diff --git a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
index 6d381126..a3268c84 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
+++ b/v2/cmd/nuclei/main.go
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ on extensive configurability, massive extensibility and ease of use.`)
 
 	createGroup(flagSet, "rate-limit", "Rate-Limit",
 		flagSet.IntVarP(&options.RateLimit, "rate-limit", "rl", 150, "maximum number of requests to send per second"),
+		flagSet.IntVarP(&options.RateLimitMinute, "rate-limit-minute", "rlm", 0, "maximum number of requests to send per minute"),
 		flagSet.IntVarP(&options.BulkSize, "bulk-size", "bs", 25, "maximum number of hosts to be analyzed in parallel per template"),
 		flagSet.IntVarP(&options.TemplateThreads, "concurrency", "c", 10, "maximum number of templates to be executed in parallel"),
 	)
diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
index 4920a1f8..2e1a97ac 100644
--- a/v2/go.mod
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab v0.44.0
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0
-	go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.1.0
+	go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.2.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210218145215-b8e89b74b9df // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210521195947-fe42d452be8f
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210218202405-ba52d332ba99
diff --git a/v2/go.sum b/v2/go.sum
index 97fb14f0..f8512f4c 100644
--- a/v2/go.sum
+++ b/v2/go.sum
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.4.2/go.mod h1:MB6lktGJrhw8PrUyiEoblNEGEQ+RzHPF0
 github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.0/go.mod h1:N09YCmOQr6RLxC6UNHzuVwAdodYbbnycGHSmwVJjcKA=
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d h1:G0m3OIz70MZUWq3EgK3CesDbo8upS2Vm9/P3FtgI+Jk=
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d/go.mod h1:3eOhrUMpNV+6aFIbp5/iudMxNCF27Vw2OZgy4xEx0Fg=
+github.com/andres-erbsen/clock v0.0.0-20160526145045-9e14626cd129 h1:MzBOUgng9orim59UnfUTLRjMpd09C5uEVQ6RPGeCaVI=
+github.com/andres-erbsen/clock v0.0.0-20160526145045-9e14626cd129/go.mod h1:rFgpPQZYZ8vdbc+48xibu8ALc3yeyd64IhHS+PU6Yyg=
 github.com/andygrunwald/go-jira v1.13.0 h1:vvIImGgX32bHfoiyUwkNo+/YrPnRczNarvhLOncP6dE=
 github.com/andygrunwald/go-jira v1.13.0/go.mod h1:jYi4kFDbRPZTJdJOVJO4mpMMIwdB+rcZwSO58DzPd2I=
 github.com/apex/log v1.9.0 h1:FHtw/xuaM8AgmvDDTI9fiwoAL25Sq2cxojnZICUU8l0=
@@ -366,6 +368,8 @@ go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 h1:y6IPFStTAIT5Ytl7/XYmHvzXQ7S3g/IeZW9hyZ5thw4=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0/go.mod h1:cdWPpRnG4AhwMwsgIHip0KRBQjJy5kYEpYjJxpXp9iU=
 go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.1.0 h1:U2AruXqeTb4Eh9sYQSTrMhH8Cb7M0Ian2ibBOnBcnAw=
 go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.1.0/go.mod h1:2X8KaoNd1J0lZV+PxJk/5+DGbO/tpwLR1m++a7FnB/Y=
+go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.2.0 h1:UQE2Bgi7p2B85uP5dC2bbRtig0C+OeNRnNEafLjsLPA=
+go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.2.0/go.mod h1:YYBV4e4naJvhpitQrWJu1vCpgB7CboMe0qhltKt6mUg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190426145343-a29dc8fdc734/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190510104115-cbcb75029529/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
diff --git a/v2/internal/runner/runner.go b/v2/internal/runner/runner.go
index 017d3d86..5388f343 100644
--- a/v2/internal/runner/runner.go
+++ b/v2/internal/runner/runner.go
@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ func New(options *types.Options) (*Runner, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if options.RateLimit > 0 {
+	if options.RateLimitMinute > 0 {
+		runner.ratelimiter = ratelimit.New(options.RateLimitMinute, ratelimit.Per(60*time.Second))
+	} else if options.RateLimit > 0 {
 		runner.ratelimiter = ratelimit.New(options.RateLimit)
 	} else {
 		runner.ratelimiter = ratelimit.NewUnlimited()
diff --git a/v2/pkg/types/types.go b/v2/pkg/types/types.go
index 291ec872..872b107e 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ type Options struct {
 	Retries int
 	// Rate-Limit is the maximum number of requests per specified target
 	RateLimit int
+	// Rate-Limit is the maximum number of requests per minute for specified target
+	RateLimitMinute int
 	// PageTimeout is the maximum time to wait for a page in seconds
 	PageTimeout int
 	// InteractionsCacheSize is the number of interaction-url->req to keep in cache at a time.