diff --git a/Classes/KIFUITestActor.m b/Classes/KIFUITestActor.m
index 852e6797d..a38169d3b 100644
--- a/Classes/KIFUITestActor.m
+++ b/Classes/KIFUITestActor.m
@@ -212,12 +212,17 @@ - (void)tapAccessibilityElement:(UIAccessibilityElement *)element inView:(UIView
         } else {
             [view tapAtPoint:tappablePointInElement];
         }
-
-        KIFTestCondition(![view canBecomeFirstResponder] || [view isDescendantOfFirstResponder], error, @"Failed to make the view into the first responder: %@", view);
         
         return KIFTestStepResultSuccess;
     }];
 
+    // Controls might not synchronously become first-responders. Sometimes custom controls
+    // may need to spin the runloop before reporting as the first responder.
+    [self runBlock:^KIFTestStepResult(NSError *__autoreleasing *error) {
+        KIFTestWaitCondition(![view canBecomeFirstResponder] || [view isDescendantOfFirstResponder], error, @"Failed to make the view into the first responder: %@", view);
+        return KIFTestStepResultSuccess;
+    } timeout:0.5];
+
     [self waitForAnimationsToFinish];
 }