diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
index c8a0c68270..740e55af95 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Util.cs
@@ -127,12 +127,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
         /// 3 = full stack trace, including common threads
         /// </summary>
         public static int LogThreadPool { get; set; }
+        public static bool LogOverloads { get; set; }
 
         public static readonly int MAX_THREADPOOL_LEVEL = 3;
 
         static Util()
         {
             LogThreadPool = 0;
+            LogOverloads = true;
         }
 
         private static uint nextXferID = 5000;
@@ -2172,7 +2174,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             {
                 long numRunning = numRunningThreadFuncs;
 
-                if (m_ThreadPool != null)
+                if (m_ThreadPool != null && LogOverloads)
                 {
                     if ((threadFuncOverloadMode == 0) && (numRunning >= m_ThreadPool.MaxThreads))
                     {
@@ -2193,7 +2195,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
                     threadInfo.StackTrace = full;
                     threadInfo.LogThread = ShouldLogThread(partial);
 
-                    if (loggingEnabled && threadInfo.LogThread)
+                    if (threadInfo.LogThread)
                     {
                         m_log.DebugFormat("Queue threadfunc {0} (Queued {1}, Running {2}) {3}{4}",
                             threadFuncNum, numQueued, numRunningThreadFuncs,
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
index 9d36986e73..feb3cf880a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ namespace OpenSim
                 proxyUrl = networkConfig.GetString("proxy_url", "");
                 proxyOffset = Int32.Parse(networkConfig.GetString("proxy_offset", "0"));
             }
+
+            IConfig startupConfig = Config.Configs["Startup"];
+            if (startupConfig != null)
+            {
+                Util.LogOverloads = startupConfig.GetBoolean("LogOverloads", true);
+            }
         }
 
         protected virtual void LoadPlugins()
diff --git a/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini b/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
index 2a92fbc0f6..df332ca48e 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
+++ b/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
@@ -292,6 +292,14 @@
     ; False items will be removed from the scene permanently
     UseTrashOnDelete = True
 
+    ; #
+    ; # Logging
+    ; #
+
+    ; Force logging when the thread pool approaches an overload condition
+    ; Provides useful data for post-mortem analysis even in a production
+    ; system with reduced logging
+    LogOverloads = True
 
 [Map]
     ;WorldMapModule = "WorldMap"