diff --git a/config_full.json.example b/config_full.json.example
index c6b229ea3..5789e49ac 100644
--- a/config_full.json.example
+++ b/config_full.json.example
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@
     "initial_state": "running",
     "forcebuy_enable": false,
     "internals": {
-        "process_throttle_secs": 5
+        "process_throttle_secs": 5,
+        "heartbeat_interval": 60
     },
     "strategy": "DefaultStrategy",
     "strategy_path": "user_data/strategies/"
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 0eff4da88..e3d16c57b 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Mandatory parameters are marked as **Required**, which means that they are requi
 | `strategy` | DefaultStrategy | Defines Strategy class to use.
 | `strategy_path` | null | Adds an additional strategy lookup path (must be a directory).
 | `internals.process_throttle_secs` | 5 | **Required.** Set the process throttle. Value in second.
+| `internals.heartbeat_interval` | 60 | Print heartbeat message every X seconds. Set to 0 to disable heartbeat messages.
 | `internals.sd_notify` | false | Enables use of the sd_notify protocol to tell systemd service manager about changes in the bot state and issue keep-alive pings. See [here](installation.md#7-optional-configure-freqtrade-as-a-systemd-service) for more details.
 | `logfile` | | Specify Logfile. Uses a rolling strategy of 10 files, with 1Mb per file.
 | `user_data_dir` | cwd()/user_data | Directory containing user data. Defaults to `./user_data/`.
diff --git a/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py b/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
index 6a1be16a1..7251715a7 100644
--- a/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
+++ b/freqtrade/freqtradebot.py
@@ -6,26 +6,27 @@ import logging
 import traceback
 from datetime import datetime
 from math import isclose
+from os import getpid
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import arrow
 from requests.exceptions import RequestException
 
-from freqtrade import (DependencyException, InvalidOrderException,
-                       __version__, constants, persistence)
+from freqtrade import (DependencyException, InvalidOrderException, __version__,
+                       constants, persistence)
+from freqtrade.configuration import validate_config_consistency
 from freqtrade.data.converter import order_book_to_dataframe
 from freqtrade.data.dataprovider import DataProvider
 from freqtrade.edge import Edge
-from freqtrade.configuration import validate_config_consistency
 from freqtrade.exchange import timeframe_to_minutes, timeframe_to_next_date
 from freqtrade.persistence import Trade
+from freqtrade.resolvers import (ExchangeResolver, PairListResolver,
+                                 StrategyResolver)
 from freqtrade.rpc import RPCManager, RPCMessageType
-from freqtrade.resolvers import ExchangeResolver, StrategyResolver, PairListResolver
 from freqtrade.state import State
-from freqtrade.strategy.interface import SellType, IStrategy
+from freqtrade.strategy.interface import IStrategy, SellType
 from freqtrade.wallets import Wallets
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ class FreqtradeBot:
         # Init objects
         self.config = config
 
+        self._heartbeat_msg = 0
+
+        self.heartbeat_interval = self.config.get('internals', {}).get('heartbeat_interval', 60)
+
         self.strategy: IStrategy = StrategyResolver(self.config).strategy
 
         # Check config consistency here since strategies can set certain options
@@ -150,6 +155,11 @@ class FreqtradeBot:
             self.check_handle_timedout()
             Trade.session.flush()
 
+        if (self.heartbeat_interval
+           and (arrow.utcnow().timestamp - self._heartbeat_msg > self.heartbeat_interval)):
+            logger.info(f"Bot heartbeat. PID={getpid()}")
+            self._heartbeat_msg = arrow.utcnow().timestamp
+
     def _extend_whitelist_with_trades(self, whitelist: List[str], trades: List[Any]):
         """
         Extend whitelist with pairs from open trades
@@ -443,7 +453,7 @@ class FreqtradeBot:
         try:
             # Create entity and execute trade
             if not self.create_trades():
-                logger.info('Found no buy signals for whitelisted currencies. Trying again...')
+                logger.debug('Found no buy signals for whitelisted currencies. Trying again...')
         except DependencyException as exception:
             logger.warning('Unable to create trade: %s', exception)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_freqtradebot.py b/tests/test_freqtradebot.py
index f1533d867..8aefaba17 100644
--- a/tests/test_freqtradebot.py
+++ b/tests/test_freqtradebot.py
@@ -1521,6 +1521,7 @@ def test_tsl_on_exchange_compatible_with_edge(mocker, edge_conf, fee, caplog,
 
 
 def test_process_maybe_execute_buys(mocker, default_conf, caplog) -> None:
+    caplog.set_level(logging.DEBUG)
     freqtrade = get_patched_freqtradebot(mocker, default_conf)
 
     mocker.patch('freqtrade.freqtradebot.FreqtradeBot.create_trades', MagicMock(return_value=False))
@@ -3647,3 +3648,27 @@ def test_startup_trade_reinit(default_conf, edge_conf, mocker):
     ftbot = get_patched_freqtradebot(mocker, edge_conf)
     ftbot.startup()
     assert reinit_mock.call_count == 0
+
+
+def test_process_i_am_alive(default_conf, mocker, caplog):
+    patch_RPCManager(mocker)
+    patch_exchange(mocker)
+    mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange.Exchange.exchange_has', MagicMock(return_value=True))
+
+    ftbot = get_patched_freqtradebot(mocker, default_conf)
+    message = r"Bot heartbeat\. PID=.*"
+    ftbot.process()
+    assert log_has_re(message, caplog)
+    assert ftbot._heartbeat_msg != 0
+
+    caplog.clear()
+    # Message is not shown before interval is up
+    ftbot.process()
+    assert not log_has_re(message, caplog)
+
+    caplog.clear()
+    # Set clock - 70 seconds
+    ftbot._heartbeat_msg -= 70
+
+    ftbot.process()
+    assert log_has_re(message, caplog)