diff --git a/src/pulsecore/log.c b/src/pulsecore/log.c
index adf2f1128..9a7f7cac1 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/log.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/log.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <pulsecore/core-util.h>
 #include <pulsecore/rtclock.h>
 #include <pulsecore/once.h>
+#include <pulsecore/ratelimit.h>
 
 #include "log.h"
 
@@ -375,3 +376,10 @@ void pa_log_level(pa_log_level_t level, const char *format, ...) {
     pa_log_levelv_meta(level, NULL, 0, NULL, format, ap);
     va_end(ap);
 }
+
+pa_bool_t pa_log_ratelimit(void) {
+    /* Not more than 10 messages every 5s */
+    static PA_DEFINE_RATELIMIT(ratelimit, 5 * PA_USEC_PER_SEC, 10);
+
+    return pa_ratelimit_test(&ratelimit);
+}
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/log.h b/src/pulsecore/log.h
index 3d66e903e..77adb791d 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/log.h
+++ b/src/pulsecore/log.h
@@ -109,4 +109,6 @@ LOG_FUNC(error, PA_LOG_ERROR)
 
 #define pa_log pa_log_error
 
+pa_bool_t pa_log_ratelimit(void);
+
 #endif