diff --git a/srtcore/core.cpp b/srtcore/core.cpp
index a1ccdfaf1..a29f07ec0 100644
--- a/srtcore/core.cpp
+++ b/srtcore/core.cpp
@@ -9892,6 +9892,10 @@ int srt::CUDT::handleSocketPacketReception(const vector<CUnit*>& incoming, bool&
                     // A drawback is that it would prevent a valid packet with the same sequence number, if it happens to arrive later, to end up in the buffer.
                     const int iDropCnt = m_pRcvBuffer->dropMessage(u->m_Packet.getSeqNo(), u->m_Packet.getSeqNo(), SRT_MSGNO_NONE);
 
+#ifndef SRT_LOG_SLOWDOWN_FREQ_MS
+#define SRT_LOG_SLOWDOWN_FREQ_MS 1000
+#endif
+
                     const steady_clock::time_point tnow = steady_clock::now();
                     ScopedLock lg(m_StatsLock);
                     m_stats.rcvr.dropped.count(stats::BytesPackets(iDropCnt * rpkt.getLength(), iDropCnt));