diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/buildstats.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/buildstats.bbclass
index a8ee6e6..8e03039 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/buildstats.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/buildstats.bbclass
@@ -106,26 +106,54 @@
 
 def write_host_data(logfile, e, d):
     import subprocess, os, datetime
+    # minimum time allowed for each command to run, in seconds
+    time_threshold = 0.5
+    # the total number of commands
+    num_cmds = 0
+    # interval at which data will be logged
+    interval = int(d.getVar("BB_HEARTBEAT_EVENT", False))
+    # the commands to be run at each interval
     cmds = d.getVar('BB_LOG_HOST_STAT_CMDS')
+    # if no commands are passed, issue a warning and return
     if cmds is None:
         d.setVar("BB_LOG_HOST_STAT_ON_INTERVAL", "0")
         d.setVar("BB_LOG_HOST_STAT_ON_FAILURE", "0")
-        bb.warn("buildstats: Collecting host data failed. Set BB_LOG_HOST_STAT_CMDS=\"command1 ; command2 ; ... \" in conf\/local.conf\n")
+        bb.warn("buildstats: Collecting host data failed. Set BB_LOG_HOST_STAT_CMDS=\"command1 ; command2 ; ... \" in conf/local.conf\n")
         return
+    # find the total commands
+    c_san = []
+    for cmd in cmds.split(";"):
+        if len(cmd) == 0:
+            continue
+        num_cmds += 1
+        c_san.append(cmd)
+    if num_cmds <= 0:
+        d.setVar("BB_LOG_HOST_STAT_ON_INTERVAL", "0")
+        d.setVar("BB_LOG_HOST_STAT_ON_FAILURE", "0")
+        return
+
+    # return if the interval is not enough to run all commands within the specified BB_HEARTBEAT_EVENT interval
+    limit = interval / num_cmds
+    if limit <= time_threshold:
+        d.setVar("BB_LOG_HOST_STAT_ON_INTERVAL", "0")
+        d.setVar("BB_LOG_HOST_STAT_ON_FAILURE", "0")
+        bb.warn("buildstats: Collecting host data failed. BB_HEARTBEAT_EVENT interval not enough to run the specified commands. HINT: Increase value of BB_HEARTBEAT_EVENT in conf/local.conf\n")
+        return
+
+    # set the environment variables 
     path = d.getVar("PATH")
     opath = d.getVar("BB_ORIGENV", False).getVar("PATH")
     ospath = os.environ['PATH']
     os.environ['PATH'] = path + ":" + opath + ":" + ospath
     with open(logfile, "a") as f:
         f.write("Event Time: %f\nDate: %s\n" % (e.time, datetime.datetime.now()))
-        for cmd in cmds.split(";"):
-            if len(cmd) == 0:
-                continue
+        for c in c_san:
             try:
-                output = subprocess.check_output(cmd.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, timeout=1).decode('utf-8')
+                output = subprocess.check_output(c.split(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, timeout=limit).decode('utf-8')
             except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired, FileNotFoundError) as err:
-                output = "Error running command: %s\n%s\n" % (cmd, err)
-            f.write("%s\n%s\n" % (cmd, output))
+                output = "Error running command: %s\n%s\n" % (c, err)
+            f.write("%s\n%s\n" % (c, output))
+    # reset the environment
     os.environ['PATH'] = ospath
 
 python run_buildstats () {