diff --git a/src/custom.h.in b/src/custom.h.in
index 2090830c..e37bc116 100644
--- a/src/custom.h.in
+++ b/src/custom.h.in
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /* How many attempts to resolve a weird date spec?                     */
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-#define TRIG_ATTEMPTS 50
+#define TRIG_ATTEMPTS 500
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /* How many global omits of the form YYYY MM DD do we handle?          */
diff --git a/src/globals.h b/src/globals.h
index 63cc98c2..a9c3185b 100644
--- a/src/globals.h
+++ b/src/globals.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ EXTERN  INIT(   unsigned int IfFlags,   0);
 EXTERN  INIT(   int     LastTriggerDate, 0);
 EXTERN  INIT(   int     LastTrigValid, 0);
 EXTERN  INIT(   int     LastTriggerTime, 0);
+EXTERN  INIT(   int     TrigAttempts, 0);
 EXTERN  INIT(   int     ShouldCache, 0);
 EXTERN  char const   *CurLine;
 EXTERN  INIT(   int     NumTriggered, 0);
diff --git a/src/trigger.c b/src/trigger.c
index ebe1f2fe..79f38ec2 100644
--- a/src/trigger.c
+++ b/src/trigger.c
@@ -426,7 +426,10 @@ int ComputeTrigger(int today, Trigger *trig, int *err, int save_in_globals)
 	result;
 
     trig->expired = 0;
-    if (save_in_globals) LastTrigValid = 0;
+    if (save_in_globals) {
+	LastTrigValid = 0;
+	TrigAttempts = 0;
+    }
 
 /* Assume everything works */
     *err = OK;
@@ -448,6 +451,9 @@ int ComputeTrigger(int today, Trigger *trig, int *err, int save_in_globals)
 
 
     while (nattempts++ < TRIG_ATTEMPTS) {
+	if (save_in_globals) {
+	    TrigAttempts = nattempts;
+	}
 	result = GetNextTriggerDate(trig, start, err, &nextstart);
 
 	/* If there's an error, die immediately */
diff --git a/src/var.c b/src/var.c
index bec2e9df..5350c691 100644
--- a/src/var.c
+++ b/src/var.c
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ static SysVar SysVarArr[] = {
     {"T",              0,  SPECIAL_TYPE, trig_date_func,      0,      0   },
     {"Td",             0,  SPECIAL_TYPE, trig_day_func,       0,      0   },
     {"TimeSep",        1,  SPECIAL_TYPE, time_sep_func,       0,      0   },
+    {"TrigAttempts",   0,  INT_TYPE,     &TrigAttempts,       0,      0   },
     {"Tm",             0,  SPECIAL_TYPE, trig_mon_func,       0,      0   },
     {"Tw",             0,  SPECIAL_TYPE, trig_wday_func,      0,      0   },
     {"Ty",             0,  SPECIAL_TYPE, trig_year_func,      0,      0   },