diff --git a/tests/waku_lightpush/lightpush_utils.nim b/tests/waku_lightpush/lightpush_utils.nim
index 6e61bdd4da..c246f4618e 100644
--- a/tests/waku_lightpush/lightpush_utils.nim
+++ b/tests/waku_lightpush/lightpush_utils.nim
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ import
   ../testlib/[common, wakucore]
 
 proc newTestWakuLightpushNode*(
-    switch: Switch, handler: PushMessageHandler
+    switch: Switch,
+    handler: PushMessageHandler,
+    rateLimitSetting: Option[RateLimitSetting] = none[RateLimitSetting](),
 ): Future[WakuLightPush] {.async.} =
   let
     peerManager = PeerManager.new(switch)
-    proto = WakuLightPush.new(peerManager, rng, handler)
+    proto = WakuLightPush.new(peerManager, rng, handler, rateLimitSetting)
 
   await proto.start()
   switch.mount(proto)
diff --git a/tests/waku_lightpush/test_all.nim b/tests/waku_lightpush/test_all.nim
index d197df2db1..4e49809296 100644
--- a/tests/waku_lightpush/test_all.nim
+++ b/tests/waku_lightpush/test_all.nim
@@ -1 +1 @@
-import ./test_client
+import ./test_client, ./test_ratelimit
diff --git a/tests/waku_lightpush/test_client.nim b/tests/waku_lightpush/test_client.nim
index 6ee327b513..337e1e09ec 100644
--- a/tests/waku_lightpush/test_client.nim
+++ b/tests/waku_lightpush/test_client.nim
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ suite "Waku Lightpush Client":
           # 1KiB
         message2 = fakeWakuMessage(
           contentTopic = contentTopic, payload = getByteSequence(10 * 1024)
-        ) # 10KiB 
+        ) # 10KiB
         message3 = fakeWakuMessage(
           contentTopic = contentTopic, payload = getByteSequence(100 * 1024)
         ) # 100KiB
diff --git a/tests/waku_lightpush/test_ratelimit.nim b/tests/waku_lightpush/test_ratelimit.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..944d89f109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/waku_lightpush/test_ratelimit.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+{.used.}
+
+import
+  std/[options, strscans],
+  testutils/unittests,
+  chronicles,
+  chronos,
+  libp2p/crypto/crypto
+
+import
+  ../../waku/[
+    node/peer_manager,
+    common/ratelimit,
+    waku_core,
+    waku_lightpush,
+    waku_lightpush/client,
+    waku_lightpush/common,
+    waku_lightpush/protocol_metrics,
+    waku_lightpush/rpc,
+    waku_lightpush/rpc_codec,
+  ],
+  ../testlib/[assertions, wakucore, testasync, futures, testutils],
+  ./lightpush_utils,
+  ../resources/[pubsub_topics, content_topics, payloads]
+
+suite "Rate limited push service":
+  asyncTest "push message with rate limit not violated":
+    ## Setup
+    let
+      serverSwitch = newTestSwitch()
+      clientSwitch = newTestSwitch()
+
+    await allFutures(serverSwitch.start(), clientSwitch.start())
+
+    ## Given
+    var handlerFuture = newFuture[(string, WakuMessage)]()
+    let handler: PushMessageHandler = proc(
+        peer: PeerId, pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic, message: WakuMessage
+    ): Future[WakuLightPushResult[void]] {.async.} =
+      handlerFuture.complete((pubsubTopic, message))
+      return ok()
+
+    let
+      tokenPeriod = 500.millis
+      server =
+        await newTestWakuLightpushNode(serverSwitch, handler, some((3, tokenPeriod)))
+      client = newTestWakuLightpushClient(clientSwitch)
+
+    let serverPeerId = serverSwitch.peerInfo.toRemotePeerInfo()
+
+    let sendMsgProc = proc(): Future[void] {.async.} =
+      let message = fakeWakuMessage()
+
+      handlerFuture = newFuture[(string, WakuMessage)]()
+      let requestRes =
+        await client.publish(DefaultPubsubTopic, message, peer = serverPeerId)
+
+      check await handlerFuture.withTimeout(50.millis)
+
+      assert requestRes.isOk(), requestRes.error
+      check handlerFuture.finished()
+
+      let (handledMessagePubsubTopic, handledMessage) = handlerFuture.read()
+
+      check:
+        handledMessagePubsubTopic == DefaultPubsubTopic
+        handledMessage == message
+
+    let waitInBetweenFor = 20.millis
+
+    # Test cannot be too explicit about the time when the TokenBucket resets
+    # the internal timer, although in normal use there is no use case to care about it.
+    var firstWaitExtend = 300.millis
+
+    for runCnt in 0 ..< 3:
+      let startTime = Moment.now()
+      for testCnt in 0 ..< 3:
+        await sendMsgProc()
+        await sleepAsync(20.millis)
+
+      var endTime = Moment.now()
+      var elapsed: Duration = (endTime - startTime)
+      await sleepAsync(tokenPeriod - elapsed + firstWaitExtend)
+      firstWaitEXtend = 100.millis
+
+    ## Cleanup
+    await allFutures(clientSwitch.stop(), serverSwitch.stop())
+
+  asyncTest "push message with rate limit reject":
+    ## Setup
+    let
+      serverSwitch = newTestSwitch()
+      clientSwitch = newTestSwitch()
+
+    await allFutures(serverSwitch.start(), clientSwitch.start())
+
+    ## Given
+    var handlerFuture = newFuture[(string, WakuMessage)]()
+    let handler = proc(
+        peer: PeerId, pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic, message: WakuMessage
+    ): Future[WakuLightPushResult[void]] {.async.} =
+      handlerFuture.complete((pubsubTopic, message))
+      return ok()
+
+    let
+      server =
+        await newTestWakuLightpushNode(serverSwitch, handler, some((3, 500.millis)))
+      client = newTestWakuLightpushClient(clientSwitch)
+
+    let serverPeerId = serverSwitch.peerInfo.toRemotePeerInfo()
+    let topic = DefaultPubsubTopic
+
+    let successProc = proc(): Future[void] {.async.} =
+      let message = fakeWakuMessage()
+      handlerFuture = newFuture[(string, WakuMessage)]()
+      let requestRes =
+        await client.publish(DefaultPubsubTopic, message, peer = serverPeerId)
+      discard await handlerFuture.withTimeout(10.millis)
+
+      check:
+        requestRes.isOk()
+        handlerFuture.finished()
+      let (handledMessagePubsubTopic, handledMessage) = handlerFuture.read()
+      check:
+        handledMessagePubsubTopic == DefaultPubsubTopic
+        handledMessage == message
+
+    let rejectProc = proc(): Future[void] {.async.} =
+      let message = fakeWakuMessage()
+      handlerFuture = newFuture[(string, WakuMessage)]()
+      let requestRes =
+        await client.publish(DefaultPubsubTopic, message, peer = serverPeerId)
+      discard await handlerFuture.withTimeout(10.millis)
+
+      check:
+        requestRes.isErr()
+        requestRes.error == "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"
+
+    for testCnt in 0 .. 2:
+      await successProc()
+      await sleepAsync(20.millis)
+
+    await rejectProc()
+
+    await sleepAsync(500.millis)
+
+    ## next one shall succeed due to the rate limit time window has passed
+    await successProc()
+
+    ## Cleanup
+    await allFutures(clientSwitch.stop(), serverSwitch.stop())
diff --git a/tests/waku_store/test_wakunode_store.nim b/tests/waku_store/test_wakunode_store.nim
index e8727d6f7c..cab0b545e4 100644
--- a/tests/waku_store/test_wakunode_store.nim
+++ b/tests/waku_store/test_wakunode_store.nim
@@ -244,9 +244,7 @@ procSuite "WakuNode - Store":
 
     server.wakuFilterClient.registerPushHandler(filterHandler)
     let resp = waitFor server.filterSubscribe(
-      some(DefaultPubsubTopic),
-      DefaultContentTopic,
-      peer = filterSourcePeer,
+      some(DefaultPubsubTopic), DefaultContentTopic, peer = filterSourcePeer
     )
 
     waitFor sleepAsync(100.millis)
@@ -319,3 +317,97 @@ procSuite "WakuNode - Store":
 
     # Cleanup
     waitFor allFutures(client.stop(), server.stop())
+
+  test "Store protocol queries does not violate request rate limitation":
+    ## Setup
+    let
+      serverKey = generateSecp256k1Key()
+      server = newTestWakuNode(serverKey, parseIpAddress("0.0.0.0"), Port(0))
+      clientKey = generateSecp256k1Key()
+      client = newTestWakuNode(clientKey, parseIpAddress("0.0.0.0"), Port(0))
+
+    waitFor allFutures(client.start(), server.start())
+
+    let mountArchiveRes = server.mountArchive(archiveA)
+    assert mountArchiveRes.isOk(), mountArchiveRes.error
+
+    waitFor server.mountStore((4, 500.millis))
+
+    client.mountStoreClient()
+
+    ## Given
+    let req = HistoryQuery(contentTopics: @[DefaultContentTopic])
+    let serverPeer = server.peerInfo.toRemotePeerInfo()
+
+    let requestProc = proc() {.async.} =
+      let queryRes = waitFor client.query(req, peer = serverPeer)
+
+      assert queryRes.isOk(), queryRes.error
+
+      let response = queryRes.get()
+      check:
+        response.messages == msgListA
+
+    for count in 0 ..< 4:
+      waitFor requestProc()
+      waitFor sleepAsync(20.millis)
+
+    waitFor sleepAsync(500.millis)
+
+    for count in 0 ..< 4:
+      waitFor requestProc()
+      waitFor sleepAsync(20.millis)
+
+    # Cleanup
+    waitFor allFutures(client.stop(), server.stop())
+
+  test "Store protocol queries overrun request rate limitation":
+    ## Setup
+    let
+      serverKey = generateSecp256k1Key()
+      server = newTestWakuNode(serverKey, parseIpAddress("0.0.0.0"), Port(0))
+      clientKey = generateSecp256k1Key()
+      client = newTestWakuNode(clientKey, parseIpAddress("0.0.0.0"), Port(0))
+
+    waitFor allFutures(client.start(), server.start())
+
+    let mountArchiveRes = server.mountArchive(archiveA)
+    assert mountArchiveRes.isOk(), mountArchiveRes.error
+
+    waitFor server.mountStore((3, 500.millis))
+
+    client.mountStoreClient()
+
+    ## Given
+    let req = HistoryQuery(contentTopics: @[DefaultContentTopic])
+    let serverPeer = server.peerInfo.toRemotePeerInfo()
+
+    let successProc = proc() {.async.} =
+      let queryRes = waitFor client.query(req, peer = serverPeer)
+
+      check queryRes.isOk()
+
+      let response = queryRes.get()
+      check:
+        response.messages == msgListA
+
+    let failsProc = proc() {.async.} =
+      let queryRes = waitFor client.query(req, peer = serverPeer)
+
+      check queryRes.isErr()
+      check queryRes.error == "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"
+
+    for count in 0 ..< 3:
+      waitFor successProc()
+      waitFor sleepAsync(20.millis)
+
+    waitFor failsProc()
+
+    waitFor sleepAsync(500.millis)
+
+    for count in 0 ..< 3:
+      waitFor successProc()
+      waitFor sleepAsync(20.millis)
+
+    # Cleanup
+    waitFor allFutures(client.stop(), server.stop())
diff --git a/tests/wakunode_rest/test_rest_lightpush.nim b/tests/wakunode_rest/test_rest_lightpush.nim
index b9a321a826..e2d66155ea 100644
--- a/tests/wakunode_rest/test_rest_lightpush.nim
+++ b/tests/wakunode_rest/test_rest_lightpush.nim
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ import
   ../../waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/handlers as lightpush_api,
   ../../waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/client as lightpush_api_client,
   ../../waku/waku_relay,
+  ../../waku/common/ratelimit,
   ../testlib/wakucore,
-  ../testlib/wakunode
+  ../testlib/wakunode,
+  ../testlib/testutils
 
 proc testWakuNode(): WakuNode =
   let
@@ -41,7 +43,9 @@ type RestLightPushTest = object
   restServer: WakuRestServerRef
   client: RestClientRef
 
-proc init(T: type RestLightPushTest): Future[T] {.async.} =
+proc init(
+    T: type RestLightPushTest, rateLimit: RateLimitSetting = (0, 0.millis)
+): Future[T] {.async.} =
   var testSetup = RestLightPushTest()
   testSetup.serviceNode = testWakuNode()
   testSetup.pushNode = testWakuNode()
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ proc init(T: type RestLightPushTest): Future[T] {.async.} =
 
   await testSetup.consumerNode.mountRelay()
   await testSetup.serviceNode.mountRelay()
-  await testSetup.serviceNode.mountLightPush()
+  await testSetup.serviceNode.mountLightPush(rateLimit)
   testSetup.pushNode.mountLightPushClient()
 
   testSetup.serviceNode.peerManager.addServicePeer(
@@ -178,6 +182,74 @@ suite "Waku v2 Rest API - lightpush":
 
     await restLightPushTest.shutdown()
 
+  # disabled due to this bug in nim-chronos https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronos/issues/500
+  xasyncTest "Request rate limit push message":
+    # Given
+    let budgetCap = 3
+    let tokenPeriod = 500.millis
+    let restLightPushTest = await RestLightPushTest.init((budgetCap, tokenPeriod))
+
+    restLightPushTest.consumerNode.subscribe(
+      (kind: PubsubSub, topic: DefaultPubsubTopic)
+    )
+    restLightPushTest.serviceNode.subscribe(
+      (kind: PubsubSub, topic: DefaultPubsubTopic)
+    )
+    require:
+      toSeq(restLightPushTest.serviceNode.wakuRelay.subscribedTopics).len == 1
+
+    # When
+    let pushProc = proc() {.async.} =
+      let message: RelayWakuMessage = fakeWakuMessage(
+          contentTopic = DefaultContentTopic, payload = toBytes("TEST-1")
+        )
+        .toRelayWakuMessage()
+
+      let requestBody =
+        PushRequest(pubsubTopic: some(DefaultPubsubTopic), message: message)
+      let response = await restLightPushTest.client.sendPushRequest(requestBody)
+
+      echo "response", $response
+
+      # Then
+      check:
+        response.status == 200
+        $response.contentType == $MIMETYPE_TEXT
+
+    let pushRejectedProc = proc() {.async.} =
+      let message: RelayWakuMessage = fakeWakuMessage(
+          contentTopic = DefaultContentTopic, payload = toBytes("TEST-1")
+        )
+        .toRelayWakuMessage()
+
+      let requestBody =
+        PushRequest(pubsubTopic: some(DefaultPubsubTopic), message: message)
+      let response = await restLightPushTest.client.sendPushRequest(requestBody)
+
+      echo "response", $response
+
+      # Then
+      check:
+        response.status == 429
+
+    await pushProc()
+    await pushProc()
+    await pushProc()
+    await pushRejectedProc()
+
+    await sleepAsync(tokenPeriod)
+
+    for runCnt in 0 ..< 3:
+      let startTime = Moment.now()
+      for sendCnt in 0 ..< budgetCap:
+        await pushProc()
+
+      let endTime = Moment.now()
+      let elapsed: Duration = (endTime - startTime)
+      await sleepAsync(tokenPeriod - elapsed)
+
+    await restLightPushTest.shutdown()
+
   ## TODO: Re-work this test when lightpush protocol change is done: https://github.com/waku-org/pm/issues/93
   ## This test is similar when no available peer exists for publish. Currently it is returning success,
   ## that makes this test not useful.
diff --git a/tests/wakunode_rest/test_rest_store.nim b/tests/wakunode_rest/test_rest_store.nim
index 6f10ce07aa..85a92c885b 100644
--- a/tests/wakunode_rest/test_rest_store.nim
+++ b/tests/wakunode_rest/test_rest_store.nim
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ procSuite "Waku v2 Rest API - Store":
     let node = testWakuNode()
     await node.start()
 
-    let restPort = Port(58014)
+    let restPort = Port(58017)
     let restAddress = parseIpAddress("0.0.0.0")
     let restServer = WakuRestServerRef.init(restAddress, restPort).tryGet()
 
@@ -638,3 +638,145 @@ procSuite "Waku v2 Rest API - Store":
       storeMessage.timestamp.get() == msg.timestamp
       storeMessage.ephemeral.get() == msg.ephemeral
       storeMessage.meta.get() == base64.encode(msg.meta)
+
+  asyncTest "Rate limit store node history query":
+    # Test adapted from the analogous present at waku_store/test_wakunode_store.nim
+    let node = testWakuNode()
+    await node.start()
+
+    let restPort = Port(58018)
+    let restAddress = parseIpAddress("0.0.0.0")
+    let restServer = WakuRestServerRef.init(restAddress, restPort).tryGet()
+
+    installStoreApiHandlers(restServer.router, node)
+    restServer.start()
+
+    # WakuStore setup
+    let driver: ArchiveDriver = QueueDriver.new()
+    let mountArchiveRes = node.mountArchive(driver)
+    assert mountArchiveRes.isOk(), mountArchiveRes.error
+
+    await node.mountStore((2, 500.millis))
+    node.mountStoreClient()
+
+    let key = generateEcdsaKey()
+    var peerSwitch = newStandardSwitch(some(key))
+    await peerSwitch.start()
+
+    peerSwitch.mount(node.wakuStore)
+
+    # Now prime it with some history before tests
+    let timeOrigin = wakucore.now()
+    let msgList =
+      @[
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 00], ts = ts(00, timeOrigin)),
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 01], ts = ts(10, timeOrigin)),
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 02], ts = ts(20, timeOrigin)),
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 03], ts = ts(30, timeOrigin)),
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 04], ts = ts(40, timeOrigin)),
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 05], ts = ts(50, timeOrigin)),
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 06], ts = ts(60, timeOrigin)),
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 07], ts = ts(70, timeOrigin)),
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 08], ts = ts(80, timeOrigin)),
+        fakeWakuMessage(@[byte 09], ts = ts(90, timeOrigin)),
+      ]
+    for msg in msgList:
+      require (waitFor driver.put(DefaultPubsubTopic, msg)).isOk()
+
+    let client = newRestHttpClient(initTAddress(restAddress, restPort))
+
+    let remotePeerInfo = peerSwitch.peerInfo.toRemotePeerInfo()
+    let fullAddr = $remotePeerInfo.addrs[0] & "/p2p/" & $remotePeerInfo.peerId
+
+    var pages = newSeq[seq[WakuMessage]](2)
+
+    # Fields that compose a HistoryCursor object
+    var reqPubsubTopic = DefaultPubsubTopic
+    var reqSenderTime = Timestamp(0)
+    var reqStoreTime = Timestamp(0)
+    var reqDigest = waku_store.MessageDigest()
+
+    for i in 0 ..< 2:
+      let response = await client.getStoreMessagesV1(
+        encodeUrl(fullAddr),
+        encodeUrl(reqPubsubTopic),
+        "", # content topics. Empty ignores the field.
+        "", # start time. Empty ignores the field.
+        "", # end time. Empty ignores the field.
+        encodeUrl($reqSenderTime), # sender time
+        encodeUrl($reqStoreTime), # store time
+        reqDigest.toRestStringMessageDigest(),
+          # base64-encoded digest. Empty ignores the field.
+        "3", # page size. Empty implies default page size.
+        "true", # ascending
+      )
+
+      var wakuMessages = newSeq[WakuMessage](0)
+      for j in 0 ..< response.data.messages.len:
+        wakuMessages.add(response.data.messages[j].toWakuMessage())
+
+      pages[i] = wakuMessages
+
+      # populate the cursor for next page
+      if response.data.cursor.isSome():
+        reqPubsubTopic = response.data.cursor.get().pubsubTopic
+        reqDigest = response.data.cursor.get().digest
+        reqSenderTime = response.data.cursor.get().senderTime
+        reqStoreTime = response.data.cursor.get().storeTime
+
+      check:
+        response.status == 200
+        $response.contentType == $MIMETYPE_JSON
+
+    check:
+      pages[0] == msgList[0 .. 2]
+      pages[1] == msgList[3 .. 5]
+
+    # request last third will lead to rate limit rejection
+    var response = await client.getStoreMessagesV1(
+      encodeUrl(fullAddr),
+      encodeUrl(reqPubsubTopic),
+      "", # content topics. Empty ignores the field.
+      "", # start time. Empty ignores the field.
+      "", # end time. Empty ignores the field.
+      encodeUrl($reqSenderTime), # sender time
+      encodeUrl($reqStoreTime), # store time
+      reqDigest.toRestStringMessageDigest(),
+        # base64-encoded digest. Empty ignores the field.
+    )
+
+    check:
+      response.status == 429
+      $response.contentType == $MIMETYPE_TEXT
+      response.data.error_message.get == "Request rate limmit reached"
+
+    await sleepAsync(500.millis)
+
+    # retry after respective amount of time shall succeed
+    response = await client.getStoreMessagesV1(
+      encodeUrl(fullAddr),
+      encodeUrl(reqPubsubTopic),
+      "", # content topics. Empty ignores the field.
+      "", # start time. Empty ignores the field.
+      "", # end time. Empty ignores the field.
+      encodeUrl($reqSenderTime), # sender time
+      encodeUrl($reqStoreTime), # store time
+      reqDigest.toRestStringMessageDigest(),
+        # base64-encoded digest. Empty ignores the field.
+      "5", # page size. Empty implies default page size.
+      "true", # ascending
+    )
+
+    check:
+      response.status == 200
+      $response.contentType == $MIMETYPE_JSON
+
+    var wakuMessages = newSeq[WakuMessage](0)
+    for j in 0 ..< response.data.messages.len:
+      wakuMessages.add(response.data.messages[j].toWakuMessage())
+
+    check wakuMessages == msgList[6 .. 9]
+
+    await restServer.stop()
+    await restServer.closeWait()
+    await node.stop()
diff --git a/waku/common/ratelimit.nim b/waku/common/ratelimit.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e6ba52c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/common/ratelimit.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+when (NimMajor, NimMinor) < (1, 4):
+  {.push raises: [Defect].}
+else:
+  {.push raises: [].}
+
+import std/options
+import chronos/timer
+import ./tokenbucket
+
+export tokenbucket
+
+type RateLimitSetting* = tuple[volume: int, period: Duration]
+
+let DefaultGlobalNonRelayRateLimit*: RateLimitSetting = (60, 1.minutes)
+
+proc newTokenBucket*(setting: Option[RateLimitSetting]): Option[TokenBucket] =
+  if setting.isNone:
+    return none[TokenBucket]()
+
+  let (volume, period) = setting.get()
+  if volume <= 0 or period <= 0.seconds:
+    return none[TokenBucket]()
+
+  return some(TokenBucket.new(volume, period))
diff --git a/waku/common/tokenbucket.nim b/waku/common/tokenbucket.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abd874c84b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/common/tokenbucket.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+when (NimMajor, NimMinor) < (1, 4):
+  {.push raises: [Defect].}
+else:
+  {.push raises: [].}
+
+import chronos
+
+## This is an extract from chronos/ratelimit.nim due to the found bug in the original implementation.
+## Unfortunately that bug cannot be solved without harm the original features of TokenBucket class.
+## So, this current shortcut is used to enable move ahead with nwaku rate limiter implementation.
+type TokenBucket* = ref object
+  budget*: int ## Current number of tokens in the bucket
+  budgetCap: int ## Bucket capacity
+  lastTimeFull: Moment
+    ## This timer measures the proper periodizaiton of the bucket refilling
+  fillDuration: Duration ## Refill period
+
+## Update will take place if bucket is empty and trying to consume tokens.
+## It checks if the bucket can be replenished as refill duration is passed or not.
+proc update(bucket: TokenBucket, currentTime: Moment) =
+  if bucket.fillDuration == default(Duration):
+    bucket.budget = min(bucket.budgetCap, bucket.budget)
+    return
+
+  let timeDeltaFromLastFull = currentTime - bucket.lastTimeFull
+
+  if timeDeltaFromLastFull.milliseconds < bucket.fillDuration.milliseconds:
+    return
+
+  bucket.budget = bucket.budgetCap
+  bucket.lastTimeFull = currentTime
+
+proc tryConsume*(bucket: TokenBucket, tokens: int, now = Moment.now()): bool =
+  ## If `tokens` are available, consume them,
+  ## Otherwhise, return false.
+
+  if bucket.budget == bucket.budgetCap:
+    bucket.lastTimeFull = now
+
+  if bucket.budget >= tokens:
+    bucket.budget -= tokens
+    return true
+
+  bucket.update(now)
+
+  if bucket.budget >= tokens:
+    bucket.budget -= tokens
+    return true
+  else:
+    return false
+
+proc replenish*(bucket: TokenBucket, tokens: int, now = Moment.now()) =
+  ## Add `tokens` to the budget (capped to the bucket capacity)
+  bucket.budget += tokens
+  bucket.update(now)
+
+proc new*(T: type[TokenBucket], budgetCap: int, fillDuration: Duration = 1.seconds): T =
+  ## Create a TokenBucket
+  T(
+    budget: budgetCap,
+    budgetCap: budgetCap,
+    fillDuration: fillDuration,
+    lastTimeFull: Moment.now(),
+  )
diff --git a/waku/common/waku_service_metrics.nim b/waku/common/waku_service_metrics.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6dcec8549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/common/waku_service_metrics.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+when (NimMajor, NimMinor) < (1, 4):
+  {.push raises: [Defect].}
+else:
+  {.push raises: [].}
+
+import metrics
+
+declarePublicCounter waku_service_requests,
+  "number of non-relay service requests received", ["service"]
+declarePublicCounter waku_service_requests_rejected,
+  "number of non-relay service requests received being rejected due to limit overdue",
+  ["service"]
diff --git a/waku/factory/external_config.nim b/waku/factory/external_config.nim
index 37fa9c4076..1dbe7d7dc9 100644
--- a/waku/factory/external_config.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/external_config.nim
@@ -589,6 +589,22 @@ type WakuNodeConf* = object
       name: "websocket-secure-cert-path"
     .}: string
 
+    ## Rate limitation config
+    ## Currently default to switch of rate limit until become official
+    requestRateLimit* {.
+      desc:
+        "Number of requests to serve by each service in the specified period. Set it to 0 for unlimited",
+      defaultValue: 0,
+      name: "request-rate-limit"
+    .}: int
+
+    ## Currently default to switch of rate limit until become official
+    requestRatePeriod* {.
+      desc: "Period of request rate limitation in seconds. Set it to 0 for unlimited",
+      defaultValue: 0,
+      name: "request-rate-period"
+    .}: int64
+
 ## Parsing
 
 # NOTE: Keys are different in nim-libp2p
diff --git a/waku/factory/node_factory.nim b/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
index c2c3db0fd9..68d2fa7732 100644
--- a/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/node_factory.nim
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ import
   ../waku_lightpush/common,
   ../waku_archive/driver/builder,
   ../waku_archive/retention_policy/builder,
-  ../common/utils/parse_size_units
+  ../common/utils/parse_size_units,
+  ../common/ratelimit
 
 ## Peer persistence
 
@@ -241,7 +242,9 @@ proc setupProtocols(
 
     # Store setup
     try:
-      await mountStore(node)
+      let rateLimitSetting: RateLimitSetting =
+        (conf.requestRateLimit, chronos.seconds(conf.requestRatePeriod))
+      await mountStore(node, rateLimitSetting)
     except CatchableError:
       return err("failed to mount waku store protocol: " & getCurrentExceptionMsg())
 
@@ -256,7 +259,9 @@ proc setupProtocols(
   # NOTE Must be mounted after relay
   if conf.lightpush:
     try:
-      await mountLightPush(node)
+      let rateLimitSetting: RateLimitSetting =
+        (conf.requestRateLimit, chronos.seconds(conf.requestRatePeriod))
+      await mountLightPush(node, rateLimitSetting)
     except CatchableError:
       return err("failed to mount waku lightpush protocol: " & getCurrentExceptionMsg())
 
diff --git a/waku/node/waku_node.nim b/waku/node/waku_node.nim
index 41741b3d65..bec396e2a9 100644
--- a/waku/node/waku_node.nim
+++ b/waku/node/waku_node.nim
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ import
   ../waku_peer_exchange,
   ../waku_rln_relay,
   ./config,
-  ./peer_manager
+  ./peer_manager,
+  ../common/ratelimit
 
 declarePublicCounter waku_node_messages, "number of messages received", ["type"]
 declarePublicHistogram waku_histogram_message_size,
@@ -699,7 +700,9 @@ proc toHistoryResult*(res: ArchiveResult): HistoryResult =
       )
     )
 
-proc mountStore*(node: WakuNode) {.async, raises: [Defect, LPError].} =
+proc mountStore*(
+    node: WakuNode, rateLimit: RateLimitSetting = DefaultGlobalNonRelayRateLimit
+) {.async, raises: [Defect, LPError].} =
   info "mounting waku store protocol"
 
   if node.wakuArchive.isNil():
@@ -718,7 +721,8 @@ proc mountStore*(node: WakuNode) {.async, raises: [Defect, LPError].} =
     let response = await node.wakuArchive.findMessages(request)
     return response.toHistoryResult()
 
-  node.wakuStore = WakuStore.new(node.peerManager, node.rng, queryHandler)
+  node.wakuStore =
+    WakuStore.new(node.peerManager, node.rng, queryHandler, some(rateLimit))
 
   if node.started:
     # Node has started already. Let's start store too.
@@ -789,7 +793,9 @@ when defined(waku_exp_store_resume):
 
 ## Waku lightpush
 
-proc mountLightPush*(node: WakuNode) {.async.} =
+proc mountLightPush*(
+    node: WakuNode, rateLimit: RateLimitSetting = DefaultGlobalNonRelayRateLimit
+) {.async.} =
   info "mounting light push"
 
   var pushHandler: PushMessageHandler
@@ -813,7 +819,8 @@ proc mountLightPush*(node: WakuNode) {.async.} =
       return ok()
 
   debug "mounting lightpush with relay"
-  node.wakuLightPush = WakuLightPush.new(node.peerManager, node.rng, pushHandler)
+  node.wakuLightPush =
+    WakuLightPush.new(node.peerManager, node.rng, pushHandler, some(rateLimit))
 
   if node.started:
     # Node has started already. Let's start lightpush too.
diff --git a/waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/handlers.nim b/waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/handlers.nim
index f341950775..3aa52da81d 100644
--- a/waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/handlers.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_api/rest/lightpush/handlers.nim
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ proc installLightPushRequestHandler*(
       return RestApiResponse.serviceUnavailable("Push request timed out")
 
     if subFut.value().isErr():
+      if subFut.value().error == TooManyRequestsMessage:
+        return RestApiResponse.tooManyRequests("Request rate limmit reached")
+
       return RestApiResponse.serviceUnavailable(
         fmt("Failed to request a message push: {subFut.value().error}")
       )
diff --git a/waku/waku_api/rest/responses.nim b/waku/waku_api/rest/responses.nim
index 7bb83f2dbe..105c7423dc 100644
--- a/waku/waku_api/rest/responses.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_api/rest/responses.nim
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ proc preconditionFailed*(
 ): RestApiResponse =
   RestApiResponse.error(Http412, msg, $MIMETYPE_TEXT)
 
+proc tooManyRequests*(t: typedesc[RestApiResponse], msg: string = ""): RestApiResponse =
+  RestApiResponse.error(Http429, msg, $MIMETYPE_TEXT)
+
 proc jsonResponse*(
     t: typedesc[RestApiResponse], data: auto, status: HttpCode = Http200
 ): SerdesResult[RestApiResponse] =
diff --git a/waku/waku_api/rest/store/handlers.nim b/waku/waku_api/rest/store/handlers.nim
index 01f5259ded..e25bbe4561 100644
--- a/waku/waku_api/rest/store/handlers.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_api/rest/store/handlers.nim
@@ -39,9 +39,15 @@ proc performHistoryQuery(
 
   let res = queryFut.read()
   if res.isErr():
-    const msg = "Error occurred in queryFut.read()"
-    error msg, error = res.error
-    return RestApiResponse.internalServerError(fmt("{msg} [{res.error}]"))
+    const TooManyRequestErrorStr =
+      $HistoryError(kind: HistoryErrorKind.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS)
+    if res.error == TooManyRequestErrorStr:
+      debug "Request rate limmit reached on peer ", storePeer
+      return RestApiResponse.tooManyRequests("Request rate limmit reached")
+    else:
+      const msg = "Error occurred in queryFut.read()"
+      error msg, error = res.error
+      return RestApiResponse.internalServerError(fmt("{msg} [{res.error}]"))
 
   let storeResp = res.value.toStoreResponseRest()
   let resp = RestApiResponse.jsonResponse(storeResp, status = Http200)
diff --git a/waku/waku_lightpush/common.nim b/waku/waku_lightpush/common.nim
index 75f507b527..4e376b1aed 100644
--- a/waku/waku_lightpush/common.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_lightpush/common.nim
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ type WakuLightPushResult*[T] = Result[T, string]
 type PushMessageHandler* = proc(
   peer: PeerId, pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic, message: WakuMessage
 ): Future[WakuLightPushResult[void]] {.async.}
+
+const TooManyRequestsMessage* = "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"
diff --git a/waku/waku_lightpush/protocol.nim b/waku/waku_lightpush/protocol.nim
index ddac2d9ec3..9cec6f7f48 100644
--- a/waku/waku_lightpush/protocol.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_lightpush/protocol.nim
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ import
   ./common,
   ./rpc,
   ./rpc_codec,
-  ./protocol_metrics
+  ./protocol_metrics,
+  ../common/ratelimit,
+  ../common/waku_service_metrics
+
+export ratelimit
 
 logScope:
   topics = "waku lightpush"
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ type WakuLightPush* = ref object of LPProtocol
   rng*: ref rand.HmacDrbgContext
   peerManager*: PeerManager
   pushHandler*: PushMessageHandler
+  requestRateLimiter*: Option[TokenBucket]
 
 proc handleRequest*(
     wl: WakuLightPush, peerId: PeerId, buffer: seq[byte]
@@ -27,6 +32,7 @@ proc handleRequest*(
   let reqDecodeRes = PushRPC.decode(buffer)
   var
     isSuccess = false
+    isRejectedDueRateLimit = false
     pushResponseInfo = ""
     requestId = ""
 
@@ -34,7 +40,16 @@ proc handleRequest*(
     pushResponseInfo = decodeRpcFailure & ": " & $reqDecodeRes.error
   elif reqDecodeRes.get().request.isNone():
     pushResponseInfo = emptyRequestBodyFailure
+  elif wl.requestRateLimiter.isSome() and not wl.requestRateLimiter.get().tryConsume(1):
+    isRejectedDueRateLimit = true
+    let pushRpcRequest = reqDecodeRes.get()
+    debug "lightpush request rejected due rate limit exceeded",
+      peerId = peerId, requestId = pushRpcRequest.requestId
+    pushResponseInfo = TooManyRequestsMessage
+    waku_service_requests_rejected.inc(labelValues = ["Lightpush"])
   else:
+    waku_service_requests.inc(labelValues = ["Lightpush"])
+
     let pushRpcRequest = reqDecodeRes.get()
 
     requestId = pushRpcRequest.requestId
@@ -55,7 +70,7 @@ proc handleRequest*(
     isSuccess = handleRes.isOk()
     pushResponseInfo = (if isSuccess: "OK" else: handleRes.error)
 
-  if not isSuccess:
+  if not isSuccess and not isRejectedDueRateLimit:
     waku_lightpush_errors.inc(labelValues = [pushResponseInfo])
     error "failed to push message", error = pushResponseInfo
   let response = PushResponse(isSuccess: isSuccess, info: some(pushResponseInfo))
@@ -76,7 +91,13 @@ proc new*(
     peerManager: PeerManager,
     rng: ref rand.HmacDrbgContext,
     pushHandler: PushMessageHandler,
+    rateLimitSetting: Option[RateLimitSetting] = none[RateLimitSetting](),
 ): T =
-  let wl = WakuLightPush(rng: rng, peerManager: peerManager, pushHandler: pushHandler)
+  let wl = WakuLightPush(
+    rng: rng,
+    peerManager: peerManager,
+    pushHandler: pushHandler,
+    requestRateLimiter: newTokenBucket(rateLimitSetting),
+  )
   wl.initProtocolHandler()
   return wl
diff --git a/waku/waku_lightpush/protocol_metrics.nim b/waku/waku_lightpush/protocol_metrics.nim
index 2c62d319dd..8e3b58f9da 100644
--- a/waku/waku_lightpush/protocol_metrics.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_lightpush/protocol_metrics.nim
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ const
   emptyRequestBodyFailure* = "empty_request_body_failure"
   emptyResponseBodyFailure* = "empty_response_body_failure"
   messagePushFailure* = "message_push_failure"
+  requestLimitReachedFailure* = "request_limit_reached_failure"
diff --git a/waku/waku_store/common.nim b/waku/waku_store/common.nim
index 19f4661c9e..67af41a68a 100644
--- a/waku/waku_store/common.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_store/common.nim
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type
     UNKNOWN = uint32(000)
     BAD_RESPONSE = uint32(300)
     BAD_REQUEST = uint32(400)
+    TOO_MANY_REQUESTS = uint32(429)
     SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE = uint32(503)
     PEER_DIAL_FAILURE = uint32(504)
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ type
 
 proc parse*(T: type HistoryErrorKind, kind: uint32): T =
   case kind
-  of 000, 200, 300, 400, 503:
+  of 000, 200, 300, 400, 429, 503:
     HistoryErrorKind(kind)
   else:
     HistoryErrorKind.UNKNOWN
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ proc `$`*(err: HistoryError): string =
     "BAD_RESPONSE: " & err.cause
   of HistoryErrorKind.BAD_REQUEST:
     "BAD_REQUEST: " & err.cause
+  of HistoryErrorKind.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS:
+    "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"
   of HistoryErrorKind.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE:
     "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE"
   of HistoryErrorKind.UNKNOWN:
diff --git a/waku/waku_store/protocol.nim b/waku/waku_store/protocol.nim
index be88b0ac21..7f7118dab4 100644
--- a/waku/waku_store/protocol.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_store/protocol.nim
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@ import
   libp2p/stream/connection,
   metrics
 import
-  ../waku_core, ../node/peer_manager, ./common, ./rpc, ./rpc_codec, ./protocol_metrics
+  ../waku_core,
+  ../node/peer_manager,
+  ./common,
+  ./rpc,
+  ./rpc_codec,
+  ./protocol_metrics,
+  ../common/ratelimit,
+  ../common/waku_service_metrics
 
 logScope:
   topics = "waku store"
@@ -33,6 +40,7 @@ type WakuStore* = ref object of LPProtocol
   peerManager: PeerManager
   rng: ref rand.HmacDrbgContext
   queryHandler*: HistoryQueryHandler
+  requestRateLimiter*: Option[TokenBucket]
 
 ## Protocol
 
@@ -55,6 +63,18 @@ proc initProtocolHandler(ws: WakuStore) =
       # TODO: Return (BAD_REQUEST, cause: "empty query")
       return
 
+    if ws.requestRateLimiter.isSome() and not ws.requestRateLimiter.get().tryConsume(1):
+      trace "store query request rejected due rate limit exceeded",
+        peerId = $conn.peerId, requestId = reqRpc.requestId
+      let error = HistoryError(kind: HistoryErrorKind.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS).toRPC()
+      let response = HistoryResponseRPC(error: error)
+      let rpc = HistoryRPC(requestId: reqRpc.requestId, response: some(response))
+      await conn.writeLp(rpc.encode().buffer)
+      waku_service_requests_rejected.inc(labelValues = ["Store"])
+      return
+
+    waku_service_requests.inc(labelValues = ["Store"])
+
     let
       requestId = reqRpc.requestId
       request = reqRpc.query.get().toAPI()
@@ -101,11 +121,17 @@ proc new*(
     peerManager: PeerManager,
     rng: ref rand.HmacDrbgContext,
     queryHandler: HistoryQueryHandler,
+    rateLimitSetting: Option[RateLimitSetting] = none[RateLimitSetting](),
 ): T =
   # Raise a defect if history query handler is nil
   if queryHandler.isNil():
     raise newException(NilAccessDefect, "history query handler is nil")
 
-  let ws = WakuStore(rng: rng, peerManager: peerManager, queryHandler: queryHandler)
+  let ws = WakuStore(
+    rng: rng,
+    peerManager: peerManager,
+    queryHandler: queryHandler,
+    requestRateLimiter: newTokenBucket(rateLimitSetting),
+  )
   ws.initProtocolHandler()
   ws
diff --git a/waku/waku_store/rpc.nim b/waku/waku_store/rpc.nim
index 22e0d55ec6..9a8887aeef 100644
--- a/waku/waku_store/rpc.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_store/rpc.nim
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ type
     ## the state of its request
     NONE = uint32(0)
     INVALID_CURSOR = uint32(1)
+    TOO_MANY_REQUESTS = uint32(429)
     SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE = uint32(503)
 
   HistoryResponseRPC* = object
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ type
 
 proc parse*(T: type HistoryResponseErrorRPC, kind: uint32): T =
   case kind
-  of 0, 1, 503:
+  of 0, 1, 429, 503:
     HistoryResponseErrorRPC(kind)
   else:
     # TODO: Improve error variants/move to satus codes
@@ -169,6 +170,8 @@ proc toRPC*(err: HistoryError): HistoryResponseErrorRPC =
   of HistoryErrorKind.BAD_REQUEST:
     # TODO: Respond aksi with the reason
     HistoryResponseErrorRPC.INVALID_CURSOR
+  of HistoryErrorKind.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS:
+    HistoryResponseErrorRPC.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
   of HistoryErrorKind.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE:
     HistoryResponseErrorRPC.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
   else:
@@ -179,6 +182,8 @@ proc toAPI*(err: HistoryResponseErrorRPC): HistoryError =
   case err
   of HistoryResponseErrorRPC.INVALID_CURSOR:
     HistoryError(kind: HistoryErrorKind.BAD_REQUEST, cause: "invalid cursor")
+  of HistoryResponseErrorRPC.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS:
+    HistoryError(kind: HistoryErrorKind.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS)
   of HistoryResponseErrorRPC.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE:
     HistoryError(kind: HistoryErrorKind.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE)
   else: