diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 4f28699..6d0c91f 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ type SysConfig struct {
 	SCGIPaths             map[string]string
 	ReadMollyFiles        bool
 	AllowTLS12            bool
+	RateLimitEnable       bool
+	RateLimitAverage      int
+	RateLimitSoft         int
+	RateLimitHard         int
 }
 
 type UserConfig struct {
@@ -56,6 +60,10 @@ func getConfig(filename string) (SysConfig, UserConfig, error) {
 	sysConfig.SCGIPaths = make(map[string]string)
 	sysConfig.ReadMollyFiles = false
 	sysConfig.AllowTLS12 = true
+	sysConfig.RateLimitEnable = false
+	sysConfig.RateLimitAverage = 1
+	sysConfig.RateLimitSoft = 10
+	sysConfig.RateLimitHard = 50
 
 	userConfig.GeminiExt = "gmi"
 	userConfig.DefaultLang = ""
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 08f1499..ee961f0 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func isSubdir(subdir, superdir string) (bool, error) {
     return false, nil
 }
 
-func handleGeminiRequest(conn net.Conn, sysConfig SysConfig, config UserConfig, accessLogEntries chan LogEntry, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+func handleGeminiRequest(conn net.Conn, sysConfig SysConfig, config UserConfig, accessLogEntries chan LogEntry, rl *RateLimiter, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	defer conn.Close()
 	defer wg.Done()
 	var tlsConn (*tls.Conn) = conn.(*tls.Conn)
@@ -49,6 +49,23 @@ func handleGeminiRequest(conn net.Conn, sysConfig SysConfig, config UserConfig,
 		defer func() { accessLogEntries <- logEntry }()
 	}
 
+	// Enforce rate limiting
+	if sysConfig.RateLimitEnable {
+		noPort := logEntry.RemoteAddr.String()
+		noPort = noPort[0:strings.LastIndex(noPort, ":")]
+		limited := rl.hardLimited(noPort)
+		if limited {
+			conn.Close()
+			return
+		}
+		delay, limited := rl.softLimited(noPort)
+		if limited {
+			conn.Write([]byte("44 " + strconv.Itoa(delay) + " second cool down, please!\r\n"))
+			logEntry.Status = 44
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Read request
 	URL, err := readRequest(conn, &logEntry)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/launch.go b/launch.go
index 5c14d52..3738f4b 100644
--- a/launch.go
+++ b/launch.go
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ func launch(sysConfig SysConfig, userConfig UserConfig, privInfo userInfo) int {
 		go func() {
 			for {
 				entry := <-accessLogEntries
-				writeLogEntry(accessLogFile, entry)
+				if entry.Status != 0 {
+					writeLogEntry(accessLogFile, entry)
+				}
 			}
 		}()
 	}
@@ -159,11 +161,12 @@ func launch(sysConfig SysConfig, userConfig UserConfig, privInfo userInfo) int {
 	// Infinite serve loop (SIGTERM breaks out)
 	running := true
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	rl := newRateLimiter(sysConfig.RateLimitAverage, sysConfig.RateLimitSoft, sysConfig.RateLimitHard)
 	for running {
 		conn, err := listener.Accept()
 		if err == nil {
 			wg.Add(1)
-			go handleGeminiRequest(conn, sysConfig, userConfig, accessLogEntries, &wg)
+			go handleGeminiRequest(conn, sysConfig, userConfig, accessLogEntries, &rl, &wg)
 		} else {
 			select {
 			case <-shutdown:
diff --git a/ratelim.go b/ratelim.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92a8ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ratelim.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"sync"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type RateLimiter struct {
+	mu sync.Mutex
+	bucket map[string]int
+	bans map[string]time.Time
+	banCounts map[string]int
+	rate int
+	softLimit int
+	hardLimit int
+}
+
+func newRateLimiter(rate int, softLimit int, hardLimit int) RateLimiter {
+	var rl = new(RateLimiter)
+	rl.bucket = make(map[string]int)
+	rl.bans = make(map[string]time.Time)
+	rl.banCounts = make(map[string]int)
+	rl.rate = rate
+	rl.softLimit = softLimit
+	rl.hardLimit = hardLimit
+
+	// Leak periodically
+	go func () {
+		for(true) {
+			rl.mu.Lock()
+			// Leak the buckets
+			for addr, drips := range rl.bucket {
+				if drips <= rate {
+					delete(rl.bucket, addr)
+				} else {
+					rl.bucket[addr] = drips - rl.rate
+				}
+			}
+			// Expire bans
+			now := time.Now()
+			for addr, expiry := range rl.bans {
+				if now.After(expiry) {
+					delete(rl.bans, addr)
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Wait
+			rl.mu.Unlock()
+			time.Sleep(time.Second)
+		}
+	}()
+	return *rl
+}
+
+func  (rl *RateLimiter) softLimited(addr string) (int, bool) {
+	rl.mu.Lock()
+	defer rl.mu.Unlock()
+	drips, present := rl.bucket[addr]
+	if !present {
+		rl.bucket[addr] = 1
+		return 1, false
+	}
+	drips += 1
+	rl.bucket[addr] = drips
+	if drips > rl.hardLimit {
+		banCount, present := rl.banCounts[addr]
+		if present {
+			banCount += 1
+		} else {
+			banCount = 1
+		}
+		rl.banCounts[addr] = banCount
+		banDuration := 1 << (banCount - 1)
+		now := time.Now()
+		expiry := now.Add(time.Duration(banDuration)*time.Hour)
+		rl.bans[addr] = expiry
+		log.Println("Banning " + addr + " for " + strconv.Itoa(banDuration) + " hours due to ignoring rate limiting.")
+	}
+	return drips, drips > rl.softLimit
+}
+
+func  (rl *RateLimiter) hardLimited(addr string) bool {
+	_, present := rl.bans[addr]
+	return present
+}