diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f9a19a0..697a6599 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ There are several settings that control how Solid Queue works that you can set a
 - `process_alive_threshold`: how long to wait until a process is considered dead after its last heartbeat—defaults to 5 minutes.
 - `shutdown_timeout`: time the supervisor will wait since it sent the `TERM` signal to its supervised processes before sending a `QUIT` version to them requesting immediate termination—defaults to 5 seconds.
 - `silence_polling`: whether to silence Active Record logs emitted when polling for both workers and dispatchers—defaults to `true`.
+- `silence_heartbeats`: whether to silence Active Record logs emitted for heartbeats for both workers and dispatchers—defaults to `false`.
 - `supervisor_pidfile`: path to a pidfile that the supervisor will create when booting to prevent running more than one supervisor in the same host, or in case you want to use it for a health check. It's `nil` by default.
 - `preserve_finished_jobs`: whether to keep finished jobs in the `solid_queue_jobs` table—defaults to `true`.
 - `clear_finished_jobs_after`: period to keep finished jobs around, in case `preserve_finished_jobs` is true—defaults to 1 day. **Note:** Right now, there's no automatic cleanup of finished jobs. You'd need to do this by periodically invoking `SolidQueue::Job.clear_finished_in_batches`, but this will happen automatically in the near future.
diff --git a/app/models/solid_queue/process.rb b/app/models/solid_queue/process.rb
index e81edc14..9e6a3083 100644
--- a/app/models/solid_queue/process.rb
+++ b/app/models/solid_queue/process.rb
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ def self.register(**attributes)
   end
 
   def heartbeat
-    # Clear any previous changes before locking, for example, in case a previous heartbeat
-    # failed because of a DB issue (with SQLite depending on configuration, a BusyException
-    # is not rare) and we still have the unpersisted value
-    restore_attributes
-    with_lock { touch(:last_heartbeat_at) }
+    if SolidQueue.silence_heartbeats? && ActiveRecord::Base.logger
+      ActiveRecord::Base.logger.silence { perform_heartbeat }
+    else
+      perform_heartbeat
+    end
   end
 
   def deregister(pruned: false)
@@ -44,4 +44,12 @@ def deregister(pruned: false)
     def supervised?
       supervisor_id.present?
     end
+
+    def perform_heartbeat
+      # Clear any previous changes before locking, for example, in case a previous heartbeat
+      # failed because of a DB issue (with SQLite depending on configuration, a BusyException
+      # is not rare) and we still have the unpersisted value
+      restore_attributes
+      with_lock { touch(:last_heartbeat_at) }
+    end
 end
diff --git a/lib/solid_queue.rb b/lib/solid_queue.rb
index e7070d26..d365186c 100644
--- a/lib/solid_queue.rb
+++ b/lib/solid_queue.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ module SolidQueue
   mattr_accessor :shutdown_timeout, default: 5.seconds
 
   mattr_accessor :silence_polling, default: true
+  mattr_accessor :silence_heartbeats, default: false
 
   mattr_accessor :supervisor_pidfile
   mattr_accessor :supervisor, default: false
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@ def silence_polling?
     silence_polling
   end
 
+  def silence_heartbeats?
+    silence_heartbeats
+  end
+
   def preserve_finished_jobs?
     preserve_finished_jobs
   end