diff --git a/falco.yaml b/falco.yaml
index 276fe251..6883d239 100644
--- a/falco.yaml
+++ b/falco.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,23 @@ syscall_event_drops:
   rate: .03333
   max_burst: 1
 
+# Falco uses a shared buffer between the kernel and userspace to receive
+# the events (eg., system call information) in userspace.
+#
+# Anyways, the underlying libraries can also timeout for various reasons.
+# For example, there could have been issues while reading an event.
+# Or the particular event needs to be skipped.
+# Normally, it's very unlikely that Falco does not receive events consecutively.
+#
+# Falco is able to detect such uncommon situation.
+#
+# Here you can configure the maximum number of consecutive timeouts without an event
+# after which you want Falco to alert.
+# By default this value is set to 1000 consecutive timeouts without an event at all.
+
+syscall_event_timeouts:
+  max_consecutives: 1000
+
 # Falco continuously monitors outputs performance. When an output channel does not allow
 # to deliver an alert within a given deadline, an error is reported indicating
 # which output is blocking notifications.
diff --git a/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp b/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp
index bf14e237..0ecdae80 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/configuration.cpp
@@ -246,6 +246,12 @@ void falco_configuration::init(string conf_filename, list<string> &cmdline_optio
 	m_syscall_evt_drop_rate = m_config->get_scalar<double>("syscall_event_drops", "rate", .03333);
 	m_syscall_evt_drop_max_burst = m_config->get_scalar<double>("syscall_event_drops", "max_burst", 1);
 	m_syscall_evt_simulate_drops = m_config->get_scalar<bool>("syscall_event_drops", "simulate_drops", false);
+
+	m_syscall_evt_timeout_max_consecutives = m_config->get_scalar<uint32_t>("syscall_event_timeouts", "max_consecutives", 1000);
+	if(m_syscall_evt_timeout_max_consecutives == 0)
+	{
+		throw logic_error("Error reading config file(" + m_config_file + "): the maximum consecutive timeouts without an event must be an unsigned integer > 0");
+	}
 }
 
 void falco_configuration::read_rules_file_directory(const string &path, list<string> &rules_filenames)
diff --git a/userspace/falco/configuration.h b/userspace/falco/configuration.h
index 6724ec0d..4bc6fbfd 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/configuration.h
+++ b/userspace/falco/configuration.h
@@ -219,14 +219,16 @@ public:
 	std::string m_webserver_k8s_healthz_endpoint;
 	bool m_webserver_ssl_enabled;
 	std::string m_webserver_ssl_certificate;
+
 	syscall_evt_drop_actions m_syscall_evt_drop_actions;
 	double m_syscall_evt_drop_threshold;
 	double m_syscall_evt_drop_rate;
 	double m_syscall_evt_drop_max_burst;
-
 	// Only used for testing
 	bool m_syscall_evt_simulate_drops;
 
+	uint32_t m_syscall_evt_timeout_max_consecutives;
+
 private:
 	void init_cmdline_options(std::list<std::string>& cmdline_options);