diff --git a/src/imageloader.js b/src/imageloader.js
index 87b79079..9d04ed2b 100644
--- a/src/imageloader.js
+++ b/src/imageloader.js
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ $.ImageLoader.prototype = {
      *      requests.
      * @param {Function} [options.callback] - Called once image has been downloaded.
      * @param {Function} [options.abort] - Called when this image job is aborted.
+     * @returns {boolean} true if job was immediatelly started, false if queued
      */
     addJob: function(options) {
         if (!options.source) {
@@ -229,10 +230,10 @@ $.ImageLoader.prototype = {
         if ( !this.jobLimit || this.jobsInProgress < this.jobLimit ) {
             newJob.start();
             this.jobsInProgress++;
+            return true;
         }
-        else {
-            this.jobQueue.push( newJob );
-        }
+        this.jobQueue.push( newJob );
+        return false;
     },
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/tiledimage.js b/src/tiledimage.js
index bd3db706..4d0aa7de 100644
--- a/src/tiledimage.js
+++ b/src/tiledimage.js
@@ -2042,7 +2042,7 @@ $.extend($.TiledImage.prototype, $.EventSource.prototype, /** @lends OpenSeadrag
         var _this = this;
         tile.loading = true;
         tile.tiledImage = this;
-        this._imageLoader.addJob({
+        if (!this._imageLoader.addJob({
             src: tile.getUrl(),
             tile: tile,
             source: this.source,
@@ -2057,7 +2057,23 @@ $.extend($.TiledImage.prototype, $.EventSource.prototype, /** @lends OpenSeadrag
             abort: function() {
                 tile.loading = false;
             }
-        });
+        })) {
+            /**
+             * Triggered if tile load job was added to a full queue.
+             * This allows to react upon e.g. network not being able to serve the tiles fast enough.
+             * @event job-queue-full
+             * @memberof OpenSeadragon.Viewer
+             * @type {object}
+             * @property {OpenSeadragon.Tile} tile - The tile that failed to load.
+             * @property {OpenSeadragon.TiledImage} tiledImage - The tiled image the tile belongs to.
+             * @property {number} time - The time in milliseconds when the tile load began.
+             */
+            this.viewer.raiseEvent("job-queue-full", {
+                tile: tile,
+                tiledImage: this,
+                time: time,
+            });
+        }
     },
 
     /**