diff --git a/fdbclient/StatusClient.actor.cpp b/fdbclient/StatusClient.actor.cpp
index 19b214a4a0..59724826ab 100644
--- a/fdbclient/StatusClient.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbclient/StatusClient.actor.cpp
@@ -373,6 +373,9 @@ ACTOR Future<Optional<StatusObject>> clusterStatusFetcher(ClusterInterface cI, S
 					if (result.getError().code() == error_code_request_maybe_delivered)
 						messages->push_back(makeMessage("unreachable_cluster_controller", 
 							("Unable to communicate with the cluster controller at " + cI.address().toString() + " to get status.").c_str()));
+					else if (result.getError().code() == error_code_server_overloaded)
+						messages->push_back(makeMessage("server_overloaded",
+							"The cluster controller is currently processing too many status requests, and is unable to respond"));
 					else
 						messages->push_back(makeMessage("status_incomplete_error", "Cluster encountered an error fetching status."));
 				}
diff --git a/fdbserver/ClusterController.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/ClusterController.actor.cpp
index 4626919c64..e99473becf 100644
--- a/fdbserver/ClusterController.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/ClusterController.actor.cpp
@@ -1829,8 +1829,19 @@ ACTOR Future<Void> statusServer(FutureStream< StatusRequest> requests,
 
 			// Get all requests that are ready right *now*, before GetStatus() begins.
 			// All of these requests will be responded to with the next GetStatus() result.
-			while (requests.isReady())
-				requests_batch.push_back(requests.pop());
+			// If requests are batched, do not respond to more than MAX_STATUS_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND
+			// requests per second
+			while (requests.isReady()) {
+				auto req = requests.pop();
+				if (SERVER_KNOBS->STATUS_MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS > 0.0 &&
+					requests_batch.size() + 1 >
+						SERVER_KNOBS->STATUS_MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS * SERVER_KNOBS->MAX_STATUS_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND) {
+					TraceEvent("TooManyStatusRequests").detail("BatchSize", requests_batch.size());
+					req.reply.sendError(server_overloaded());
+				} else {
+					requests_batch.push_back(req);
+				}
+			}
 
 			// Get status but trap errors to send back to client.
 			vector<std::pair<WorkerInterface, ProcessClass>> workers;
diff --git a/fdbserver/Knobs.cpp b/fdbserver/Knobs.cpp
index 9f594c876a..320198ce1c 100644
--- a/fdbserver/Knobs.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/Knobs.cpp
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ ServerKnobs::ServerKnobs(bool randomize, ClientKnobs* clientKnobs) {
 
 	// Status
 	init( STATUS_MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS,                      0.0 );
+	init( MAX_STATUS_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND,                      256.0 );
 	init( CONFIGURATION_ROWS_TO_FETCH,                         20000 );
 
 	// IPager
diff --git a/fdbserver/Knobs.h b/fdbserver/Knobs.h
index 11eab24db9..dcb4f74766 100644
--- a/fdbserver/Knobs.h
+++ b/fdbserver/Knobs.h
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ public:
 
 	// Status
 	double STATUS_MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_REQUESTS;
+	double MAX_STATUS_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND;
 	int CONFIGURATION_ROWS_TO_FETCH;
 
 	// IPager