diff --git a/sd/source/ui/accessibility/AccessibleSlideSorterView.cxx b/sd/source/ui/accessibility/AccessibleSlideSorterView.cxx
index 14c8f7117962..5cf595fced13 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/accessibility/AccessibleSlideSorterView.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/accessibility/AccessibleSlideSorterView.cxx
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ using namespace ::com::sun::star::accessibility;
 namespace accessibility {
 
 
+/** Inner implementation class of the AccessibleSlideSorterView.
+
+    Note that some event broadcasting is done asynchronously because
+    otherwise it could lead to deadlocks on (at lease) some Solaris
+    machines.  Probably (but unverified) this can happen on all GTK based
+    systems.  The asynchronous broadcasting is just a workaround for a
+    poorly understood problem.
+*/
 class AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation
     : public SfxListener
 {
@@ -72,7 +80,7 @@ public:
         ::Window* pWindow);
     ~Implementation (void);
 
-    void UpdateChildren (void);
+    void RequestUpdateChildren (void);
     void Clear (void);
     sal_Int32 GetVisibleChildCount (void) const;
     AccessibleSlideSorterObject* GetAccessibleChild (sal_Int32 nIndex);
@@ -83,8 +91,9 @@ public:
     void Notify (SfxBroadcaster& rBroadcaster, const SfxHint& rHint);
     DECL_LINK(WindowEventListener, VclWindowEvent*);
     DECL_LINK(SelectionChangeListener, void*);
+    DECL_LINK(BroadcastSelectionChange, void*);
     DECL_LINK(FocusChangeListener, void*);
-    DECL_LINK(VisibilityChangeListener, void*);
+    DECL_LINK(UpdateChildrenCallback, void*);
 
 private:
     AccessibleSlideSorterView& mrAccessibleSlideSorter;
@@ -97,6 +106,10 @@ private:
     ::Window* mpWindow;
     sal_Int32 mnFocusedIndex;
     bool mbModelChangeLocked;
+    ULONG mnUpdateChildrenUserEventId;
+    ULONG mnSelectionChangeUserEventId;
+
+    void UpdateChildren (void);
 };
 
 
@@ -115,7 +128,6 @@ AccessibleSlideSorterView::AccessibleSlideSorterView(
       mnClientId(0),
       mpContentWindow(pContentWindow)
 {
-    OSL_TRACE("creating AccessibleSlideSorterView");
 }
 
 
@@ -771,6 +783,9 @@ sal_Bool AccessibleSlideSorterView::IsDisposed (void)
     return (rBHelper.bDisposed || rBHelper.bInDispose);
 }
 
+
+
+
 //===== AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation =============================
 
 AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation::Implementation (
@@ -785,7 +800,9 @@ AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation::Implementation (
       mbListeningToDocument(false),
       mpWindow(pWindow),
       mnFocusedIndex(-1),
-      mbModelChangeLocked(false)
+      mbModelChangeLocked(false),
+      mnUpdateChildrenUserEventId(0),
+      mnSelectionChangeUserEventId(0)
 {
     ConnectListeners();
     UpdateChildren();
@@ -796,6 +813,10 @@ AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation::Implementation (
 
 AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation::~Implementation (void)
 {
+    if (mnUpdateChildrenUserEventId != 0)
+        Application::RemoveUserEvent(mnUpdateChildrenUserEventId);
+    if (mnSelectionChangeUserEventId != 0)
+        Application::RemoveUserEvent(mnSelectionChangeUserEventId);
     ReleaseListeners();
     Clear();
 }
@@ -803,6 +824,17 @@ AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation::~Implementation (void)
 
 
 
+void AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation::RequestUpdateChildren (void)
+{
+    if (mnUpdateChildrenUserEventId == 0)
+        mnUpdateChildrenUserEventId = Application::PostUserEvent(
+            LINK(this, AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation,
+            UpdateChildrenCallback));
+}
+
+
+
+
 void AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation::UpdateChildren (void)
 {
     if (mbModelChangeLocked)
@@ -928,7 +960,7 @@ void AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation::ConnectListeners (void)
     mrSlideSorter.GetController().GetFocusManager().AddFocusChangeListener(
         LINK(this,AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation,FocusChangeListener));
     mrSlideSorter.GetView().AddVisibilityChangeListener(
-        LINK(this,AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation,VisibilityChangeListener));
+        LINK(this,AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation,UpdateChildrenCallback));
 }
 
 
@@ -941,7 +973,7 @@ void AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation::ReleaseListeners (void)
     mrSlideSorter.GetController().GetSelectionManager()->RemoveSelectionChangeListener(
         LINK(this,AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation,SelectionChangeListener));
     mrSlideSorter.GetView().RemoveVisibilityChangeListener(
-        LINK(this,AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation,VisibilityChangeListener));
+        LINK(this,AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation,UpdateChildrenCallback));
 
     if (mpWindow != NULL)
         mpWindow->RemoveEventListener(
@@ -969,7 +1001,7 @@ void AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation::Notify (
         switch (rSdrHint.GetKind())
         {
             case HINT_PAGEORDERCHG:
-                UpdateChildren();
+                RequestUpdateChildren();
                 break;
             default:
                 break;
@@ -986,7 +1018,7 @@ void AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation::Notify (
 
             case sd::ViewShellHint::HINT_COMPLEX_MODEL_CHANGE_END:
                 mbModelChangeLocked = false;
-                UpdateChildren();
+                RequestUpdateChildren();
                 break;
             default:
                 break;
@@ -1003,7 +1035,7 @@ IMPL_LINK(AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation, WindowEventListener, VclWin
     {
         case VCLEVENT_WINDOW_MOVE:
         case VCLEVENT_WINDOW_RESIZE:
-            UpdateChildren();
+            RequestUpdateChildren();
             break;
 
         case VCLEVENT_WINDOW_GETFOCUS:
@@ -1024,6 +1056,18 @@ IMPL_LINK(AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation, WindowEventListener, VclWin
 
 IMPL_LINK(AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation, SelectionChangeListener, void*, EMPTYARG )
 {
+    if (mnSelectionChangeUserEventId == 0)
+        mnSelectionChangeUserEventId = Application::PostUserEvent(
+            LINK(this, AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation, BroadcastSelectionChange));
+    return 1;
+}
+
+
+
+
+IMPL_LINK(AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation, BroadcastSelectionChange, void*, EMPTYARG )
+{
+    mnSelectionChangeUserEventId = 0;
     mrAccessibleSlideSorter.FireAccessibleEvent(
         AccessibleEventId::SELECTION_CHANGED,
         Any(),
@@ -1067,8 +1111,9 @@ IMPL_LINK(AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation, FocusChangeListener, void*,
 
 
 
-IMPL_LINK(AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation, VisibilityChangeListener, void*, EMPTYARG )
+IMPL_LINK(AccessibleSlideSorterView::Implementation, UpdateChildrenCallback, void*, EMPTYARG )
 {
+    mnUpdateChildrenUserEventId = 0;
     UpdateChildren();
 
     return 1;
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/slidesorter/controller/SlsClipboard.cxx b/sd/source/ui/slidesorter/controller/SlsClipboard.cxx
index 8e7726da873c..68ae50e091e7 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/slidesorter/controller/SlsClipboard.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/slidesorter/controller/SlsClipboard.cxx
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ Clipboard::Clipboard (SlideSorter& rSlideSorter)
       maPagesToRemove(),
       maPagesToSelect(),
       mbUpdateSelectionPending(false),
-      mpUndoContext()
+      mpUndoContext(),
+      mpSelectionObserverContext(),
+      mnDragFinishedUserEventId(0)
 {
 }
 
@@ -139,6 +141,8 @@ Clipboard::Clipboard (SlideSorter& rSlideSorter)
 
 Clipboard::~Clipboard (void)
 {
+    if (mnDragFinishedUserEventId != 0)
+        Application::RemoveUserEvent(mnDragFinishedUserEventId);
 }
 
 
@@ -506,16 +510,36 @@ void Clipboard::StartDrag (
 
 void Clipboard::DragFinished (sal_Int8 nDropAction)
 {
+    SdTransferable* pDragTransferable = SD_MOD()->pTransferDrag;
+    if (pDragTransferable != NULL)
+        pDragTransferable->SetView (NULL);
+
+    if (mnDragFinishedUserEventId == 0)
+    {
+        if ( ! Application::PostUserEvent(
+            mnDragFinishedUserEventId,
+            LINK(this, Clipboard, ProcessDragFinished),
+            reinterpret_cast<void*>(nDropAction)))
+        {
+            mnDragFinishedUserEventId = 0;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+
+IMPL_LINK(Clipboard, ProcessDragFinished, void*, pUserData)
+{
+    const sal_Int8 nDropAction (static_cast<sal_Int8>(reinterpret_cast<sal_IntPtr>(pUserData)));
+
+    mnDragFinishedUserEventId = 0;
+
     // Hide the substitution display and insertion indicator.
     ::rtl::Reference<SelectionFunction> pFunction (mrController.GetCurrentSelectionFunction());
     if (pFunction.is())
         pFunction->NotifyDragFinished();
 
-    SdTransferable* pDragTransferable = SD_MOD()->pTransferDrag;
-
-    if (pDragTransferable != NULL)
-        pDragTransferable->SetView (NULL);
-
     PageSelector& rSelector (mrController.GetPageSelector());
     if ((nDropAction & DND_ACTION_MOVE) != 0
         && ! maPagesToRemove.empty())
@@ -534,6 +558,8 @@ void Clipboard::DragFinished (sal_Int8 nDropAction)
     }
     mpUndoContext.reset();
     mpSelectionObserverContext.reset();
+
+    return 1;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/slidesorter/inc/controller/SlsClipboard.hxx b/sd/source/ui/slidesorter/inc/controller/SlsClipboard.hxx
index 9a3f8f7fdff5..9b7b1f5ec2d3 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/slidesorter/inc/controller/SlsClipboard.hxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/slidesorter/inc/controller/SlsClipboard.hxx
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ private:
     ::boost::scoped_ptr<UndoContext> mpUndoContext;
 
     ::boost::scoped_ptr<SelectionObserver::Context> mpSelectionObserverContext;
+    ULONG mnDragFinishedUserEventId;
 
     void CreateSlideTransferable (
         ::Window* pWindow,
@@ -219,6 +220,11 @@ private:
         ::sd::Window* pTargetWindow,
         USHORT nPage,
         USHORT nLayer);
+
+    /** Asynchronous part of DragFinished.  The argument is the sal_Int8
+        nDropAction, disguised as void*.
+    */
+    DECL_LINK(ProcessDragFinished, void*);
 };
 
 } } } // end of namespace ::sd::slidesorter::controller