diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 243d5d9137..5c5ddb8291 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -189,6 +189,22 @@ GATEWAY_ALLOWED_IPS=
 GATEWAY_DENIED_IPS=
 GATEWAY_USERS=
 
+# activate and manage http incoming request limits
+# this feature is based on ip adresses and need PHRASEANET_TRUSTED_PROXIES
+# defined to get real_ip
+# @run
+GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_ACTIVATE=0  # switch to 1 to enable limiting http requests using parameters below 
+GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_MEMORY=10m  # For Exemple 16,000 IP addresses takes 1 megabyte, so our zone can store about 160,000 addresses.
+GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_RATE=10r/s  # Sets the maximum request rate. By default here the rate cannot exceed 10 requests per second
+GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_BURST=20    # The burst parameter defines how many requests a client can make in excess of the rate specified by the zone
+GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_NODELAY=1   # With the nodelay parameter, NGINX still allocates slots in the queue according to the burst parameter and imposes the configured rate limit. if not extra request queues waits 2 seconds to be forwarded
+
+API_REQUEST_LIMIT_ACTIVATE=0  # switch to 1 to enable limiting api requests using parameters below
+API_REQUEST_LIMIT_MEMORY=10m  # For Exemple 16,000 IP addresses takes 1 megabyte, so our zone can store about 160,000 addresses.
+API_REQUEST_LIMIT_RATE=10r/s  # Sets the maximum request rate. By default here the rate cannot exceed 10 requests per second
+API_REQUEST_LIMIT_BURST=20    # The burst parameter defines how many requests a client can make in excess of the rate specified by the zone
+API_REQUEST_LIMIT_NODELAY=1   # With the nodelay parameter, NGINX still allocates slots in the queue according to the burst parameter and imposes the configured rate limit. if not extra request queues waits 2 seconds to be forwarded
+
 # https and reverse proxy (on/off)
 # set to on in the case : https behind a proxy
 # @run
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 991fb0c4bb..3347a18f42 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ services:
     - GATEWAY_DENIED_IPS 
     - GATEWAY_USERS
     - GATEWAY_CSP
+    - GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_ACTIVATE
+    - GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_MEMORY
+    - GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_RATE
+    - GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_BURST
+    - GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_NODELAY
+    - API_REQUEST_LIMIT_ACTIVATE
+    - API_REQUEST_LIMIT_MEMORY
+    - API_REQUEST_LIMIT_RATE
+    - API_REQUEST_LIMIT_BURST
+    - API_REQUEST_LIMIT_NODELAY
     ports:
       - ${PHRASEANET_APP_PORT}:80
     networks:
@@ -70,6 +80,16 @@ services:
     - GATEWAY_USERS
     - GATEWAY_FASTCGI_HTTPS
     - GATEWAY_CSP
+    - GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_ACTIVATE
+    - GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_MEMORY
+    - GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_RATE
+    - GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_BURST
+    - GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_NODELAY
+    - API_REQUEST_LIMIT_ACTIVATE
+    - API_REQUEST_LIMIT_MEMORY
+    - API_REQUEST_LIMIT_RATE
+    - API_REQUEST_LIMIT_BURST
+    - API_REQUEST_LIMIT_NODELAY
     networks:
       - internal
     labels:
diff --git a/docker/nginx/root/entrypoint.sh b/docker/nginx/root/entrypoint.sh
index a002bb9112..3ffa2f6880 100755
--- a/docker/nginx/root/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/nginx/root/entrypoint.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ fi
 #GATEWAY_DENIED_IPS="172.1.0.1,172.1.0.2"
 #GATEWAY_USERS="user1(password1),user2(password2)
 touch /etc/nginx/restrictions
+touch /etc/nginx/apirestrictions
 touch /etc/nginx/.htpasswd
 
 if [[ ! -z $GATEWAY_ALLOWED_IPS ]] || [[ ! -z $GATEWAY_DENIED_IPS ]] || [[ ! -z $GATEWAY_USERS ]]; then
@@ -81,6 +82,37 @@ if [[ ! -z $GATEWAY_ALLOWED_IPS ]] || [[ ! -z $GATEWAY_DENIED_IPS ]] || [[ ! -z
             echo "deny all;" >> /etc/nginx/restrictions
     fi
 fi
+
+echo "limit_req_status 429;" > /etc/nginx/conf.d/limits.conf
+
+if [[ ! -z $GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_ACTIVATE ]] &&  [[ "$GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_ACTIVATE" = "1" ]]; then
+  echo "limit_req_zone \$binary_remote_addr zone=globaliplimits:$GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_MEMORY rate=$GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_RATE;" >> /etc/nginx/conf.d/limits.conf
+  if [[ ! -z $GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_BURST ]]; then
+    if [ "$GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_NODELAY" = "on" ] || [ "$GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_NODELAY" = "1" ];then
+      export GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMITS="limit_req zone=globaliplimits burst=$GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_BURST nodelay;"     
+    else
+      export GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMITS="limit_req zone=globaliplimits burst=$GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMIT_BURST;"
+    fi  
+  else
+    export GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMITS="limit_req zone=globaliplimits;" 
+  fi
+  echo $GLOBAL_REQUEST_LIMITS >> /etc/nginx/restrictions 
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -z $API_REQUEST_LIMIT_ACTIVATE ]] &&  [[ "$API_REQUEST_LIMIT_ACTIVATE" = "1" ]]; then
+  echo "limit_req_zone \$binary_remote_addr zone=apiiplimits:$API_REQUEST_LIMIT_MEMORY rate=$API_REQUEST_LIMIT_RATE;" >> /etc/nginx/conf.d/limits.conf
+  if [[ ! -z $API_REQUEST_LIMIT_BURST ]]; then
+    if [ "$API_REQUEST_LIMIT_NODELAY" = "on" ] || [ "$API_REQUEST_LIMIT_NODELAY" = "1" ];then
+      export API_REQUEST_LIMITS="limit_req zone=apiiplimits burst=$API_REQUEST_LIMIT_BURST nodelay;"
+    else
+      export API_REQUEST_LIMITS="limit_req zone=apiiplimits burst=$API_REQUEST_LIMIT_BURST;"        
+    fi
+  else
+    export API_REQUEST_LIMITS="limit_req zone=apiiplimits;"                                  
+  fi
+    echo $API_REQUEST_LIMITS >> /etc/nginx/apirestrictions
+fi
+
 unset GATEWAY_USERS
 unset GATEWAY_DENIED_IPS
 unset GATEWAY_ALLOWED_IPS
diff --git a/docker/nginx/root/nginx.conf.sample b/docker/nginx/root/nginx.conf.sample
index 7b37ac4b80..0958434447 100644
--- a/docker/nginx/root/nginx.conf.sample
+++ b/docker/nginx/root/nginx.conf.sample
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ server {
         if (-f /var/alchemy/Phraseanet/datas/nginx/maintenance.html) {
             return 401;
         }
+        include        apirestrictions;
         rewrite ^(.*)$ /api.php/$1 last;
     }