diff --git a/Marlin/Configuration_adv.h b/Marlin/Configuration_adv.h
index 9a6661e97e..82cd3489b9 100644
--- a/Marlin/Configuration_adv.h
+++ b/Marlin/Configuration_adv.h
@@ -1881,6 +1881,8 @@
       //#define POWER_LOSS_RETRACT_LEN   10 // (mm) Length of filament to retract on fail
     #endif
 
+    //#define POWER_LOSS_TIMEOUT         10 // (ms) Power loss duration to raise event, three idle() calls otherwise
+
     // Enable if Z homing is needed for proper recovery. 99.9% of the time this should be disabled!
     //#define POWER_LOSS_RECOVER_ZHOME
     #if ENABLED(POWER_LOSS_RECOVER_ZHOME)
diff --git a/Marlin/src/feature/powerloss.h b/Marlin/src/feature/powerloss.h
index df17f956ed..0e652b8770 100644
--- a/Marlin/src/feature/powerloss.h
+++ b/Marlin/src/feature/powerloss.h
@@ -216,14 +216,23 @@ class PrintJobRecovery {
 
     #if PIN_EXISTS(POWER_LOSS)
       static void outage() {
-        static constexpr uint8_t OUTAGE_THRESHOLD = 3;
-        static uint8_t outage_counter = 0;
-        if (enabled && READ(POWER_LOSS_PIN) == POWER_LOSS_STATE) {
-          outage_counter++;
-          if (outage_counter >= OUTAGE_THRESHOLD) _outage();
-        }
-        else
-          outage_counter = 0;
+        #if defined(POWER_LOSS_TIMEOUT)
+          static unsigned long last_power_on;
+          if ( enabled && READ(POWER_LOSS_PIN) == POWER_LOSS_STATE) {
+            if (millis() - last_power_on >= POWER_LOSS_TIMEOUT) _outage();
+          }
+          else
+            last_power_on = millis();
+        #else
+          static constexpr uint8_t OUTAGE_THRESHOLD = 3;
+          static uint8_t outage_counter = 0;
+          if (enabled && READ(POWER_LOSS_PIN) == POWER_LOSS_STATE) {
+            outage_counter++;
+            if (outage_counter >= OUTAGE_THRESHOLD) _outage();
+          }
+          else
+            outage_counter = 0;
+        #endif
       }
     #endif