diff --git a/stapler/handlers.py b/stapler/handlers.py
index 2590f87..0d958fe 100644
--- a/stapler/handlers.py
+++ b/stapler/handlers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import abc
 import contextlib
+import datetime
 import http
 import http.cookiejar
 import http.server
@@ -300,6 +301,7 @@ class RequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, BaseHandler):
     REDIRECT_HEADER = "X-Redirect"
     PROXY_HEADER = "X-Proxy"
     SPA_HEADER = "X-SPA"
+    RATE_LIMIT = datetime.timedelta(seconds=1)
 
     @typing.override
     def __init__(
@@ -323,6 +325,7 @@ class RequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, BaseHandler):
         self.__target_redirect: str | None = None
         self.__target_proxy: str | None = None
         self.__target_spa: str | None = None
+        self.rate_limits: dict[str, datetime.datetime] = {}
         try:
             super().__init__(*args, directory=params.data_dir, **kwargs, params=params)  # ty:ignore[unknown-argument]
         except (BrokenPipeError, ConnectionResetError) as e:
@@ -608,7 +611,20 @@ class RequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, BaseHandler):
             path = f"/{page.path}/{page.spa}"
         return super().translate_path(path)
 
+    def __check_rate_limit(self) -> bool:
+        now = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.UTC)
+        address = self.address_string()
+        last_atempt = self.rate_limits.get(address, None)
+        self.rate_limits[address] = now
+        return last_atempt is None or now - last_atempt > self.RATE_LIMIT
+
+    def __clear_rate_limit(self) -> None:
+        del self.rate_limits[self.address_string()]
+
     def __check_update_request(self) -> str | None:
+        if not self.__check_rate_limit():
+            self.send_error(http.HTTPStatus.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS, "Rate limit exceeded")
+            return None
         if not self._has_header(self.TOKEN_HEADER):
             self.send_error(
                 http.HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST, f"No {self.TOKEN_HEADER} header in request"
@@ -617,6 +633,7 @@ class RequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, BaseHandler):
         if not self.token_manager.is_valid(self.token):
             self.send_error(http.HTTPStatus.UNAUTHORIZED, "Invalid token")
             return None
+        self.__clear_rate_limit()
         if (sub_path := self.__get_path(self.path, self.UPDATE_PATH_REGEX)) is None:
             self.send_error(http.HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST, "Invalid path")
             return None
diff --git a/tests/test_handlers.py b/tests/test_handlers.py
index fab7233..6f8fdc5 100644
--- a/tests/test_handlers.py
+++ b/tests/test_handlers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import abc
 import collections
 import contextlib
+import datetime
 import http
 import http.server
 import io
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ class TestRequestHandler(BaseHandlerTestCase):
             self.seal_mocks(),
         ):
             handler.do_PUT()
+        assert "127.0.0.1" in handler.rate_limits
 
     def test_do_post_is_do_put(self) -> None:
         handler = self._get_handler("/path")
@@ -306,6 +308,18 @@ class TestRequestHandler(BaseHandlerTestCase):
             self.seal_mocks(),
         ):
             handler.do_PUT()
+        assert "127.0.0.1" in handler.rate_limits
+
+    def test_do_put_rate_limit(self) -> None:
+        handler = self._get_handler("/path", {"X-Token": "secret"})
+        handler.rate_limits["127.0.0.1"] = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.UTC)
+        with (
+            self.expects_error(
+                handler, http.HTTPStatus.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS, "Rate limit exceeded"
+            ),
+            self.seal_mocks(),
+        ):
+            handler.do_PUT()
 
     def test_do_put_invalid_path(self) -> None:
         handler = self._get_handler("/pa.th", {"X-Token": "secret"})
@@ -792,6 +806,7 @@ class TestRequestHandler(BaseHandlerTestCase):
             self.seal_mocks(),
         ):
             handler.do_DELETE()
+        assert "127.0.0.1" in handler.rate_limits
 
     def test_do_delete_invalid_token(self) -> None:
         handler = self._get_handler("/path", {"X-Token": "secret"})
@@ -801,6 +816,7 @@ class TestRequestHandler(BaseHandlerTestCase):
             self.seal_mocks(),
         ):
             handler.do_DELETE()
+        assert "127.0.0.1" in handler.rate_limits
 
     def test_do_delete_invalid_path(self) -> None:
         handler = self._get_handler("/pa.th", {"X-Token": "secret"})