diff --git a/config/elasticsearch.yml b/config/elasticsearch.yml
index 8ba07c2bcfa..2b7ecc8cd83 100644
--- a/config/elasticsearch.yml
+++ b/config/elasticsearch.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@
 #gateway.recover_after_time: 5m
 #gateway.expected_nodes: 2
 
+# Recovery Throttling
+#   The number of concurrent recoveries happening on a node
+#cluster.routing.allocation.node_initial_primaries_recoveries: 4
+#cluster.routing.allocation.node_concurrent_recoveries: 2
+#   Peer shard recovery size based throttling (set to 100mb for example to enable)
+#indices.recovery.max_size_per_sec: 0
+#   Number open concurrent recovery streams allows
+#indices.recovery.concurrent_streams: 5
+
 # Controls the minimum number of master eligible nodes this node should "see"
 # in order to operate within the cluster.
 #   Set this to a higher value (2-4) when running more than 2 nodes in the cluster
diff --git a/config/logging.yml b/config/logging.yml
index 553a9fcec0b..9f28c9891c5 100644
--- a/config/logging.yml
+++ b/config/logging.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ logger:
   #index.gateway: DEBUG
 
   # peer shard recovery
-  #index.shard.recovery: DEBUG
+  #indices.recovery: DEBUG
 
   # discovery
   #discovery: TRACE
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java
index 121f7a894b0..e346e45f4b0 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.indices.recovery;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.MetaData;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.RateLimiter;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.base.Objects;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractComponent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -41,7 +43,8 @@ public class RecoverySettings extends AbstractComponent {
         MetaData.addDynamicSettings("indices.recovery.translog_ops");
         MetaData.addDynamicSettings("indices.recovery.translog_size");
         MetaData.addDynamicSettings("indices.recovery.compress");
-        MetaData.addDynamicSettings("`");
+        MetaData.addDynamicSettings("indices.recovery.concurrent_streams");
+        MetaData.addDynamicSettings("indices.recovery.max_size_per_sec");
     }
 
     private volatile ByteSizeValue fileChunkSize;
@@ -53,6 +56,9 @@ public class RecoverySettings extends AbstractComponent {
     private volatile int concurrentStreams;
     private final ThreadPoolExecutor concurrentStreamPool;
 
+    private volatile ByteSizeValue maxSizePerSec;
+    private volatile RateLimiter rateLimiter;
+
     @Inject public RecoverySettings(Settings settings, NodeSettingsService nodeSettingsService) {
         super(settings);
 
@@ -64,8 +70,15 @@ public class RecoverySettings extends AbstractComponent {
         this.concurrentStreams = componentSettings.getAsInt("concurrent_streams", settings.getAsInt("index.shard.recovery.concurrent_streams", 5));
         this.concurrentStreamPool = (ThreadPoolExecutor) DynamicExecutors.newScalingThreadPool(1, concurrentStreams, TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(5).millis(), EsExecutors.daemonThreadFactory(settings, "[recovery_stream]"));
 
-        logger.debug("using concurrent_streams [{}], file_chunk_size [{}], translog_size [{}], translog_ops [{}], and compress [{}]",
-                concurrentStreams, fileChunkSize, translogSize, translogOps, compress);
+        this.maxSizePerSec = componentSettings.getAsBytesSize("max_size_per_sec", new ByteSizeValue(0));
+        if (maxSizePerSec.bytes() <= 0) {
+            rateLimiter = null;
+        } else {
+            rateLimiter = new RateLimiter(maxSizePerSec.mbFrac());
+        }
+
+        logger.debug("using max_size_per_sec[{}], concurrent_streams [{}], file_chunk_size [{}], translog_size [{}], translog_ops [{}], and compress [{}]",
+                maxSizePerSec, concurrentStreams, fileChunkSize, translogSize, translogOps, compress);
 
         nodeSettingsService.addListener(new ApplySettings());
     }
@@ -98,8 +111,25 @@ public class RecoverySettings extends AbstractComponent {
         return concurrentStreamPool;
     }
 
+    public RateLimiter rateLimiter() {
+        return rateLimiter;
+    }
+
     class ApplySettings implements NodeSettingsService.Listener {
         @Override public void onRefreshSettings(Settings settings) {
+            ByteSizeValue maxSizePerSec = settings.getAsBytesSize("indices.recovery.max_size_per_sec", RecoverySettings.this.maxSizePerSec);
+            if (!Objects.equal(maxSizePerSec, RecoverySettings.this.maxSizePerSec)) {
+                logger.info("updating [indices.recovery.max_size_per_sec] from [{}] to [{}]", RecoverySettings.this.maxSizePerSec, maxSizePerSec);
+                RecoverySettings.this.maxSizePerSec = maxSizePerSec;
+                if (maxSizePerSec.bytes() <= 0) {
+                    rateLimiter = null;
+                } else if (rateLimiter != null) {
+                    rateLimiter.setMaxRate(maxSizePerSec.mbFrac());
+                } else {
+                    rateLimiter = new RateLimiter(maxSizePerSec.mbFrac());
+                }
+            }
+
             ByteSizeValue fileChunkSize = settings.getAsBytesSize("indices.recovery.file_chunk_size", RecoverySettings.this.fileChunkSize);
             if (!fileChunkSize.equals(RecoverySettings.this.fileChunkSize)) {
                 logger.info("updating [indices.recovery.file_chunk_size] from [{}] to [{}]", RecoverySettings.this.fileChunkSize, fileChunkSize);
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySource.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySource.java
index c3d912428b2..9b6a580d670 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySource.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySource.java
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ public class RecoverySource extends AbstractComponent {
                                         }
                                         int toRead = readCount + BUFFER_SIZE > len ? (int) (len - readCount) : BUFFER_SIZE;
                                         long position = indexInput.getFilePointer();
+
+                                        if (recoverySettings.rateLimiter() != null) {
+                                            recoverySettings.rateLimiter().pause(toRead);
+                                        }
+
                                         indexInput.readBytes(buf, 0, toRead, false);
                                         transportService.submitRequest(request.targetNode(), RecoveryTarget.Actions.FILE_CHUNK, new RecoveryFileChunkRequest(request.shardId(), name, position, len, md.checksum(), buf, toRead),
                                                 TransportRequestOptions.options().withCompress(recoverySettings.compress()).withLowType(), VoidTransportResponseHandler.INSTANCE_SAME).txGet();
@@ -247,6 +252,11 @@ public class RecoverySource extends AbstractComponent {
                     size += operation.estimateSize();
                     totalOperations++;
                     if (ops >= recoverySettings.translogOps() || size >= recoverySettings.translogSize().bytes()) {
+
+                        if (recoverySettings.rateLimiter() != null) {
+                            recoverySettings.rateLimiter().pause(size);
+                        }
+
                         RecoveryTranslogOperationsRequest translogOperationsRequest = new RecoveryTranslogOperationsRequest(request.shardId(), operations);
                         transportService.submitRequest(request.targetNode(), RecoveryTarget.Actions.TRANSLOG_OPS, translogOperationsRequest, TransportRequestOptions.options().withCompress(recoverySettings.compress()).withLowType(), VoidTransportResponseHandler.INSTANCE_SAME).txGet();
                         ops = 0;
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTarget.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTarget.java
index 428cc7e3584..b26b24c82b7 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTarget.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoveryTarget.java
@@ -87,14 +87,17 @@ public class RecoveryTarget extends AbstractComponent {
 
     private final IndicesService indicesService;
 
+    private final RecoverySettings recoverySettings;
+
     private final ConcurrentMap<ShardId, RecoveryStatus> onGoingRecoveries = ConcurrentCollections.newConcurrentMap();
 
     @Inject public RecoveryTarget(Settings settings, ThreadPool threadPool, TransportService transportService, IndicesService indicesService,
-                                  IndicesLifecycle indicesLifecycle) {
+                                  IndicesLifecycle indicesLifecycle, RecoverySettings recoverySettings) {
         super(settings);
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
         this.transportService = transportService;
         this.indicesService = indicesService;
+        this.recoverySettings = recoverySettings;
 
         transportService.registerHandler(Actions.FILES_INFO, new FilesInfoRequestHandler());
         transportService.registerHandler(Actions.FILE_CHUNK, new FileChunkTransportRequestHandler());
@@ -516,6 +519,9 @@ public class RecoveryTarget extends AbstractComponent {
             }
             synchronized (indexOutput) {
                 try {
+                    if (recoverySettings.rateLimiter() != null) {
+                        recoverySettings.rateLimiter().pause(request.contentLength());
+                    }
                     indexOutput.writeBytes(request.content(), request.contentLength());
                     onGoingRecovery.currentFilesSize.addAndGet(request.contentLength());
                     if (indexOutput.getFilePointer() == request.length()) {