diff --git a/src/core/unit.c b/src/core/unit.c
index fa89bd4a4d..c130fff7bb 100644
--- a/src/core/unit.c
+++ b/src/core/unit.c
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@
 #include "user-util.h"
 #include "virt.h"
 
+/* Thresholds for logging at INFO level about resource consumption */
+#define MENTIONWORTHY_CPU_NSEC (1 * NSEC_PER_SEC)
+#define MENTIONWORTHY_IO_BYTES (1024 * 1024ULL)
+#define MENTIONWORTHY_IP_BYTES (0ULL)
+
+/* Thresholds for logging at INFO level about resource consumption */
+#define NOTICEWORTHY_CPU_NSEC (10*60 * NSEC_PER_SEC) /* 10 minutes */
+#define NOTICEWORTHY_IO_BYTES (10 * 1024 * 1024ULL)  /* 10 MB */
+#define NOTICEWORTHY_IP_BYTES (128 * 1024 * 1024ULL) /* 128 MB */
+
 const UnitVTable * const unit_vtable[_UNIT_TYPE_MAX] = {
         [UNIT_SERVICE] = &service_vtable,
         [UNIT_SOCKET] = &socket_vtable,
@@ -2138,10 +2148,19 @@ void unit_trigger_notify(Unit *u) {
                         UNIT_VTABLE(other)->trigger_notify(other, u);
 }
 
+static int raise_level(int log_level, bool condition_info, bool condition_notice) {
+        if (condition_notice && log_level > LOG_NOTICE)
+                return LOG_NOTICE;
+        if (condition_info && log_level > LOG_INFO)
+                return LOG_INFO;
+        return log_level;
+}
+
 static int unit_log_resources(Unit *u) {
         struct iovec iovec[1 + _CGROUP_IP_ACCOUNTING_METRIC_MAX + _CGROUP_IO_ACCOUNTING_METRIC_MAX + 4];
         bool any_traffic = false, have_ip_accounting = false, any_io = false, have_io_accounting = false;
         _cleanup_free_ char *igress = NULL, *egress = NULL, *rr = NULL, *wr = NULL;
+        int log_level = LOG_DEBUG; /* May be raised if resources consumed over a treshold */
         size_t n_message_parts = 0, n_iovec = 0;
         char* message_parts[1 + 2 + 2 + 1], *t;
         nsec_t nsec = NSEC_INFINITY;
@@ -2187,6 +2206,10 @@ static int unit_log_resources(Unit *u) {
                 }
 
                 message_parts[n_message_parts++] = t;
+
+                log_level = raise_level(log_level,
+                                        nsec > NOTICEWORTHY_CPU_NSEC,
+                                        nsec > MENTIONWORTHY_CPU_NSEC);
         }
 
         for (CGroupIOAccountingMetric k = 0; k < _CGROUP_IO_ACCOUNTING_METRIC_MAX; k++) {
@@ -2227,6 +2250,11 @@ static int unit_log_resources(Unit *u) {
                                 goto finish;
                         }
                 }
+
+                if (IN_SET(k, CGROUP_IO_READ_BYTES, CGROUP_IO_WRITE_BYTES))
+                        log_level = raise_level(log_level,
+                                                value > MENTIONWORTHY_IO_BYTES,
+                                                value > NOTICEWORTHY_IO_BYTES);
         }
 
         if (have_io_accounting) {
@@ -2287,6 +2315,11 @@ static int unit_log_resources(Unit *u) {
                                 goto finish;
                         }
                 }
+
+                if (IN_SET(m, CGROUP_IP_INGRESS_BYTES, CGROUP_IP_EGRESS_BYTES))
+                        log_level = raise_level(log_level,
+                                                value > MENTIONWORTHY_IP_BYTES,
+                                                value > NOTICEWORTHY_IP_BYTES);
         }
 
         if (have_ip_accounting) {
@@ -2343,7 +2376,7 @@ static int unit_log_resources(Unit *u) {
         t = strjoina(u->manager->invocation_log_field, u->invocation_id_string);
         iovec[n_iovec + 3] = IOVEC_MAKE_STRING(t);
 
-        log_struct_iovec(LOG_INFO, iovec, n_iovec + 4);
+        log_struct_iovec(log_level, iovec, n_iovec + 4);
         r = 0;
 
 finish: