diff --git a/install/data/defaults.json b/install/data/defaults.json
index fd9895983a..c99c67b42d 100644
--- a/install/data/defaults.json
+++ b/install/data/defaults.json
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@
     "maximumInvites": 0,
     "username:disableEdit": 0,
     "email:disableEdit": 0,
+    "email:sendmail:rateLimit": 2,
+    "email:sendmail:rateDelta": 1000,
     "hideFullname": 0,
     "allowGuestHandles": 0,
     "disableRecentCategoryFilter": 0,
diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/email.json b/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/email.json
index 50ad2e06ea..4a27edbeec 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/email.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/email.json
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 	"address-help": "The following email address refers to the email that the recipient will see in the \"From\" and \"Reply To\" fields.",
 	"from": "From Name",
 	"from-help": "The from name to display in the email.",
+	"sendmail-rate-limit": "Send <em>X</em> emails...",
+	"sendmail-rate-delta": "... every <em>X</em> milliseconds",
+	"sendmail-rate-help": "Instructs the NodeBB mailer to limit the number of messages sent at once in order to not overwhelm email receiving services. These options do not apply if SMTP Transport is enabled (below).",
 
 	"smtp-transport": "SMTP Transport",
 	"smtp-transport.enabled": "Use an external email server to send emails",
diff --git a/src/emailer.js b/src/emailer.js
index 394cfbcbad..b0706ad986 100644
--- a/src/emailer.js
+++ b/src/emailer.js
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ Emailer.transports = {
 		sendmail: true,
 		newline: 'unix',
 		pool: true,
-		rateLimit: 2,
+		rateLimit: meta.config['email:sendmail:rateLimit'],
+		rateDelta: meta.config['email:sendmail:rateDelta'],
 	}),
 	smtp: undefined,
 };
diff --git a/src/views/admin/settings/email.tpl b/src/views/admin/settings/email.tpl
index 957787dadc..6cfd8e5a46 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/settings/email.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/settings/email.tpl
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@
 				</p>
 				<input type="text" class="form-control input-lg" id="email:from_name" data-field="email:from_name" placeholder="NodeBB" /><br />
 			</div>
+			<div class="row">
+				<div class="form-group col-sm-6">
+					<label for="email:sendmail:rateLimit">[[admin/settings/email:sendmail-rate-limit]]</label>
+					<input type="number" data-field="email:sendmail:rateLimit" id="email:sendmail:rateLimit" class="form-control" placeholder="2" />
+				</div>
+				<div class="form-group col-sm-6">
+					<label for="email:sendmail:rateDelta">[[admin/settings/email:sendmail-rate-delta]]</label>
+					<input type="number" data-field="email:sendmail:rateDelta" id="email:sendmail:rateDelta" class="form-control" placeholder="1000" />
+				</div>
+				<p class="col-xs-12 help-block">
+					[[admin/settings/email:sendmail-rate-help]]
+				</p>
+			</div>
 		</form>
 	</div>
 </div>