diff --git a/tests/pubsub/testgossipsub.nim b/tests/pubsub/testgossipsub.nim
index 9a4d9aa450..ecb24fb103 100644
--- a/tests/pubsub/testgossipsub.nim
+++ b/tests/pubsub/testgossipsub.nim
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 {.used.}
 
 import sequtils, options, tables, sets, sugar
-import chronos, stew/byteutils
+import chronos, stew/byteutils, chronos/ratelimit
 import chronicles
+import metrics
 import utils, ../../libp2p/[errors,
                             peerid,
                             peerinfo,
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import utils, ../../libp2p/[errors,
                             crypto/crypto,
                             protocols/pubsub/pubsub,
                             protocols/pubsub/gossipsub,
+                            protocols/pubsub/gossipsub/scoring,
                             protocols/pubsub/pubsubpeer,
                             protocols/pubsub/peertable,
                             protocols/pubsub/timedcache,
@@ -928,3 +930,48 @@ suite "GossipSub":
 
     await allFuturesThrowing(nodesFut.concat())
 
+  asyncTest "e2e - GossipSub should rate limit peer messages":
+    proc handler(topic: string, data: seq[byte]) {.async, gcsafe.} =
+      discard
+
+    let
+      nodes = generateNodes(
+        2,
+        gossip = true,
+        overheadRateLimit = Opt.some((20, 1.millis)))
+
+      # start switches
+      nodesFut = await allFinished(
+        nodes[0].switch.start(),
+        nodes[1].switch.start(),
+      )
+
+    await subscribeNodes(nodes)
+
+    let gossip1 = GossipSub(nodes[0])
+    let gossip2 = GossipSub(nodes[1])
+
+    gossip1.subscribe("foobar", handler)
+    gossip2.subscribe("foobar", handler)
+    await waitSubGraph(nodes, "foobar")
+
+    # Simulate sending a large message from node 1 to node 2 to trigger rate limiting
+    gossip1.broadcast(gossip1.mesh["foobar"],
+      RPCMsg(control: some(ControlMessage(prune: @[
+        ControlPrune(
+             topicID: "foobar",
+             peers: @[PeerInfoMsg(peerId: PeerId(data: newSeq[byte](30)))],
+             backoff: 123'u64)])
+             )
+        )
+      )
+    await sleepAsync(400.millis)
+
+    check libp2p_gossipsub_peers_rate_limit_disconnections.valueByName("libp2p_gossipsub_peers_rate_limit_disconnections_total", @["nim-libp2p"]) == 1
+
+    await allFuturesThrowing(
+      nodes[0].switch.stop(),
+      nodes[1].switch.stop()
+    )
+
+    await allFuturesThrowing(nodesFut.concat())
diff --git a/tests/pubsub/utils.nim b/tests/pubsub/utils.nim
index 82209dcc15..b1b9d21449 100644
--- a/tests/pubsub/utils.nim
+++ b/tests/pubsub/utils.nim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const
   libp2p_pubsub_anonymize {.booldefine.} = false
 
 import hashes, random, tables, sets, sequtils
-import chronos, stew/[byteutils, results]
+import chronos, stew/[byteutils, results], chronos/ratelimit
 import ../../libp2p/[builders,
                      protocols/pubsub/errors,
                      protocols/pubsub/pubsub,
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ proc generateNodes*(
   sendSignedPeerRecord = false,
   unsubscribeBackoff = 1.seconds,
   maxMessageSize: int = 1024 * 1024,
-  enablePX: bool = false): seq[PubSub] =
+  enablePX: bool = false,
+  overheadRateLimit: Opt[tuple[bytes: int, interval: Duration]] = Opt.none(tuple[bytes: int, interval: Duration])): seq[PubSub] =
 
   for i in 0..<num:
     let switch = newStandardSwitch(secureManagers = secureManagers, sendSignedPeerRecord = sendSignedPeerRecord)
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ proc generateNodes*(
         msgIdProvider = msgIdProvider,
         anonymize = anonymize,
         maxMessageSize = maxMessageSize,
-        parameters = (var p = GossipSubParams.init(); p.floodPublish = false; p.historyLength = 20; p.historyGossip = 20; p.unsubscribeBackoff = unsubscribeBackoff; p.enablePX = enablePX; p))
+        parameters = (var p = GossipSubParams.init(); p.floodPublish = false; p.historyLength = 20; p.historyGossip = 20; p.unsubscribeBackoff = unsubscribeBackoff; p.enablePX = enablePX; p.overheadRateLimit = overheadRateLimit; p))
       # set some testing params, to enable scores
       g.topicParams.mgetOrPut("foobar", TopicParams.init()).topicWeight = 1.0
       g.topicParams.mgetOrPut("foo", TopicParams.init()).topicWeight = 1.0