diff --git a/include/util/sleeper_thread.hpp b/include/util/sleeper_thread.hpp
index 9adbe8f7..d1c6ba0d 100644
--- a/include/util/sleeper_thread.hpp
+++ b/include/util/sleeper_thread.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@
 
 namespace waybar::util {
 
+/**
+ * Defer pthread_cancel until the end of a current scope.
+ *
+ * Required to protect a scope where it's unsafe to raise `__forced_unwind` exception.
+ * An example of these is a call of a method marked as `noexcept`; an attempt to cancel within such
+ * a method may result in a `std::terminate` call.
+ */
+class CancellationGuard {
+  int oldstate;
+public:
+  CancellationGuard() { pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, &oldstate); }
+  ~CancellationGuard() { pthread_setcancelstate(oldstate, &oldstate); }
+};
+
 class SleeperThread {
  public:
   SleeperThread() = default;
@@ -33,14 +47,16 @@ class SleeperThread {
   bool isRunning() const { return do_run_; }
 
   auto sleep_for(std::chrono::system_clock::duration dur) {
-    std::unique_lock lk(mutex_);
+    std::unique_lock  lk(mutex_);
+    CancellationGuard cancel_lock;
     return condvar_.wait_for(lk, dur, [this] { return signal_ || !do_run_; });
   }
 
   auto sleep_until(
       std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock, std::chrono::system_clock::duration>
           time_point) {
-    std::unique_lock lk(mutex_);
+    std::unique_lock  lk(mutex_);
+    CancellationGuard cancel_lock;
     return condvar_.wait_until(lk, time_point, [this] { return signal_ || !do_run_; });
   }