diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 273eb502e..49e5a7986 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Differences noted here
 |`screenshotQuality`| Changes the quality of phone display screenshots following [xctest/xctimagequality](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xctest/xctimagequality?language=objc)  Default value is `1`. `0` is the highest and `2` is the lowest quality. You can also change it via [settings](https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/advanced-concepts/settings.md) command. `0` might cause OutOfMemory crash on high-resolution devices like iPad Pro. | e.g. `0`, `1`, `2` |
 |`skipLogCapture`|Skips to start capturing logs such as crash, system, safari console and safari network. It might improve performance such as network. Log related commands will not work. Defaults to `false`. |`true` or `false`|
 |`useSimpleBuildTest`| Build with `build` and run test with `test` in xcodebuild for all Xcode version if this is `true`, or build with `build-for-testing` and run tests with `test-without-building` for over Xcode 8 if this is `false`. Defaults to `false`. | `true` or `false` |
-
+|`wdaEventloopIdleDelay`|Delays the invocation of `-[XCUIApplicationProcess setEventLoopHasIdled:]` by the number of seconds specified with this capability. This can help quiescence apps that fail to do so for no obvious reason (and creating a session fails for that reason). This increases the time for session creation because `-[XCUIApplicationProcess setEventLoopHasIdled:]` is called multiple times. If you enable this capability start with at least `3` seconds and try increasing it, if creating the session still fails. Defaults to `0`. |e.g. `5`|
 
 ## Development<a id="development"></a>
 
diff --git a/WebDriverAgent b/WebDriverAgent
index f6a3d6680..5896cce5a 160000
--- a/WebDriverAgent
+++ b/WebDriverAgent
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f6a3d6680a7666a8bee46d77956c1d24472df147
+Subproject commit 5896cce5a3ae386cf1874f3554ca462861a904df
diff --git a/lib/desired-caps.js b/lib/desired-caps.js
index 0330a108d..ff70bceec 100644
--- a/lib/desired-caps.js
+++ b/lib/desired-caps.js
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ let desiredCapConstraints = _.defaults({
   skipLogCapture: {
     isBoolean: true
   },
+  wdaEventloopIdleDelay: {
+    isNumber: true
+  },
 }, iosDesiredCapConstraints);
 
 export { desiredCapConstraints };
diff --git a/lib/driver.js b/lib/driver.js
index 6ffde0365..6c30ac974 100644
--- a/lib/driver.js
+++ b/lib/driver.js
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@ class XCUITestDriver extends BaseDriver {
     let maxTypingFrequency = util.hasValue(this.opts.maxTypingFrequency) ? this.opts.maxTypingFrequency : 60;
     let shouldUseSingletonTestManager = util.hasValue(this.opts.shouldUseSingletonTestManager) ? this.opts.shouldUseSingletonTestManager : true;
     let shouldUseTestManagerForVisibilityDetection = false;
+    let eventloopIdleDelaySec = this.opts.wdaEventloopIdleDelay || 0;
     if (util.hasValue(this.opts.simpleIsVisibleCheck)) {
       shouldUseTestManagerForVisibilityDetection = this.opts.simpleIsVisibleCheck;
     }
@@ -865,6 +866,7 @@ class XCUITestDriver extends BaseDriver {
         bundleId,
         arguments: args,
         environment: env,
+        eventloopIdleDelaySec,
         shouldWaitForQuiescence,
         shouldUseTestManagerForVisibilityDetection,
         maxTypingFrequency,
diff --git a/test/unit/language-specs.js b/test/unit/language-specs.js
index 5da6fba99..2395da44c 100644
--- a/test/unit/language-specs.js
+++ b/test/unit/language-specs.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ describe('language and locale', function () {
           shouldUseTestManagerForVisibilityDetection: true,
           maxTypingFrequency: 60,
           shouldUseSingletonTestManager: true,
+          eventloopIdleDelaySec: 0,
         }
       };
       let desiredCapabilities = {
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ describe('language and locale', function () {
           shouldUseTestManagerForVisibilityDetection: true,
           maxTypingFrequency: 60,
           shouldUseSingletonTestManager: true,
+          eventloopIdleDelaySec: 0,
         }
       };
 
diff --git a/test/unit/processargs-specs.js b/test/unit/processargs-specs.js
index 89889c991..1c1100719 100644
--- a/test/unit/processargs-specs.js
+++ b/test/unit/processargs-specs.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ describe('process args', function () {
       shouldUseTestManagerForVisibilityDetection: false,
       maxTypingFrequency: 60,
       shouldUseSingletonTestManager: true,
+      eventloopIdleDelaySec: 0,
     }
   };