diff --git a/_config/cache.yml b/_config/cache.yml
index 20bc7c77d..4eca4560d 100644
--- a/_config/cache.yml
+++ b/_config/cache.yml
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector:
       factory: SilverStripe\Core\Cache\CacheFactory
       constructor:
         namespace: "VersionProvider_composerlock"
+  Psr\SimpleCache\CacheInterface.RateLimiter:
+      factory: SilverStripe\Core\Cache\CacheFactory
+      constructor:
+        namespace: 'ratelimiter'
diff --git a/_config/requestprocessors.yml b/_config/requestprocessors.yml
index 86c2c21c3..f5f4d4df8 100644
--- a/_config/requestprocessors.yml
+++ b/_config/requestprocessors.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector:
   SilverStripe\Control\Middleware\TrustedProxyMiddleware:
     properties:
       TrustedProxyIPs: '`SS_TRUSTED_PROXY_IPS`'
+  RateLimitedSecurityController:
+    class: SilverStripe\Control\Middleware\RequestHandlerMiddlewareAdapter
+    properties:
+      RequestHandler: '%$SilverStripe\Security\Security'
+      Middlewares:
+        - '%$SilverStripe\Control\Middleware\RateLimitMiddleware'
 ---
 Name: errorrequestprocessors
 After:
diff --git a/_config/routes.yml b/_config/routes.yml
index 86c35b233..1d9cece41 100644
--- a/_config/routes.yml
+++ b/_config/routes.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ After:
 ---
 SilverStripe\Control\Director:
   rules:
-    'Security//$Action/$ID/$OtherID': SilverStripe\Security\Security
+    'Security//$Action/$ID/$OtherID': '%$RateLimitedSecurityController'
     'CMSSecurity//$Action/$ID/$OtherID': SilverStripe\Security\CMSSecurity
     'dev': SilverStripe\Dev\DevelopmentAdmin
     'interactive': SilverStripe\Dev\SapphireREPL
diff --git a/src/Control/Middleware/RateLimitMiddleware.php b/src/Control/Middleware/RateLimitMiddleware.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e07c8333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Control/Middleware/RateLimitMiddleware.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\Control\Middleware;
+
+use SilverStripe\Control\HTTPRequest;
+use SilverStripe\Control\HTTPResponse;
+use SilverStripe\Core\Cache\RateLimiter;
+use SilverStripe\ErrorPage\ErrorPage;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\FieldType\DBDatetime;
+use SilverStripe\Security\Security;
+
+class RateLimitMiddleware implements HTTPMiddleware
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @param HTTPRequest $request
+     * @param callable $delegate
+     * @return HTTPResponse
+     */
+    public function process(HTTPRequest $request, callable $delegate)
+    {
+        $limiter = new RateLimiter($this->getKeyFromRequest($request), 10, 1);
+        if ($limiter->canAccess()) {
+            $limiter->hit();
+            $response = $delegate($request);
+        } else {
+            $response = $this->getErrorHTTPResponse();
+        }
+        $this->addHeadersToResponse($response, $limiter);
+        return $response;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param HTTPRequest $request
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getKeyFromRequest($request)
+    {
+        $domain = parse_url($request->getURL(), PHP_URL_HOST);
+        if ($currentUser = Security::getCurrentUser()) {
+            return md5($domain . '-' . $currentUser->ID);
+        }
+        return md5($domain . '-' . $request->getIP());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return HTTPResponse
+     */
+    protected function getErrorHTTPResponse()
+    {
+        $response = null;
+        if (class_exists(ErrorPage::class)) {
+            $response = ErrorPage::response_for(429);
+        }
+        return $response ?: new HTTPResponse('<h1>429 - Too many requests</h1>', 429);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param HTTPResponse $response
+     * @param RateLimiter $limiter
+     */
+    protected function addHeadersToResponse($response, $limiter)
+    {
+        $response->addHeader('X-RateLimit-Limit', $limiter->getMaxAttempts());
+        $response->addHeader('X-RateLimit-Remaining', $remaining = $limiter->getNumAttemptsRemaining());
+        $ttl = $limiter->getTimeToReset();
+        $response->addHeader('X-RateLimit-Reset', DBDatetime::now()->getTimestamp() + $ttl);
+        if ($remaining <= 0) {
+            $response->addHeader('Retry-After', $ttl);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Core/Cache/RateLimiter.php b/src/Core/Cache/RateLimiter.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b16fc5b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/Cache/RateLimiter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\Core\Cache;
+
+use Psr\SimpleCache\CacheInterface;
+use SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\FieldType\DBDatetime;
+
+class RateLimiter
+{
+    /**
+     * @var CacheInterface
+     */
+    private $cache;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $identifier;
+
+    /**
+     * @var int Maximum number of attempts allowed
+     */
+    private $maxAttempts;
+
+    /**
+     * @var int How long the rate limit lasts for
+     */
+    private $decay;
+
+    /**
+     * RateLimiter constructor.
+     * @param string $identifier
+     * @param int $maxAttempts
+     * @param int $decay
+     */
+    public function __construct($identifier, $maxAttempts, $decay)
+    {
+        $this->setIdentifier($identifier);
+        $this->setMaxAttempts($maxAttempts);
+        $this->setDecay($decay);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return CacheInterface
+     */
+    public function getCache()
+    {
+        if (!$this->cache) {
+            $this->setCache(Injector::inst()->create(CacheInterface::class . '.RateLimiter'));
+        }
+        return $this->cache;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param CacheInterface $cache
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setCache($cache)
+    {
+        $this->cache = $cache;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getIdentifier()
+    {
+        return $this->identifier;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $identifier
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setIdentifier($identifier)
+    {
+        $this->identifier = $identifier;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getMaxAttempts()
+    {
+        return $this->maxAttempts;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $maxAttempts
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setMaxAttempts($maxAttempts)
+    {
+        $this->maxAttempts = $maxAttempts;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getDecay()
+    {
+        return $this->decay;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $decay
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setDecay($decay)
+    {
+        $this->decay = $decay;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getNumAttempts()
+    {
+        return $this->getCache()->get($this->getIdentifier(), 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getNumAttemptsRemaining()
+    {
+        return max(0, $this->getMaxAttempts() - $this->getNumAttempts());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getTimeToReset()
+    {
+        if ($expiry = $this->getCache()->get($this->getIdentifier() . '-timer')) {
+            return $expiry - DBDatetime::now()->getTimestamp();
+        }
+        return  0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function clearAttempts()
+    {
+        $this->getCache()->delete($this->getIdentifier());
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Store a hit in the rate limit cache
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function hit()
+    {
+        if (!$this->getCache()->has($this->getIdentifier())) {
+            $ttl = $this->getDecay() * 60;
+            $expiry = DBDatetime::now()->getTimestamp() + $ttl;
+            $this->getCache()->set($this->getIdentifier() . '-timer', $expiry, $ttl);
+        } else {
+            $expiry = $this->getCache()->get($this->getIdentifier() . '-timer');
+            $ttl = $expiry - DBDatetime::now()->getTimestamp();
+        }
+        $this->getCache()->set($this->getIdentifier(), $this->getNumAttempts() + 1, $ttl);
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function canAccess()
+    {
+        if ($this->getNumAttempts() >= $this->getMaxAttempts()) {
+            // if the timer cache item still exists then they are locked out
+            if ($this->getCache()->has($this->getIdentifier() . '-timer')) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            // the timer key has expired so we can clear their attempts and start again
+            $this->clearAttempts();
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Dev/SapphireTest.php b/src/Dev/SapphireTest.php
index b8ae2fb48..e052df870 100644
--- a/src/Dev/SapphireTest.php
+++ b/src/Dev/SapphireTest.php
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ class SapphireTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase implements TestOnly
      */
     public static function getExtraControllers()
     {
-        return static::$extra_controllers;
+        return array_merge([Security::class], static::$extra_controllers);
     }
 
     /**