diff --git a/logger.c b/logger.c
index 4a387349b..5a1ef6612 100644
--- a/logger.c
+++ b/logger.c
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@ static void logger_thread_sum_stats(struct logger_stats *ls) {
     STATS_UNLOCK();
 }
 
-#define MAX_LOGGER_SLEEP 1000000
 #define MIN_LOGGER_SLEEP 1000
 
 /* Primary logger thread routine */
@@ -541,10 +540,10 @@ static void *logger_thread(void *arg) {
 
         /* TODO: abstract into a function and share with lru_crawler */
         if (!found_logs) {
-            if (to_sleep < MAX_LOGGER_SLEEP)
+            if (to_sleep < settings.logger_max_sleep)
                 to_sleep += to_sleep / 8;
-            if (to_sleep > MAX_LOGGER_SLEEP)
-                to_sleep = MAX_LOGGER_SLEEP;
+            if (to_sleep > settings.logger_max_sleep)
+                to_sleep = settings.logger_max_sleep;
         } else {
             to_sleep /= 2;
             if (to_sleep < MIN_LOGGER_SLEEP)
diff --git a/memcached.c b/memcached.c
index d4e1f0cd3..3501602fc 100644
--- a/memcached.c
+++ b/memcached.c
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ static void settings_init(void) {
     settings.crawls_persleep = 1000;
     settings.logger_watcher_buf_size = LOGGER_WATCHER_BUF_SIZE;
     settings.logger_buf_size = LOGGER_BUF_SIZE;
+    settings.logger_max_sleep = 1000000;
     settings.drop_privileges = false;
     settings.watch_enabled = true;
     settings.read_buf_mem_limit = 0;
@@ -3885,6 +3886,7 @@ static void usage(void) {
            "   - watcher_logbuf_size: size in kilobytes of per-watcher write buffer. (default: %u)\n"
            "   - worker_logbuf_size:  size in kilobytes of per-worker-thread buffer\n"
            "                          read by background thread, then written to watchers. (default: %u)\n"
+           "   - logger_max_sleep:    time in miliseconds of logger maximum sleep.\n"
            "   - track_sizes:         enable dynamic reports for 'stats sizes' command.\n"
            "   - no_hashexpand:       disables hash table expansion (dangerous)\n"
            "   - modern:              enables options which will be default in future.\n"
@@ -4553,6 +4555,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
         IDLE_TIMEOUT,
         WATCHER_LOGBUF_SIZE,
         WORKER_LOGBUF_SIZE,
+        LOGGER_MAX_SLEEP,
         SLAB_SIZES,
         SLAB_CHUNK_MAX,
         TRACK_SIZES,
@@ -4606,6 +4609,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
         [IDLE_TIMEOUT] = "idle_timeout",
         [WATCHER_LOGBUF_SIZE] = "watcher_logbuf_size",
         [WORKER_LOGBUF_SIZE] = "worker_logbuf_size",
+        [LOGGER_MAX_SLEEP] = "logger_max_sleep",
         [SLAB_SIZES] = "slab_sizes",
         [SLAB_CHUNK_MAX] = "slab_chunk_max",
         [TRACK_SIZES] = "track_sizes",
@@ -5181,6 +5185,17 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
             case SLAB_SIZES:
                 slab_sizes_unparsed = strdup(subopts_value);
                 break;
+            case LOGGER_MAX_SLEEP:
+                if (subopts_value == NULL) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "Missing logger_max_sleep argument\n");
+                    return 1;
+                }
+                if (!safe_strtoul(subopts_value, &settings.logger_max_sleep)) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "could not parse argument to logger_max_sleep\n");
+                    return 1;
+                }
+                settings.logger_max_sleep *= 1000; /* microseconds */
+                break;
             case SLAB_CHUNK_MAX:
                 if (subopts_value == NULL) {
                     fprintf(stderr, "Missing slab_chunk_max argument\n");
diff --git a/memcached.h b/memcached.h
index ba2ac593c..e124e1641 100644
--- a/memcached.h
+++ b/memcached.h
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ struct settings {
     int idle_timeout;       /* Number of seconds to let connections idle */
     unsigned int logger_watcher_buf_size; /* size of logger's per-watcher buffer */
     unsigned int logger_buf_size; /* size of per-thread logger buffer */
+    unsigned int logger_max_sleep; /* max sleep time of logger */
     unsigned int read_buf_mem_limit; /* total megabytes allowable for net buffers */
     bool drop_privileges;   /* Whether or not to drop unnecessary process privileges */
     bool watch_enabled; /* allows watch commands to be dropped */