diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 378a617278..0ef4d21913 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@ NGINX_PORT=80
 
 # Force HTTPS for handling SSL Termination
 MINIO_ENDPOINT_SSL=0
+
+# API key rate limit
+API_KEY_RATE_LIMIT="60/minute"
diff --git a/apiserver/.env.example b/apiserver/.env.example
index 50a1c58a79..ff3f353c7d 100644
--- a/apiserver/.env.example
+++ b/apiserver/.env.example
@@ -62,4 +62,7 @@ APP_BASE_URL=
 HARD_DELETE_AFTER_DAYS=60
 
 # Force HTTPS for handling SSL Termination
-MINIO_ENDPOINT_SSL=0
\ No newline at end of file
+MINIO_ENDPOINT_SSL=0
+
+# API key rate limit
+API_KEY_RATE_LIMIT="60/minute"
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/api/rate_limit.py b/apiserver/plane/api/rate_limit.py
index a70ae4186e..0d266e98b5 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/api/rate_limit.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/api/rate_limit.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+# python imports
+import os
+
+# Third party imports
 from rest_framework.throttling import SimpleRateThrottle
 
 
 class ApiKeyRateThrottle(SimpleRateThrottle):
     scope = "api_key"
-    rate = "60/minute"
+    rate = os.environ.get("API_KEY_RATE_LIMIT", "60/minute")
 
     def get_cache_key(self, request, view):
         # Retrieve the API key from the request header
diff --git a/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
index 49123c73c2..0dcd89fd93 100644
--- a/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ x-app-env: &app-env
   DATABASE_URL: ${DATABASE_URL:-postgresql://plane:plane@plane-db/plane}
   SECRET_KEY: ${SECRET_KEY:-60gp0byfz2dvffa45cxl20p1scy9xbpf6d8c5y0geejgkyp1b5}
   AMQP_URL: ${AMQP_URL:-amqp://plane:plane@plane-mq:5672/plane}
+  API_KEY_RATE_LIMIT: ${API_KEY_RATE_LIMIT:-60/minute}
 
 services:
   web:
diff --git a/deploy/selfhost/variables.env b/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
index b10cf11d0d..292a1fdcf2 100644
--- a/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
+++ b/deploy/selfhost/variables.env
@@ -58,3 +58,5 @@ GUNICORN_WORKERS=1
 # UNCOMMENT `DOCKER_PLATFORM` IF YOU ARE ON `ARM64` AND DOCKER IMAGE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RESPECTIVE `APP_RELEASE`
 # DOCKER_PLATFORM=linux/amd64
 
+# API key rate limit
+API_KEY_RATE_LIMIT="60/minute"