diff --git a/mode/services.py b/mode/services.py
index e09376a..bca65e0 100644
--- a/mode/services.py
+++ b/mode/services.py
@@ -1053,6 +1053,7 @@ async def itertimer(
         interval: Seconds,
         *,
         max_drift_correction: float = 0.1,
+        max_drift: Optional[float] = None,
         sleep: Optional[Callable[..., Awaitable]] = None,
         clock: ClockArg = perf_counter,
         name: str = "",
@@ -1070,6 +1071,13 @@ async def itertimer(
             Will sleep the full `interval` seconds before returning
             from first iteration.
 
+        Arguments:
+            max_drift: Log a warning when the timer's wakeup drifts by more
+                than this many seconds. Defaults to `~mode.timers.Timer`'s
+                usual ``min(interval * 30%, 1.2s)`` heuristic; pass an
+                explicit value to raise (or lower) the threshold for timers
+                where the default is too sensitive.
+
         Examples:
 
         ```python
@@ -1086,6 +1094,7 @@ async def itertimer(
                 interval,
                 name=name,
                 max_drift_correction=max_drift_correction,
+                max_drift=max_drift,
                 clock=clock,
                 sleep=sleepfun,
             ):
diff --git a/mode/threads.py b/mode/threads.py
index 1cff5fe..972abf8 100644
--- a/mode/threads.py
+++ b/mode/threads.py
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ class ServiceThread(Service):
     #: underlying thread to be fully started.
     wait_for_thread: bool = True
 
+    #: Drift threshold (in seconds) for the internal keepalive timer's
+    #: "woke up too late/early" warning. ``None`` uses the same default
+    #: heuristic as any other `Service.itertimer`. The keepalive timer
+    #: runs every second purely to keep the thread's own event loop
+    #: scheduled, so overrides here only affect how noisy that specific
+    #: log is, not the thread's actual behavior.
+    keepalive_max_drift: Optional[float] = None
+
     _thread: Optional["WorkerThread"] = None
     _thread_started: Event
     _thread_running: Optional[asyncio.Future] = None
@@ -264,7 +272,9 @@ async def _serve(self) -> None:
     @Service.task
     async def _thread_keepalive(self) -> None:
         async for _sleep_time in self.itertimer(
-            1.0, name=f"_thread_keepalive-{self.label}"
+            1.0,
+            max_drift=self.keepalive_max_drift,
+            name=f"_thread_keepalive-{self.label}",
         ):  # pragma: no cover
             # The consumer thread will have a separate event loop,
             # and so we use this trick to make sure our loop is
diff --git a/mode/timers.py b/mode/timers.py
index 1b6afdb..101dd06 100644
--- a/mode/timers.py
+++ b/mode/timers.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Awaitable, Iterator
 from itertools import count
 from time import perf_counter
-from typing import Callable
+from typing import Callable, Optional
 
 from .utils.logging import get_logger
 from .utils.times import Seconds, want_seconds
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def __init__(
         interval: Seconds,
         *,
         max_drift_correction: float = 0.1,
+        max_drift: Optional[float] = None,
         name: str = "",
         clock: ClockArg = perf_counter,
         sleep: SleepArg = asyncio.sleep,
@@ -50,8 +51,16 @@ def __init__(
         self.sleep: SleepArg = sleep
         interval_s = self.interval_s = want_seconds(interval)
 
-        # Log when drift exceeds this number
-        self.max_drift = min(interval_s * MAX_DRIFT_PERCENT, MAX_DRIFT_CEILING)
+        # Log when drift exceeds this number.
+        # Callers that find the default threshold too sensitive (e.g. it
+        # logs on drift that isn't actionable for them) can pass an
+        # explicit `max_drift` to raise -- or lower -- it.
+        if max_drift is not None:
+            self.max_drift = max_drift
+        else:
+            self.max_drift = min(
+                interval_s * MAX_DRIFT_PERCENT, MAX_DRIFT_CEILING
+            )
 
         if interval_s > self.max_drift_correction:
             self.min_interval_s = interval_s - self.max_drift_correction
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_timers.py b/tests/functional/test_timers.py
index f4f7772..3969a5f 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_timers.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_timers.py
@@ -21,6 +21,70 @@ async def test_Timer_real_run():
         i += 1
 
 
+def test_Timer_max_drift__defaults_to_heuristic_when_omitted():
+    timer = Timer(1.0, name="test")
+    assert timer.max_drift == pytest.approx(0.30)  # min(1.0 * 0.30, 1.2)
+
+
+def test_Timer_max_drift__uses_explicit_value_when_given():
+    timer = Timer(1.0, name="test", max_drift=5.0)
+    assert timer.max_drift == 5.0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_Timer_max_drift__can_be_changed_at_runtime():
+    # `max_drift` is read fresh from the instance on every `tick()`, so it
+    # can be retuned live -- after the timer has already started iterating,
+    # not only at construction. This drives the same physical ~0.5s drift on
+    # three consecutive iterations and changes *only* `timer.max_drift`
+    # between them: the identical drift is silent, then warns, then is
+    # silent again, proving the new threshold takes effect immediately.
+    clock = Mock()
+    clock.side_effect = [
+        9.0,  # __init__ epoch
+        10.0,
+        11.5,  # iter 1 (first tick, no drift check): slept 1.5s
+        12.0,
+        13.5,  # iter 2: drift -0.5s
+        14.0,
+        15.5,  # iter 3: drift -0.5s
+        16.0,
+        17.5,  # iter 4: drift -0.5s
+    ]
+    sleep = AsyncMock()
+    timer = Timer(1.0, name="test", clock=clock, sleep=sleep, max_drift=1.0)
+    it = timer.__aiter__()
+
+    with patch("mode.timers.logger") as logger:
+        await it.__anext__()  # iter 1: first tick, establishes timing
+        await it.__anext__()  # iter 2: 0.5s drift < 1.0 threshold -> silent
+        logger.info.assert_not_called()
+        assert timer.drifting == 0
+
+        # Lower the threshold live; the next identical drift must now warn.
+        timer.max_drift = 0.1
+        await it.__anext__()  # iter 3: 0.5s drift >= 0.1 threshold -> warns
+        logger.info.assert_called_once_with(
+            "Timer %s woke up too late, with a drift of +%r "
+            "runtime=%r sleeptime=%r",
+            "test",
+            ANY,
+            ANY,
+            ANY,
+        )
+        assert timer.drifting == 1
+        assert timer.drifting_late == 1
+
+        # Raise it back live; the same drift falls silent again.
+        timer.max_drift = 1.0
+        await it.__anext__()  # iter 4: 0.5s drift < 1.0 threshold -> silent
+        logger.info.assert_called_once()  # still just the one warning
+        assert timer.drifting == 1
+        assert timer.drifting_late == 1
+
+    await it.aclose()
+
+
 class Interval(NamedTuple):
     interval: float
     wakeup_time: float
@@ -229,6 +293,98 @@ class test_Timer_30s_five_second_skew(test_Timer):
     skew = 5.0
 
 
+class test_Timer_explicit_max_drift_suppresses_warning(test_Timer):
+    # Same 1s interval / 0.3s skew as the base class, which normally logs
+    # a warning (0.3s drift >= the default ~0.3 threshold for a 1s
+    # interval). An explicit `max_drift` higher than the induced drift
+    # must silence it.
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def timer(self, *, clock, sleep) -> Timer:
+        return Timer(
+            self.interval,
+            name="test",
+            clock=clock,
+            sleep=sleep,
+            max_drift=self.skew + 0.1,
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_too_early(self, *, clock, timer, first_interval):
+        interval = self.interval
+        skew = self.skew
+        intervals = [
+            first_interval,
+            (None, None),
+            (None, None),
+            (interval - skew, None),
+            (None, interval + skew),
+            (None, None),
+        ]
+        async with self.assert_timer(timer, clock, intervals) as logger:
+            logger.info.assert_not_called()
+            assert not timer.drifting
+            assert not timer.drifting_early
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_too_late(self, *, clock, timer, first_interval):
+        interval = self.interval
+        skew = self.skew
+        intervals = [
+            first_interval,
+            (None, None),
+            (None, None),
+            (interval + skew, None),
+            (None, interval + skew),
+            (None, None),
+        ]
+        async with self.assert_timer(timer, clock, intervals) as logger:
+            logger.info.assert_not_called()
+            assert not timer.drifting
+            assert not timer.drifting_late
+
+
+class test_Timer_explicit_max_drift_lowers_threshold(test_Timer):
+    # A small skew that would normally stay silent (well under the
+    # default ~0.3 threshold for a 1s interval) must warn once `max_drift`
+    # is explicitly set below it.
+    skew = 0.05
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def timer(self, *, clock, sleep) -> Timer:
+        return Timer(
+            self.interval,
+            name="test",
+            clock=clock,
+            sleep=sleep,
+            max_drift=0.01,
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_too_late(self, *, clock, timer, first_interval):
+        interval = self.interval
+        skew = self.skew
+        intervals = [
+            first_interval,
+            (None, None),
+            (None, None),
+            (interval + skew, None),
+            (None, interval + skew),
+            (None, None),
+        ]
+        async with self.assert_timer(timer, clock, intervals) as logger:
+            logger.info.assert_called_once_with(
+                "Timer %s woke up too late, with a drift "
+                "of +%r runtime=%r sleeptime=%r",
+                "test",
+                ANY,
+                ANY,
+                ANY,
+            )
+            assert timer.drifting == 1
+            assert timer.drifting_late == 1
+
+
 class test_Timer_30s_five_second_skew_late_epoch(test_Timer):
     epoch = 300000.0
     interval = 30.0
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_threads.py b/tests/unit/test_threads.py
index caf385d..659c43e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_threads.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_threads.py
@@ -196,6 +196,23 @@ async def timer(interval, **kwargs):
 
         await thread._thread_keepalive(thread)
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test__thread_keepalive__forwards_configured_max_drift(
+        self, *, thread
+    ):
+        thread.keepalive_max_drift = 5.0
+        calls = []
+
+        async def timer(interval, **kwargs):
+            calls.append(kwargs)
+            yield interval
+
+        thread.itertimer = timer
+
+        await thread._thread_keepalive(thread)
+
+        assert calls[0]["max_drift"] == 5.0
+
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_serve(self, *, thread):
         self.mock_for_serve(thread)