diff --git a/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb b/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
index 28201cc64c..ae3eede668 100644
--- a/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ class Rack::Attack
     req.authenticated_user_id if req.post? && req.path.start_with?('/api/v1/media')
   end
 
+  throttle('throttle_media_proxy', limit: 30, period: 30.minutes) do |req|
+    req.ip if req.path.start_with?('/media_proxy')
+  end
+
   throttle('throttle_api_sign_up', limit: 5, period: 30.minutes) do |req|
     req.ip if req.post? && req.path == '/api/v1/accounts'
   end