diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 189ff36..5317ba3 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ var InsightAPI = function(options) {
   this.cacheShortSeconds = options.cacheShortSeconds;
   this.cacheLongSeconds = options.cacheLongSeconds;
 
+  this.rateLimiterOptions = options.rateLimiterOptions;
+
   this.blockSummaryCacheSize = options.blockSummaryCacheSize || BlockController.DEFAULT_BLOCKSUMMARY_CACHE_SIZE;
   this.blockCacheSize = options.blockCacheSize || BlockController.DEFAULT_BLOCK_CACHE_SIZE;
 
@@ -116,12 +118,19 @@ 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});
+  var limiter = this._getRateLimiter();
   app.use(limiter.middleware());
 
   //Setup logging
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 4975877..26e1a76 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,31 @@ 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);
+    });
+  });
+  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 = {
diff --git a/test/ratelimeter.js b/test/ratelimiter.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/ratelimeter.js
rename to test/ratelimiter.js