diff --git a/assets/runtime/config/gitlabhq/rack_attack.rb b/assets/runtime/config/gitlabhq/rack_attack.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1bbcca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/runtime/config/gitlabhq/rack_attack.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# 1. Rename this file to rack_attack.rb
+# 2. Review the paths_to_be_protected and add any other path you need protecting
+#
+# If you change this file in a Merge Request, please also create a Merge Request on https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/merge_requests
+
+paths_to_be_protected = [
+  "#{Rails.application.config.relative_url_root}/users/password",
+  "#{Rails.application.config.relative_url_root}/users/sign_in",
+  "#{Rails.application.config.relative_url_root}/api/#{API::API.version}/session.json",
+  "#{Rails.application.config.relative_url_root}/api/#{API::API.version}/session",
+  "#{Rails.application.config.relative_url_root}/users",
+  "#{Rails.application.config.relative_url_root}/users/confirmation",
+  "#{Rails.application.config.relative_url_root}/unsubscribes/"
+
+]
+
+# Create one big regular expression that matches strings starting with any of
+# the paths_to_be_protected.
+paths_regex = Regexp.union(paths_to_be_protected.map { |path| /\A#{Regexp.escape(path)}/ })
+
+unless Rails.env.test?
+  Rack::Attack.throttle('protected paths', limit: 10, period: 60.seconds) do |req|
+    if req.post? && req.path =~ paths_regex
+      req.ip
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/assets/runtime/functions b/assets/runtime/functions
index 5c7f7cb1..7e7b04d1 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/functions
+++ b/assets/runtime/functions
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ USERCONF_TEMPLATES_DIR="${GITLAB_DATA_DIR}/config"
 GITLAB_CONFIG="${GITLAB_INSTALL_DIR}/config/gitlab.yml"
 GITLAB_DATABASE_CONFIG="${GITLAB_INSTALL_DIR}/config/database.yml"
 GITLAB_UNICORN_CONFIG="${GITLAB_INSTALL_DIR}/config/unicorn.rb"
+GITLAB_RACK_ATTACK_CONFIG="${GITLAB_INSTALL_DIR}/config/rack_attack.rb"
 GITLAB_SMTP_CONFIG="${GITLAB_INSTALL_DIR}/config/initializers/smtp_settings.rb"
 GITLAB_RESQUE_CONFIG="${GITLAB_INSTALL_DIR}/config/resque.yml"
 GITLAB_SECRETS_CONFIG="${GITLAB_INSTALL_DIR}/config/secrets.yml"
@@ -948,6 +949,7 @@ install_configuration_templates() {
   install_template ${GITLAB_USER} gitlabhq/gitlab.yml ${GITLAB_CONFIG}
   install_template ${GITLAB_USER} gitlabhq/database.yml ${GITLAB_DATABASE_CONFIG}
   install_template ${GITLAB_USER} gitlabhq/unicorn.rb ${GITLAB_UNICORN_CONFIG}
+  install_template ${GITLAB_USER} gitlabhq/rack_attack.rb ${GITLAB_RACK_ATTACK_CONFIG}
   install_template ${GITLAB_USER} gitlabhq/resque.yml ${GITLAB_RESQUE_CONFIG}
   install_template ${GITLAB_USER} gitlabhq/secrets.yml ${GITLAB_SECRETS_CONFIG}
   install_template ${GITLAB_USER} gitlab-shell/config.yml ${GITLAB_SHELL_CONFIG}