diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 1c6165f6c3..6c980c9a1e 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_EXT ""
 #endif
 
-#define SHADER_FILE_WATCH_DELAY_FRAMES 5
+#define SHADER_FILE_WATCH_DELAY_FRAMES 10
 
 /* Descriptive names for options without short variant.
  *