diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 3607aa41..2973c360 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ avastRabbitMQConsumerDefaults {
   failureAction = Republish // Ack, Reject, Retry, Republish
   timeoutAction = Republish // Ack, Reject, Retry, Republish
 
+  timeoutLogLevel = WARN // TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR
+
   declare {
     enabled = false
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/DefaultRabbitMQClientFactory.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/DefaultRabbitMQClientFactory.scala
index d2719214..daa25207 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/DefaultRabbitMQClientFactory.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/DefaultRabbitMQClientFactory.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import cats.effect.Effect
 import com.avast.bytes.Bytes
 import com.avast.clients.rabbitmq.api.DeliveryResult.{Ack, Reject, Republish, Retry}
 import com.avast.clients.rabbitmq.api._
-import com.avast.metrics.scalaapi.Monitor
+import com.avast.metrics.scalaapi.{Meter, Monitor}
 import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP
 import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Queue
 import com.typesafe.config.{Config, ConfigFactory, ConfigValueFactory}
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import monix.execution.Scheduler
 import net.ceedubs.ficus.Ficus._
 import net.ceedubs.ficus.readers.ArbitraryTypeReader._
 import net.ceedubs.ficus.readers.ValueReader
+import org.slf4j.event.Level
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.collection.generic.CanBuildFrom
@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ private[rabbitmq] object DefaultRabbitMQClientFactory extends LazyLogging {
     BindArguments(argumentsMap)
   }
 
+  private implicit final val logLevelReader: ValueReader[Level] = ValueReader[String].map(Level.valueOf)
+
   // this overrides Ficus's default reader and pass better path into possible exception
   private implicit def traversableReader[C[_], A](implicit entryReader: ValueReader[A],
                                                   cbf: CanBuildFrom[Nothing, A, C[A]]): ValueReader[C[A]] =
@@ -527,10 +530,7 @@ private[rabbitmq] object DefaultRabbitMQClientFactory extends LazyLogging {
           action
             .timeout(ScalaDuration(processTimeout.toMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS))
             .onErrorRecoverWith {
-              case e: TimeoutException =>
-                timeoutsMeter.mark()
-                logger.warn(s"[$name] Task timed-out, applying DeliveryResult.${consumerConfig.timeoutAction}", e)
-                Task.now(consumerConfig.timeoutAction)
+              case e: TimeoutException => doTimeoutAction(consumerConfig, timeoutsMeter, e)
             }
         }
 
@@ -551,6 +551,26 @@ private[rabbitmq] object DefaultRabbitMQClientFactory extends LazyLogging {
       }
   }
 
+  private def doTimeoutAction[A, F[_]: Effect](consumerConfig: ConsumerConfig,
+                                               timeoutsMeter: Meter,
+                                               e: TimeoutException): Task[DeliveryResult] = Task {
+    import consumerConfig._
+
+    timeoutsMeter.mark()
+
+    lazy val msg = s"[$name] Task timed-out, applying DeliveryResult.${consumerConfig.timeoutAction}"
+
+    timeoutLogLevel match {
+      case Level.ERROR => logger.error(msg, e)
+      case Level.WARN => logger.warn(msg, e)
+      case Level.INFO => logger.info(msg, e)
+      case Level.DEBUG => logger.debug(msg, e)
+      case Level.TRACE => logger.trace(msg, e)
+    }
+
+    consumerConfig.timeoutAction
+  }
+
   implicit class WrapConfig(val c: Config) extends AnyVal {
     def wrapped(prefix: String = "root"): Config = {
       // we need to wrap it with one level, to be able to parse it with Ficus
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/configuration.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/configuration.scala
index 1eeb53fa..3a3e8353 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/configuration.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/configuration.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.time.Duration
 
 import com.avast.clients.rabbitmq.api.DeliveryResult
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
+import org.slf4j.event.Level
 
 import scala.collection.immutable
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ case class ConsumerConfig(queueName: String,
                           processTimeout: Duration,
                           failureAction: DeliveryResult,
                           timeoutAction: DeliveryResult,
+                          timeoutLogLevel: Level,
                           prefetchCount: Int,
                           declare: AutoDeclareQueue,
                           bindings: immutable.Seq[AutoBindQueue],