diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c6a619edcc..7ec6f8c4ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* Return 429 status when too many login attempts
 * Add set_rpc on Field
 * Add has_select_for on Database
 * Store custom report translation in separate module
diff --git a/doc/topics/configuration.rst b/doc/topics/configuration.rst
index 9740640a84..97052d9251 100644
--- a/doc/topics/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/topics/configuration.rst
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ The time in seconds until a session expires.
 
 Default: `600`
 
+max_attempt
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The maximum authentication attempt before the server answers unconditionally
+`Too Many Requests` for any other attempts. The counting is done on all
+attempts over a period of `timeout`.
+
+Default: `5`
+
 report
 ------
 
diff --git a/trytond/config.py b/trytond/config.py
index 0ee5eecfcc..464f259e1a 100644
--- a/trytond/config.py
+++ b/trytond/config.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class TrytonConfigParser(ConfigParser.RawConfigParser):
         self.add_section('session')
         self.set('session', 'authentications', 'password')
         self.set('session', 'timeout', 600)
+        self.set('session', 'max_attempt', 5)
         self.add_section('report')
         self.set('report', 'unoconv',
             'pipe,name=trytond;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext')
diff --git a/trytond/exceptions.py b/trytond/exceptions.py
index 86cb32e181..a29237bb25 100644
--- a/trytond/exceptions.py
+++ b/trytond/exceptions.py
@@ -47,3 +47,7 @@ class ConcurrencyException(TrytonException):
             message)
         self.message = message
         self.code = 4
+
+
+class RateLimitException(TrytonException):
+    """User has sent too many requests in a given amount of time."""
diff --git a/trytond/protocols/dispatcher.py b/trytond/protocols/dispatcher.py
index fe81f6a4a1..0fb1e5f1c1 100644
--- a/trytond/protocols/dispatcher.py
+++ b/trytond/protocols/dispatcher.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ from trytond import __version__
 from trytond.transaction import Transaction
 from trytond.cache import Cache
 from trytond.exceptions import (
-    UserError, UserWarning, ConcurrencyException, LoginException)
+    UserError, UserWarning, ConcurrencyException, LoginException,
+    RateLimitException)
 from trytond.tools import is_instance_method
 from trytond.wsgi import app
 from .wrappers import with_pool
@@ -49,8 +50,13 @@ def login(request, database_name, user, parameters, language=None):
     except DatabaseOperationalError:
         logger.error('fail to connect to %s', database_name, exc_info=True)
         abort(404)
-    session = security.login(
-        database_name, user, parameters, language=language)
+    try:
+        session = security.login(
+            database_name, user, parameters, language=language)
+        code = 403
+    except RateLimitException:
+        session = None
+        code = 429
     with Transaction().start(database_name, 0):
         Cache.clean(database_name)
         Cache.resets(database_name)
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ def login(request, database_name, user, parameters, language=None):
     logger.info('%s \'%s\' from %s using %s on database \'%s\'',
         msg, user, request.remote_addr, request.scheme, database_name)
     if not session:
-        abort(403)
+        abort(code)
     return session
 
 
diff --git a/trytond/res/routes.py b/trytond/res/routes.py
index db6dd3ad42..06c5b2a004 100644
--- a/trytond/res/routes.py
+++ b/trytond/res/routes.py
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import logging
 import time
 import random
 
+from werkzeug.exceptions import abort
+
+from trytond.config import config
 from trytond.wsgi import app
 from trytond.protocols.wrappers import with_pool, with_transaction
 
@@ -46,7 +49,11 @@ def user_application(request, pool):
                     ]))
         return key
     elif request.method == 'DELETE':
-        time.sleep(2 ** LoginAttempt.count(login) - 1)
+        count = LoginAttempt.count(login)
+        if count > config.get('session', 'max_attempt', default=5):
+            LoginAttempt.add(login)
+            abort(429)
+        time.sleep(2 ** count - 1)
         applications = UserApplication.search([
                 ('user.login', '=', login),
                 ('key', '=', data.get('key')),
diff --git a/trytond/res/user.py b/trytond/res/user.py
index 9dd5f54472..16f841a2fa 100644
--- a/trytond/res/user.py
+++ b/trytond/res/user.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from ..pool import Pool
 from ..config import config
 from ..pyson import PYSONEncoder, Eval
 from ..rpc import RPC
-from ..exceptions import LoginException
+from ..exceptions import LoginException, RateLimitException
 
 __all__ = [
     'User', 'LoginAttempt', 'UserAction', 'UserGroup', 'Warning_',
@@ -496,7 +496,11 @@ class User(ModelSQL, ModelView):
         Return user id if password matches
         '''
         LoginAttempt = Pool().get('res.user.login.attempt')
-        time.sleep(2 ** LoginAttempt.count(login) - 1)
+        count = LoginAttempt.count(login)
+        if count > config.get('session', 'max_attempt', default=5):
+            LoginAttempt.add(login)
+            raise RateLimitException()
+        time.sleep(2 ** count - 1)
         for method in config.get(
                 'session', 'authentications', default='password').split(','):
             try:
diff --git a/trytond/security.py b/trytond/security.py
index b9adc45c1d..d911f87b8e 100644
--- a/trytond/security.py
+++ b/trytond/security.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from trytond.pool import Pool
 from trytond.config import config
 from trytond.transaction import Transaction
 from trytond import backend
-from trytond.exceptions import LoginException
+from trytond.exceptions import LoginException, RateLimitException
 
 
 def _get_pool(dbname):
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def login(dbname, loginname, parameters, cache=True, language=None):
                 if count:
                     continue
                 raise
-            except LoginException:
+            except (LoginException, RateLimitException):
                 # Let's store any changes done
                 transaction.commit()
                 raise