diff --git a/quakespasm/Quake/glquake.h b/quakespasm/Quake/glquake.h
index ff61cb11..e85dfb6b 100644
--- a/quakespasm/Quake/glquake.h
+++ b/quakespasm/Quake/glquake.h
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	double	packetsize;
 	double	efrags;
 	double	beams;
+	double	varstring;
 } overflowtimes_t;
 extern overflowtimes_t dev_overflows; //this stores the last time overflow messages were displayed, not the last time overflows occured
 #define CONSOLE_RESPAM_TIME 3 // seconds between repeated warning messages
diff --git a/quakespasm/Quake/pr_cmds.c b/quakespasm/Quake/pr_cmds.c
index ff886623..f650dcea 100644
--- a/quakespasm/Quake/pr_cmds.c
+++ b/quakespasm/Quake/pr_cmds.c
@@ -65,7 +65,13 @@ static char *PF_VarString (int	first)
 		}
 	}
 	if (s > 255)
-		Con_DWarning("PF_VarString: %i characters exceeds standard limit of 255 (max = %d).\n", (int) s, (int)(sizeof(out) - 1));
+	{
+		if (!dev_overflows.varstring || dev_overflows.varstring + CONSOLE_RESPAM_TIME < realtime)
+		{
+			Con_DWarning("PF_VarString: %i characters exceeds standard limit of 255 (max = %d).\n", (int) s, (int)(sizeof(out) - 1));
+			dev_overflows.varstring = realtime;
+		}
+	}
 	return out;
 }