the gpu future from the window renderer.
                 let previous_frame_end = window_renderer
-                    .acquire(|swapchain_images| {
-                        // Whenever the window resizes we need to recreate everything dependent on
-                        // the window size. In this example that includes
-                        // the swapchain, the framebuffers and the dynamic
-                        // state viewport.
+                    .acquire(Some(Duration::from_millis(1)), |swapchain_images| {
+                        // Whenever the window resizes we need to recreate everything dependent
+                        // on the window size. In this example that
+                        // includes the swapchain, the framebuffers
+                        // and the dynamic state viewport.
                         framebuffers = window_size_dependent_setup(
                             swapchain_images,
                             render_pass.clone(),
diff --git a/vulkano-util/src/renderer.rs b/vulkano-util/src/renderer.rs
index d36d9e13..1b188e1b 100644
--- a/vulkano-util/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/vulkano-util/src/renderer.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{context::VulkanoContext, window::WindowDescriptor};
 use ahash::HashMap;
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 use vulkano::{
     device::{Device, Queue},
     format::Format,
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ impl VulkanoWindowRenderer {
     #[inline]
     pub fn acquire(
         &mut self,
+        timeout: Option<Duration>,
         on_recreate_swapchain: impl FnOnce(&[Arc<ImageView>]),
     ) -> Result<Box<dyn GpuFuture>, VulkanError> {
         // Recreate swap chain if needed (when resizing of window occurs or swapchain is outdated)
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ impl VulkanoWindowRenderer {
 
         // Acquire next image in the swapchain
         let (image_index, suboptimal, acquire_future) =
-            match swapchain::acquire_next_image(self.swapchain.clone(), None)
+            match swapchain::acquire_next_image(self.swapchain.clone(), timeout)
                 .map_err(Validated::unwrap)
             {
                 Ok(r) => r,