diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 12f7e8fab..37df345ed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Security
+- Mastodon API: Fix being able to request enourmous amount of statuses in timelines leading to DoS. Now limited to 40 per request.
+
 ### Removed
 - **Breaking**: Removed 1.0+ deprecated configurations `Pleroma.Upload, :strip_exif` and `:instance, :dedupe_media`
 - **Breaking**: OStatus protocol support
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Admin API: Render whole status in grouped reports
 - Mastodon API: User timelines will now respect blocks, unless you are getting the user timeline of somebody you blocked (which would be empty otherwise).
 - Mastodon API: Favoriting / Repeating a post multiple times will now return the identical response every time. Before, executing that action twice would return an error ("already favorited") on the second try.
+- Mastodon API: Limit timeline requests to 3 per timeline per 500ms per user/ip by default.
 </details>
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 0dde1fc85..9c4eb70a3 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ config :http_signatures,
 
 config :pleroma, :rate_limit,
   authentication: {60_000, 15},
+  timeline: {500, 3},
   search: [{1000, 10}, {1000, 30}],
   app_account_creation: {1_800_000, 25},
   relations_actions: {10_000, 10},
diff --git a/config/description.exs b/config/description.exs
index bcb69bc41..9fdcfcd96 100644
--- a/config/description.exs
+++ b/config/description.exs
@@ -2465,6 +2465,12 @@ config :pleroma, :config_description, [
         description: "For the search requests (account & status search etc.)",
         suggestions: [{1000, 10}, [{10_000, 10}, {10_000, 50}]]
       },
+      %{
+        key: :timeline,
+        type: [:tuple, {:list, :tuple}],
+        description: "For requests to timelines (each timeline has it's own limiter)",
+        suggestions: [{1000, 10}, [{10_000, 10}, {10_000, 50}]]
+      },
       %{
         key: :app_account_creation,
         type: [:tuple, {:list, :tuple}],
diff --git a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
index ac55a0b32..1cffae977 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ Means that:
 Supported rate limiters:
 
 * `:search` - Account/Status search.
+* `:timeline` - Timeline requests (each timeline has it's own limiter).
 * `:app_account_creation` - Account registration from the API.
 * `:relations_actions` - Following/Unfollowing in general.
 * `:relation_id_action` - Following/Unfollowing for a specific user.
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/pagination.ex b/lib/pleroma/pagination.ex
index 4535ca7c5..43fb7babf 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/pagination.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/pagination.ex
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Pagination do
   alias Pleroma.Repo
 
   @default_limit 20
+  @max_limit 40
   @page_keys ["max_id", "min_id", "limit", "since_id", "order"]
 
   def page_keys, do: @page_keys
@@ -130,7 +131,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Pagination do
   end
 
   defp restrict(query, :limit, options, _table_binding) do
-    limit = Map.get(options, :limit, @default_limit)
+    limit =
+      case Map.get(options, :limit, @default_limit) do
+        limit when limit < @max_limit -> limit
+        _ -> @max_limit
+      end
 
     query
     |> limit(^limit)
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/plugs/rate_limiter/limiter_supervisor.ex b/lib/pleroma/plugs/rate_limiter/limiter_supervisor.ex
index 187582ede..884268d96 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/plugs/rate_limiter/limiter_supervisor.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/plugs/rate_limiter/limiter_supervisor.ex
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Plugs.RateLimiter.LimiterSupervisor do
     DynamicSupervisor.start_link(__MODULE__, init_arg, name: __MODULE__)
   end
 
-  def add_limiter(limiter_name, expiration) do
-    {:ok, _pid} =
+  def add_or_return_limiter(limiter_name, expiration) do
+    result =
       DynamicSupervisor.start_child(
         __MODULE__,
         %{
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Plugs.RateLimiter.LimiterSupervisor do
              ]}
         }
       )
+
+    case result do
+      {:ok, _pid} = result -> result
+      {:error, {:already_started, pid}} -> {:ok, pid}
+      _ -> result
+    end
   end
 
   @impl true
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/plugs/rate_limiter/rate_limiter.ex b/lib/pleroma/plugs/rate_limiter/rate_limiter.ex
index 9c362a392..b9cbe9716 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/plugs/rate_limiter/rate_limiter.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/plugs/rate_limiter/rate_limiter.ex
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Plugs.RateLimiter do
         {:error, value}
 
       {:error, :no_cache} ->
-        initialize_buckets(action_settings)
+        initialize_buckets!(action_settings)
         check_rate(action_settings)
     end
   end
@@ -250,11 +250,16 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Plugs.RateLimiter do
     |> String.replace_leading(":", "")
   end
 
-  defp initialize_buckets(%{name: _name, limits: nil}), do: :ok
+  defp initialize_buckets!(%{name: _name, limits: nil}), do: :ok
 
-  defp initialize_buckets(%{name: name, limits: limits}) do
-    LimiterSupervisor.add_limiter(anon_bucket_name(name), get_scale(:anon, limits))
-    LimiterSupervisor.add_limiter(user_bucket_name(name), get_scale(:user, limits))
+  defp initialize_buckets!(%{name: name, limits: limits}) do
+    {:ok, _pid} =
+      LimiterSupervisor.add_or_return_limiter(anon_bucket_name(name), get_scale(:anon, limits))
+
+    {:ok, _pid} =
+      LimiterSupervisor.add_or_return_limiter(user_bucket_name(name), get_scale(:user, limits))
+
+    :ok
   end
 
   defp attach_identity(base, %{mode: :user, conn_info: conn_info}),
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/timeline_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/timeline_controller.ex
index 29964a1d4..a3110c722 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/timeline_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/controllers/timeline_controller.ex
@@ -10,9 +10,20 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.TimelineController do
 
   alias Pleroma.Pagination
   alias Pleroma.Plugs.OAuthScopesPlug
+  alias Pleroma.Plugs.RateLimiter
   alias Pleroma.User
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub
 
+  # TODO: Replace with a macro when there is a Phoenix release with
+  # https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/commit/2e8c63c01fec4dde5467dbbbf9705ff9e780735e
+  # in it
+
+  plug(RateLimiter, [name: :timeline, bucket_name: :direct_timeline] when action == :direct)
+  plug(RateLimiter, [name: :timeline, bucket_name: :public_timeline] when action == :public)
+  plug(RateLimiter, [name: :timeline, bucket_name: :home_timeline] when action == :home)
+  plug(RateLimiter, [name: :timeline, bucket_name: :hashtag_timeline] when action == :hashtag)
+  plug(RateLimiter, [name: :timeline, bucket_name: :list_timeline] when action == :list)
+
   plug(OAuthScopesPlug, %{scopes: ["read:statuses"]} when action in [:home, :direct])
   plug(OAuthScopesPlug, %{scopes: ["read:lists"]} when action == :list)
 
diff --git a/test/plugs/rate_limiter_test.exs b/test/plugs/rate_limiter_test.exs
index 104d67611..8cdc8d1a2 100644
--- a/test/plugs/rate_limiter_test.exs
+++ b/test/plugs/rate_limiter_test.exs
@@ -242,4 +242,35 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Plugs.RateLimiterTest do
       refute conn_2.halted
     end
   end
+
+  test "doesn't crash due to a race condition when multiple requests are made at the same time and the bucket is not yet initialized" do
+    limiter_name = :test_race_condition
+    Pleroma.Config.put([:rate_limit, limiter_name], {1000, 5})
+    Pleroma.Config.put([Pleroma.Web.Endpoint, :http, :ip], {8, 8, 8, 8})
+
+    opts = RateLimiter.init(name: limiter_name)
+
+    conn = conn(:get, "/")
+    conn_2 = conn(:get, "/")
+
+    %Task{pid: pid1} =
+      task1 =
+      Task.async(fn ->
+        receive do
+          :process2_up ->
+            RateLimiter.call(conn, opts)
+        end
+      end)
+
+    task2 =
+      Task.async(fn ->
+        send(pid1, :process2_up)
+        RateLimiter.call(conn_2, opts)
+      end)
+
+    Task.await(task1)
+    Task.await(task2)
+
+    refute {:err, :not_found} == RateLimiter.inspect_bucket(conn, limiter_name, opts)
+  end
 end