diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 189ff36..422615f 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ var InsightAPI = function(options) {
   this.cacheShortSeconds = options.cacheShortSeconds;
   this.cacheLongSeconds = options.cacheLongSeconds;
 
+  this.rateLimiterOptions = options.rateLimiterOptions;
+  this.disableRateLimiter = options.disableRateLimiter;
+
   this.blockSummaryCacheSize = options.blockSummaryCacheSize || BlockController.DEFAULT_BLOCKSUMMARY_CACHE_SIZE;
   this.blockCacheSize = options.blockCacheSize || BlockController.DEFAULT_BLOCK_CACHE_SIZE;
 
@@ -116,13 +119,22 @@ InsightAPI.prototype.getRemoteAddress = function(req) {
   return req.socket.remoteAddress;
 };
 
+InsightAPI.prototype._getRateLimiter = function() {
+  var rateLimiterOptions = _.isUndefined(this.rateLimiterOptions) ? {} : _.clone(this.rateLimiterOptions);
+  rateLimiterOptions.node = this.node;
+  var limiter = new RateLimiter(rateLimiterOptions);
+  return limiter;
+};
+
 InsightAPI.prototype.setupRoutes = function(app) {
 
   var self = this;
 
   //Enable rate limiter
-  var limiter = new RateLimiter({node: this.node});
-  app.use(limiter.middleware());
+  if (!this.disableRateLimiter) {
+    var limiter = this._getRateLimiter();
+    app.use(limiter.middleware());
+  }
 
   //Setup logging
   morgan.token('remote-forward-addr', function(req){
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 4975877..964fe6e 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,39 @@ var sinon = require('sinon');
 var InsightAPI = require('../lib/index');
 
 describe('Index', function() {
+  describe('@constructor', function() {
+    it('will set rate limiter options', function() {
+      var options = {};
+      var node = {};
+      var index = new InsightAPI({
+        rateLimiterOptions: options,
+        node: node
+      });
+      index.rateLimiterOptions.should.equal(options);
+    });
+    it('will set disable rate limiter option', function() {
+      var node = {};
+      var index = new InsightAPI({
+        disableRateLimiter: true,
+        node: node
+      });
+      index.disableRateLimiter.should.equal(true);
+    });
+  });
+  describe('#_getRateLimiter', function() {
+    it('will pass options to rate limiter', function() {
+      var options = {
+        whitelist: ['127.0.0.1']
+      };
+      var node = {};
+      var index = new InsightAPI({
+        rateLimiterOptions: options,
+        node: node
+      });
+      var limiter = index._getRateLimiter();
+      limiter.whitelist.should.eql(['127.0.0.1']);
+    });
+  });
   describe('#cache', function() {
     it('will set cache control header', function(done) {
       var node = {
@@ -131,4 +164,46 @@ describe('Index', function() {
       });
     });
   });
+  describe('#setupRoutes', function() {
+    it('will use rate limiter by default', function() {
+      var node = {};
+      var index = new InsightAPI({
+        node: node
+      });
+      var middlewareFunc = sinon.stub();
+      var middleware = sinon.stub().returns(middlewareFunc);
+      var limiter = {
+        middleware: middleware
+      };
+      index._getRateLimiter = sinon.stub().returns(limiter);
+      var use = sinon.stub();
+      var app = {
+        use: use,
+        get: sinon.stub(),
+        param: sinon.stub(),
+        post: sinon.stub()
+      };
+      index.setupRoutes(app);
+      use.callCount.should.be.above(0);
+      use.args[0][0].should.equal(middlewareFunc);
+      middleware.callCount.should.equal(1);
+    });
+    it('will NOT use rate limiter if disabled', function() {
+      var node = {};
+      var index = new InsightAPI({
+        node: node,
+        disableRateLimiter: true
+      });
+      index._getRateLimiter = sinon.stub();
+      var use = sinon.stub();
+      var app = {
+        use: use,
+        get: sinon.stub(),
+        param: sinon.stub(),
+        post: sinon.stub()
+      };
+      index.setupRoutes(app);
+      index._getRateLimiter.callCount.should.equal(0);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/ratelimeter.js b/test/ratelimiter.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/ratelimeter.js
rename to test/ratelimiter.js