diff --git a/etc/nginx.conf b/etc/nginx.conf
index b6148ab59c..a0a98e8156 100644
--- a/etc/nginx.conf
+++ b/etc/nginx.conf
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ http {
     proxy_set_header Host $host;
     proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
 
+    map $request_uri $limit_key {
+        default "";
+        ~^/accounts/ $binary_remote_addr;
+    }
+    limit_req_zone $limit_key zone=ten-per-sec:10m rate=10r/s;
+    limit_req_status 429;
+
     upstream kiwitcms {
         server unix:///tmp/kiwitcms.sock;
     }
@@ -81,6 +88,8 @@ http {
         location / {
             include     /etc/nginx/uwsgi_params;
             uwsgi_pass  kiwitcms;
+
+            limit_req zone=ten-per-sec burst=20 nodelay;
         }
     }
 }