diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f17a8f1..1bc9028 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -116,21 +116,23 @@ app.use(compression());
 app.set('trust proxy', 1);
 app.use(logHttp);
 app.use(handleResponseTime);
-app.use(
-	rateLimit({
-		windowMs: 1000, // 1 second
-		max: rateLimitCallsPerSecond,
-		standardHeaders: true, // Return rate limit info in the `RateLimit-*` headers
-		legacyHeaders: false, // Disable the `X-RateLimit-*` headers
-		skip: (req, _res) => {
-			if (!loadTestAllowed) {
-				return false;
-			}
+if (!FEATURE_FLAGS.DISABLE_RATE_LIMIT) {
+	app.use(
+		rateLimit({
+			windowMs: 1000, // 1 second
+			max: rateLimitCallsPerSecond,
+			standardHeaders: true, // Return rate limit info in the `RateLimit-*` headers
+			legacyHeaders: false, // Disable the `X-RateLimit-*` headers
+			skip: (req, _res) => {
+				if (!loadTestAllowed) {
+					return false;
+				}
 
-			return req.headers['user-agent'].includes('k6');
-		},
-	})
-);
+				return req.headers['user-agent'].includes('k6');
+			},
+		})
+	);
+}
 
 // strip off /dlob, if the request comes from exchange history server LB
 app.use((req, _res, next) => {
diff --git a/src/utils/featureFlags.ts b/src/utils/featureFlags.ts
index f815837..7c6d724 100644
--- a/src/utils/featureFlags.ts
+++ b/src/utils/featureFlags.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ export const FEATURE_FLAGS = {
 	DISABLE_GPA_REFRESH: process.env.DISABLE_GPA_REFRESH
 		? process.env.DISABLE_GPA_REFRESH.toLowerCase() === 'true'
 		: false,
+
+	DISABLE_RATE_LIMIT: process.env.DISABLE_RATE_LIMIT
+		? process.env.DISABLE_RATE_LIMIT.toLowerCase() === 'true'
+		: false,
 };
 
 export default FEATURE_FLAGS;