diff --git a/fluent/asyncsender.py b/fluent/asyncsender.py
index 7f8dc02..e140774 100644
--- a/fluent/asyncsender.py
+++ b/fluent/asyncsender.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  msgpack_kwargs=None,
                  queue_maxsize=DEFAULT_QUEUE_MAXSIZE,
                  queue_circular=DEFAULT_QUEUE_CIRCULAR,
+                 queue_overflow_handler=None,
                  **kwargs):
         """
         :param kwargs: This kwargs argument is not used in __init__. This will be removed in the next major version.
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ def __init__(self,
                                            **kwargs)
         self._queue_maxsize = queue_maxsize
         self._queue_circular = queue_circular
+        if queue_circular and queue_overflow_handler:
+            self._queue_overflow_handler = queue_overflow_handler
+        else:
+            self._queue_overflow_handler = self._queue_overflow_handler_default
 
         self._thread_guard = threading.Event()  # This ensures visibility across all variables
         self._closed = False
@@ -109,9 +114,11 @@ def _send(self, bytes_):
             if self._queue_circular and self._queue.full():
                 # discard oldest
                 try:
-                    self._queue.get(block=False)
+                    discarded_bytes = self._queue.get(block=False)
                 except Empty:  # pragma: no cover
                     pass
+                else:
+                    self._queue_overflow_handler(discarded_bytes)
             try:
                 self._queue.put(bytes_, block=(not self._queue_circular))
             except Full:    # pragma: no cover
@@ -132,5 +139,8 @@ def _send_loop(self):
         finally:
             self._close()
 
+    def _queue_overflow_handler_default(self, discarded_bytes):
+        pass
+
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
         self.close()
diff --git a/tests/test_asynchandler.py b/tests/test_asynchandler.py
index 52d9182..e88a041 100644
--- a/tests/test_asynchandler.py
+++ b/tests/test_asynchandler.py
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@
 import sys
 import unittest
 
+try:
+    from unittest import mock
+except ImportError:
+    import mock
+try:
+    from unittest.mock import patch
+except ImportError:
+    from mock import patch
+
+
+
 import fluent.asynchandler
 import fluent.handler
 from tests import mockserver
@@ -309,3 +320,68 @@ def test_simple(self):
         eq('userB', el[2]['to'])
         self.assertTrue(el[1])
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(el[1], int))
+
+
+class QueueOverflowException(BaseException):
+    pass
+
+
+def queue_overflow_handler(discarded_bytes):
+    raise QueueOverflowException(discarded_bytes)
+
+
+class TestHandlerWithCircularQueueHandler(unittest.TestCase):
+    Q_SIZE = 1
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestHandlerWithCircularQueueHandler, self).setUp()
+        self._server = mockserver.MockRecvServer('localhost')
+        self._port = self._server.port
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self._server.close()
+
+    def get_handler_class(self):
+        # return fluent.handler.FluentHandler
+        return fluent.asynchandler.FluentHandler
+
+    def test_simple(self):
+        handler = self.get_handler_class()('app.follow', port=self._port,
+                                           queue_maxsize=self.Q_SIZE,
+                                           queue_circular=True,
+                                           queue_overflow_handler=queue_overflow_handler)
+        with handler:
+            def custom_full_queue():
+                handler.sender._queue.put(b'Mock', block=True)
+                return True
+
+            with patch.object(fluent.asynchandler.asyncsender.Queue, 'full', mock.Mock(side_effect=custom_full_queue)):
+                self.assertEqual(handler.sender.queue_circular, True)
+                self.assertEqual(handler.sender.queue_maxsize, self.Q_SIZE)
+
+                logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+                log = logging.getLogger('fluent.test')
+                handler.setFormatter(fluent.handler.FluentRecordFormatter())
+                log.addHandler(handler)
+
+                exc_counter = 0
+
+                try:
+                    log.info({'cnt': 1, 'from': 'userA', 'to': 'userB'})
+                except QueueOverflowException:
+                    exc_counter += 1
+
+                try:
+                    log.info({'cnt': 2, 'from': 'userA', 'to': 'userB'})
+                except QueueOverflowException:
+                    exc_counter += 1
+
+                try:
+                    log.info({'cnt': 3, 'from': 'userA', 'to': 'userB'})
+                except QueueOverflowException:
+                    exc_counter += 1
+
+                # we can't be sure to have exception in every case due to multithreading,
+                # so we can test only for a cautelative condition here
+                print('Exception raised: {} (expected 3)'.format(exc_counter))
+                assert exc_counter >= 0