diff --git a/common/ruletypes.h b/common/ruletypes.h
index 2e8529d70..da2078434 100644
--- a/common/ruletypes.h
+++ b/common/ruletypes.h
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ RULE_BOOL(Zone, EnableZoneControllerGlobals, false, "Enables the ability to use
 RULE_INT(Zone, GlobalLootMultiplier, 1, "Sets Global Loot drop multiplier for database based drops, useful for double, triple loot etc")
 RULE_BOOL(Zone, KillProcessOnDynamicShutdown, true, "When process has booted a zone and has hit its zone shut down timer, it will hard kill the process to free memory back to the OS")
 RULE_INT(Zone, SecondsBeforeIdle, 60, "Seconds before IDLE_WHEN_EMPTY define kicks in")
+RULE_INT(Zone, SpawnEventMin, 3, "When strict is set in spawn_events, specifies the max EQ minutes into the trigger hour a spawn_event will fire. Going below 3 may cause the spawn_event to not fire.")
 RULE_CATEGORY_END()
 
 RULE_CATEGORY(Map)
diff --git a/zone/spawn2.cpp b/zone/spawn2.cpp
index b6689d715..f15ff12c3 100644
--- a/zone/spawn2.cpp
+++ b/zone/spawn2.cpp
@@ -832,8 +832,11 @@ void SpawnConditionManager::Process() {
 				if(EQTime::IsTimeBefore(&tod, &cevent.next)) {
 					//this event has been triggered.
 					//execute the event
-					if(!cevent.strict || (cevent.strict && cevent.next.hour == tod.hour && cevent.next.day == tod.day && cevent.next.month == tod.month && cevent.next.year == tod.year))
+					uint8 min = cevent.next.minute + RuleI(Zone, SpawnEventMin);
+					if(!cevent.strict || (cevent.strict && tod.minute < min && cevent.next.hour == tod.hour && cevent.next.day == tod.day && cevent.next.month == tod.month && cevent.next.year == tod.year))
 						ExecEvent(cevent, true);
+					else
+						LogSpawns("Event {}: Is strict, ExecEvent is skipped.", cevent.id);
 
 					//add the period of the event to the trigger time
 					EQTime::AddMinutes(cevent.period, &cevent.next);
@@ -858,6 +861,7 @@ void SpawnConditionManager::ExecEvent(SpawnEvent &event, bool send_update) {
 	std::map<uint16, SpawnCondition>::iterator condi;
 	condi = spawn_conditions.find(event.condition_id);
 	if(condi == spawn_conditions.end()) {
+		//If we're here, strict has already been checked. Check again in case hour has changed.
 		LogSpawns("Event [{}]: Unable to find condition [{}] to execute on", event.id, event.condition_id);
 		return;	//unable to find the spawn condition to operate on
 	}