diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e7f2f13..308c1b7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ use futures::StreamExt;
 use futures_sink::Sink;
 use pin_utils::{unsafe_pinned, unsafe_unpinned};
 
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 use futures_timer::Delay;
 
 pub trait ChunksTimeoutStreamExt: Stream {
-    fn chunks_timeout(self, capacity: usize, duration: Duration) -> ChunksTimeout<Self>
+    fn chunks_timeout(self, capacity: usize, duration: Duration) -> ChunksTimeout<Self, NoStats>
     where
         Self: Sized,
     {
@@ -29,28 +29,70 @@ pub trait ChunksTimeoutStreamExt: Stream {
 }
 impl<T: ?Sized> ChunksTimeoutStreamExt for T where T: Stream {}
 
+pub enum FlushEvent {
+    Full,
+    MinTimeoutTimer,
+    MaxTimeoutTimer,
+}
+
+pub trait StatsStrategy {
+    fn add(&mut self, event: FlushEvent);
+}
+
+pub struct NoStats;
+
+impl StatsStrategy for NoStats {
+    fn add(&mut self, _event: FlushEvent) {}
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 #[must_use = "streams do nothing unless polled"]
-pub struct ChunksTimeout<St: Stream> {
+pub struct ChunksTimeout<St: Stream, Stats: StatsStrategy> {
     stream: Fuse<St>,
     items: Vec<St::Item>,
     cap: usize,
     // https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/futures-rs/issues/1475
     clock: Option<Delay>,
-    duration: Duration,
+    min_duration: Option<Duration>,
+    max_duration: Duration,
+    last_flush_time: Instant,
+    stats: Stats,
 }
 
-impl<St: Unpin + Stream> Unpin for ChunksTimeout<St> {}
+impl<St: Unpin + Stream, Stats: StatsStrategy> Unpin for ChunksTimeout<St, Stats> {}
+
+impl<St: Stream> ChunksTimeout<St, NoStats>
+    where
+        St: Stream,
+{
+    pub fn new(stream: St, capacity: usize, duration: Duration) -> ChunksTimeout<St, NoStats> {
+        Self::with_stats(stream, capacity, None, duration, NoStats{})
+    }
+
+    // Creates a ChunksTimeout with an additional passive timer with min_duration.
+    //
+    // Small timeout values, 20 microseconds e.g., could lead to heavy overhead
+    // from conditional variables to awake this future inside the runtime.
+    // To solve that, we add a light-weight passive timer with `min_duration` timeout
+    // which can only be driven by latter items inside the inner stream
+    // and use the real timer with `max_duration` timeout as the deadline timeout
+    // for the case that there's no upcoming item.
+    pub fn with_min_timeout(stream: St, capacity: usize, min_duration: Duration, max_duration: Duration) -> ChunksTimeout<St, NoStats> {
+        Self::with_stats(stream, capacity, Some(min_duration), max_duration, NoStats{})
+    }
+}
 
-impl<St: Stream> ChunksTimeout<St>
+impl<St: Stream, Stats: StatsStrategy> ChunksTimeout<St, Stats>
 where
     St: Stream,
 {
     unsafe_unpinned!(items: Vec<St::Item>);
     unsafe_pinned!(clock: Option<Delay>);
     unsafe_pinned!(stream: Fuse<St>);
+    unsafe_unpinned!(last_flush_time: Instant);
+    unsafe_unpinned!(stats: Stats);
 
-    pub fn new(stream: St, capacity: usize, duration: Duration) -> ChunksTimeout<St> {
+    pub fn with_stats(stream: St, capacity: usize, min_duration: Option<Duration>, max_duration: Duration, stats: Stats) -> ChunksTimeout<St, Stats> {
         assert!(capacity > 0);
 
         ChunksTimeout {
@@ -58,7 +100,10 @@ where
             items: Vec::with_capacity(capacity),
             cap: capacity,
             clock: None,
-            duration,
+            min_duration,
+            max_duration,
+            last_flush_time: Instant::now(),
+            stats,
         }
     }
 
@@ -98,9 +143,18 @@ where
     pub fn into_inner(self) -> St {
         self.stream.into_inner()
     }
+
+    fn flush(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, event: FlushEvent) -> Poll<Option<Vec<St::Item>>> {
+        *self.as_mut().clock() = None;
+        if self.min_duration.is_some() {
+            *self.as_mut().last_flush_time() = Instant::now();
+        }
+        self.as_mut().stats().add(event);
+        return Poll::Ready(Some(self.as_mut().take()));
+    }
 }
 
-impl<St: Stream> Stream for ChunksTimeout<St> {
+impl<St: Stream, Stats: StatsStrategy> Stream for ChunksTimeout<St, Stats> {
     type Item = Vec<St::Item>;
 
     fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
@@ -113,12 +167,11 @@ impl<St: Stream> Stream for ChunksTimeout<St> {
                     Some(item) => {
                         if self.items.is_empty() {
                             *self.as_mut().clock() =
-                                Some(Delay::new(self.duration));
+                                Some(Delay::new(self.max_duration));
                         }
                         self.as_mut().items().push(item);
                         if self.items.len() >= self.cap {
-                            *self.as_mut().clock() = None;
-                            return Poll::Ready(Some(self.as_mut().take()));
+                            return self.flush(FlushEvent::Full)
                         } else {
                             // Continue the loop
                             continue;
@@ -142,10 +195,21 @@ impl<St: Stream> Stream for ChunksTimeout<St> {
                 Poll::Pending => {}
             }
 
+            if self.items.is_empty() {
+                return Poll::Pending;
+            }
+
+            if let Some(min_duration) = self.min_duration {
+                let now = Instant::now();
+                if now > self.last_flush_time
+                    && now.duration_since(self.last_flush_time) >= min_duration {
+                    return self.flush(FlushEvent::MinTimeoutTimer);
+                }
+            }
+
             match self.as_mut().clock().as_pin_mut().map(|clock| clock.poll(cx)) {
                 Some(Poll::Ready(())) => {
-                    *self.as_mut().clock() = None;
-                    return Poll::Ready(Some(self.as_mut().take()));
+                    return self.flush(FlushEvent::MaxTimeoutTimer);
                 }
                 Some(Poll::Pending) => {}
                 None => {
@@ -172,7 +236,7 @@ impl<St: Stream> Stream for ChunksTimeout<St> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<St: FusedStream> FusedStream for ChunksTimeout<St> {
+impl<St: FusedStream, Stats: StatsStrategy> FusedStream for ChunksTimeout<St, Stats> {
     fn is_terminated(&self) -> bool {
         self.stream.is_terminated() & self.items.is_empty()
     }
@@ -180,7 +244,7 @@ impl<St: FusedStream> FusedStream for ChunksTimeout<St> {
 
 // Forwarding impl of Sink from the underlying stream
 #[cfg(feature = "sink")]
-impl<S, Item> Sink<Item> for ChunksTimeout<S>
+impl<S, Stats: StatsStrategy, Item> Sink<Item> for ChunksTimeout<S, Stats>
 where
     S: Stream + Sink<Item>,
 {