diff --git a/synchronicity/synchronizer.py b/synchronicity/synchronizer.py
index dce78af..249826a 100644
--- a/synchronicity/synchronizer.py
+++ b/synchronicity/synchronizer.py
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 import contextlib
 import functools
 import inspect
+import logging
 import platform
 import threading
+import time
 import typing
 import warnings
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from typing import ForwardRef, Optional
 
 from synchronicity.annotations import evaluated_annotation
@@ -18,6 +21,9 @@
 from .exceptions import UserCodeException, unwrap_coro_exception, wrap_coro_exception
 from .interface import Interface
 
+logger = logging.getLogger("synchronicity")
+
+
 _BUILTIN_ASYNC_METHODS = {
     "__aiter__": "__iter__",
     "__aenter__": "__enter__",
@@ -82,6 +88,24 @@ def _type_requires_aio_usage(annotation, declaration_module):
     return False
 
 
+
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def loop_delay_monitor(monitor_period: float, warning_threshold: float):
+    async def monitor():
+        while 1:
+            t0 = time.monotonic()
+            await asyncio.sleep(monitor_period)
+            duration = time.monotonic() - t0
+            delay = duration - monitor_period
+            if delay >= warning_threshold:
+                logger.warning(f"Detected an event loop delay of {delay:.2f}s")
+
+    loop_task = asyncio.create_task(monitor())
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        loop_task.cancel()
+
 def should_have_aio_interface(func):
     # determines if a blocking function gets an .aio attribute with an async interface to the function or not
     if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(func) or inspect.isasyncgenfunction(func):
@@ -102,7 +126,11 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         multiwrap_warning=False,
         async_leakage_warning=True,
+        loop_delay_monitor_period = None,  # seconds
+        loop_delay_monitor_threshold = None  # seconds
     ):
+        self._loop_delay_monitor_period = loop_delay_monitor_period
+        self._loop_delay_monitor_threshold = loop_delay_monitor_threshold
         self._multiwrap_warning = multiwrap_warning
         self._async_leakage_warning = async_leakage_warning
         self._loop = None
@@ -156,7 +184,11 @@ async def loop_inner():
                     self._loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
                     self._stopping = asyncio.Event()
                     is_ready.set()
-                    await self._stopping.wait()  # wait until told to stop
+                    if self._loop_delay_monitor_period:
+                        async with loop_delay_monitor(self._loop_delay_monitor_period, self._loop_delay_monitor_threshold):
+                            await self._stopping.wait()  # wait until told to stop
+                    else:
+                        await self._stopping.wait()
 
                 try:
                     asyncio.run(loop_inner())
@@ -168,6 +200,7 @@ async def loop_inner():
                         raise exc
 
             self._thread = threading.Thread(target=thread_inner, daemon=True)
+            self._thread.name = f"synchronicity-thread ({id(self)})"
             self._thread.start()
             is_ready.wait()  # TODO: this might block for a very short time
             return self._loop