diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8dfb22828..8100193b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+- Added Queries Rate Limiter which uses Token Bucket algorithm to the Session struct. 
+  Added RateLimiterConfig to the ClusterConfig struct. (#1731)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/cluster.go b/cluster.go
index 13e62f3b0..e58775af5 100644
--- a/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster.go
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ type ClusterConfig struct {
 
 	// internal config for testing
 	disableControlConn bool
+
+	// If Session has RateLimiterConfig then queries will be limited using RateLimiter
+	RateLimiterConfig *RateLimiterConfig
 }
 
 type Dialer interface {
diff --git a/rate_limiter.go b/rate_limiter.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53d073f3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rate_limiter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package gocql
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// RateLimiterConfig holds the configuration parameters for the rate limiter, which uses Token Bucket approach.
+//
+// Fields:
+//
+// - rate: Allowed requests per second
+// - Burst: Maximum number of burst requests
+//
+// Example:
+//	RateLimiterConfig{
+//		rate:  300000,
+//		burst: 150,
+//	}
+type RateLimiterConfig struct {
+	rate  float64
+	burst int
+}
+
+type tokenBucket struct {
+	rate         float64
+	burst        int
+	tokens       int
+	lastRefilled time.Time
+	mu           sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (tb *tokenBucket) refill() {
+	tb.mu.Lock()
+	defer tb.mu.Unlock()
+	now := time.Now()
+	tokensToAdd := int(tb.rate * now.Sub(tb.lastRefilled).Seconds())
+	tb.tokens = min(tb.tokens+tokensToAdd, tb.burst)
+	tb.lastRefilled = now
+}
+
+func (tb *tokenBucket) Allow() bool {
+	tb.refill()
+	tb.mu.Lock()
+	defer tb.mu.Unlock()
+	if tb.tokens > 0 {
+		tb.tokens--
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func min(a, b int) int {
+	if a < b {
+		return a
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+type ConfigurableRateLimiter struct {
+	tb tokenBucket
+}
+
+func NewConfigurableRateLimiter(rate float64, burst int) *ConfigurableRateLimiter {
+	tb := tokenBucket{
+		rate:         rate,
+		burst:        burst,
+		tokens:       burst,
+		lastRefilled: time.Now(),
+	}
+	return &ConfigurableRateLimiter{tb}
+}
+
+func (rl *ConfigurableRateLimiter) Allow() bool {
+	return rl.tb.Allow()
+}
diff --git a/rate_limiter_test.go b/rate_limiter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03335c27e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rate_limiter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package gocql
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+const queries = 100
+
+const skipRateLimiterTestMsg = "Skipping rate limiter test, due to limit of simultaneously alive goroutines. Should be tested locally"
+
+func TestRateLimiter50k(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip(skipRateLimiterTestMsg)
+	fmt.Println("Running rate limiter test with 50_000 workers")
+	RunRateLimiterTest(t, 50_000)
+}
+
+func TestRateLimiter100k(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip(skipRateLimiterTestMsg)
+	fmt.Println("Running rate limiter test with 100_000 workers")
+	RunRateLimiterTest(t, 100_000)
+}
+
+func TestRateLimiter200k(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip(skipRateLimiterTestMsg)
+	fmt.Println("Running rate limiter test with 200_000 workers")
+	RunRateLimiterTest(t, 200_000)
+}
+
+func RunRateLimiterTest(t *testing.T, workerCount int) {
+	cluster := createCluster()
+	cluster.RateLimiterConfig = &RateLimiterConfig{
+		rate:  300000,
+		burst: 100,
+	}
+
+	session := createSessionFromCluster(cluster, t)
+	defer session.Close()
+
+	execRelease(session.Query("drop keyspace if exists pargettest"))
+	execRelease(session.Query("create keyspace pargettest with replication = {'class' : 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor' : 1}"))
+	execRelease(session.Query("drop table if exists pargettest.test"))
+	execRelease(session.Query("create table pargettest.test (a text, b int, primary key(a))"))
+	execRelease(session.Query("insert into pargettest.test (a, b) values ( 'a', 1)"))
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	for i := 1; i <= workerCount; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for j := 0; j < queries; j++ {
+				iterRelease(session.Query("select * from pargettest.test where a='a'"))
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
+func iterRelease(query *Query) {
+	_, err := query.Iter().SliceMap()
+	if err != nil {
+		println(err.Error())
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	query.Release()
+}
+
+func execRelease(query *Query) {
+	if err := query.Exec(); err != nil {
+		println(err.Error())
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	query.Release()
+}
diff --git a/session.go b/session.go
index a600b95f3..afbe30317 100644
--- a/session.go
+++ b/session.go
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ type Session struct {
 	isInitialized bool
 
 	logger StdLogger
+
+	rateLimiter *ConfigurableRateLimiter
 }
 
 var queryPool = &sync.Pool{
@@ -188,6 +190,10 @@ func NewSession(cfg ClusterConfig) (*Session, error) {
 	s.frameObserver = cfg.FrameHeaderObserver
 	s.streamObserver = cfg.StreamObserver
 
+	if cfg.RateLimiterConfig != nil {
+		s.rateLimiter = NewConfigurableRateLimiter(cfg.RateLimiterConfig.rate, cfg.RateLimiterConfig.burst)
+	}
+
 	//Check the TLS Config before trying to connect to anything external
 	connCfg, err := connConfig(&s.cfg)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -452,6 +458,12 @@ func (s *Session) SetTrace(trace Tracer) {
 // value before the query is executed. Query is automatically prepared
 // if it has not previously been executed.
 func (s *Session) Query(stmt string, values ...interface{}) *Query {
+	if s.rateLimiter != nil {
+		for !s.rateLimiter.Allow() {
+			time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 50)
+		}
+	}
+
 	qry := queryPool.Get().(*Query)
 	qry.session = s
 	qry.stmt = stmt