diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Server.php b/src/pocketmine/Server.php
index 97147fe22..80263789b 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Server.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Server.php
@@ -2247,6 +2247,12 @@ class Server{
 
 		$this->forceShutdown();
 		$this->isRunning = false;
+
+		//Force minimum uptime to be >= 120 seconds, to reduce the impact of spammy crash loops
+		$spacing = ((int) \pocketmine\START_TIME) - time() + 120;
+		if($spacing > 0){
+			sleep($spacing);
+		}
 		@Utils::kill(getmypid());
 		exit(1);
 	}