diff --git a/lib/lib_errors.c b/lib/lib_errors.c
index a139b9a14c..acc9a05c33 100644
--- a/lib/lib_errors.c
+++ b/lib/lib_errors.c
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ static struct log_ref ferr_lib_warn[] = {
 		.description = "The Event subsystem has detected a slow process, this typically indicates that FRR is having trouble completing work in a timely manner.  This can be either a misconfiguration, bug or some combination thereof.  In this case total WALL time was over 5 seconds.  Which indicates that FRR might be having trouble being scheduled or some system call is delaying",
 		.suggestion = "Gather log data and open an Issue",
 	},
+	{
+		.code = EC_LIB_STARVE_THREAD,
+		.title = "The Event subsystem has detected a thread starvation issue",
+		.description = "The event subsystem has detected a thread starvation issue.  This typically indicates that the system FRR is running on is heavily loaded and this load might be impacting FRR's ability to handle events in a timely fashion",
+		.suggestion = "Gather log data and open an Issue",
+	},
 	{
 		.code = EC_LIB_NO_THREAD,
 		.title = "The Event subsystem has detected an internal FD problem",
diff --git a/lib/lib_errors.h b/lib/lib_errors.h
index 9f0f58d20b..64ac6c1ceb 100644
--- a/lib/lib_errors.h
+++ b/lib/lib_errors.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum lib_log_refs {
 	EC_LIB_LINUX_NS,
 	EC_LIB_SLOW_THREAD_CPU,
 	EC_LIB_SLOW_THREAD_WALL,
+	EC_LIB_STARVE_THREAD,
 	EC_LIB_NO_THREAD,
 	EC_LIB_RMAP_RECURSION_LIMIT,
 	EC_LIB_BACKUP_CONFIG,
diff --git a/lib/thread.c b/lib/thread.c
index 77e34f48f3..73e0e4887c 100644
--- a/lib/thread.c
+++ b/lib/thread.c
@@ -1651,12 +1651,31 @@ static void thread_process_io(struct thread_master *m, unsigned int num)
 static unsigned int thread_process_timers(struct thread_master *m,
 					  struct timeval *timenow)
 {
+	struct timeval prev = *timenow;
+	bool displayed = false;
 	struct thread *thread;
 	unsigned int ready = 0;
 
 	while ((thread = thread_timer_list_first(&m->timer))) {
 		if (timercmp(timenow, &thread->u.sands, <))
 			break;
+		prev = thread->u.sands;
+		prev.tv_sec += 4;
+		/*
+		 * If the timer would have popped 4 seconds in the
+		 * past then we are in a situation where we are
+		 * really getting behind on handling of events.
+		 * Let's log it and do the right thing with it.
+		 */
+		if (timercmp(timenow, &prev, >)) {
+			if (!displayed)
+				flog_warn(
+					EC_LIB_STARVE_THREAD,
+					"Thread Starvation: %pTHD was scheduled to pop greater than 4s ago",
+					thread);
+			displayed = true;
+		}
+
 		thread_timer_list_pop(&m->timer);
 		thread->type = THREAD_READY;
 		thread_list_add_tail(&m->ready, thread);