diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index d120d6599..197bbcd23 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ var (
 		utils.RPCGlobalGasCapFlag,
 		utils.RPCGlobalTxFeeCapFlag,
 		utils.AllowUnprotectedTxs,
+		utils.BatchRequestLimit,
 	}
 
 	metricsFlags = []cli.Flag{
diff --git a/cmd/geth/usage.go b/cmd/geth/usage.go
index 52b4a1606..702a34b34 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/usage.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/usage.go
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ var AppHelpFlagGroups = []flags.FlagGroup{
 			utils.WSApiFlag,
 			utils.WSPathPrefixFlag,
 			utils.WSAllowedOriginsFlag,
+			utils.BatchRequestLimit,
 			utils.GraphQLEnabledFlag,
 			utils.GraphQLCORSDomainFlag,
 			utils.GraphQLVirtualHostsFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 643e169cd..172067ce4 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -621,7 +621,11 @@ var (
 		Name:  "rpc.allow-unprotected-txs",
 		Usage: "Allow for unprotected (non EIP155 signed) transactions to be submitted via RPC",
 	}
-
+	BatchRequestLimit = cli.IntFlag{ //nolint:typecheck
+		Name:  "rpc.batch-request-limit",
+		Usage: "Maximum number of requests in a batch(only supported in http)",
+		Value: node.DefaultConfig.BatchRequestLimit,
+	}
 	// Network Settings
 	MaxPeersFlag = cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:  "maxpeers",
@@ -995,6 +999,10 @@ func setHTTP(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *node.Config) {
 	if ctx.GlobalIsSet(AllowUnprotectedTxs.Name) {
 		cfg.AllowUnprotectedTxs = ctx.GlobalBool(AllowUnprotectedTxs.Name)
 	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(BatchRequestLimit.Name) {
+		cfg.BatchRequestLimit = ctx.Int(BatchRequestLimit.Name)
+	}
+
 }
 
 // setGraphQL creates the GraphQL listener interface string from the set
diff --git a/node/api.go b/node/api.go
index be20b89d9..a03c2a26d 100644
--- a/node/api.go
+++ b/node/api.go
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ func (api *privateAdminAPI) StartHTTP(host *string, port *int, cors *string, api
 		CorsAllowedOrigins: api.node.config.HTTPCors,
 		Vhosts:             api.node.config.HTTPVirtualHosts,
 		Modules:            api.node.config.HTTPModules,
+		rpcEndpointConfig: rpcEndpointConfig{
+			batchItemLimit:         api.node.config.BatchRequestLimit,
+		},
 	}
 	if cors != nil {
 		config.CorsAllowedOrigins = nil
diff --git a/node/config.go b/node/config.go
index 26f00cd67..eb898c5fc 100644
--- a/node/config.go
+++ b/node/config.go
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// AllowUnprotectedTxs allows non EIP-155 protected transactions to be send over RPC.
 	AllowUnprotectedTxs bool `toml:",omitempty"`
+
+	// BatchRequestLimit is the maximum number of requests in a batch.
+	BatchRequestLimit int `toml:",omitempty"`
+
 }
 
 // IPCEndpoint resolves an IPC endpoint based on a configured value, taking into
diff --git a/node/defaults.go b/node/defaults.go
index c685dde5d..1ffda8dea 100644
--- a/node/defaults.go
+++ b/node/defaults.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ var DefaultConfig = Config{
 	HTTPTimeouts:        rpc.DefaultHTTPTimeouts,
 	WSPort:              DefaultWSPort,
 	WSModules:           []string{"net", "web3"},
+	BatchRequestLimit:   1000,
 	GraphQLVirtualHosts: []string{"localhost"},
 	P2P: p2p.Config{
 		ListenAddr: ":30303",
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index ceab1c909..5ad5af021 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -96,9 +96,11 @@ func New(conf *Config) (*Node, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New(`Config.Name cannot end in ".ipc"`)
 	}
 
+	server := rpc.NewServer()
+	server.SetBatchLimits(conf.BatchRequestLimit)
 	node := &Node{
 		config:        conf,
-		inprocHandler: rpc.NewServer(),
+		inprocHandler: server,
 		eventmux:      new(event.TypeMux),
 		log:           conf.Logger,
 		stop:          make(chan struct{}),
@@ -350,6 +352,10 @@ func (n *Node) startRPC() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	rpcConfig := rpcEndpointConfig{
+		batchItemLimit: n.config.BatchRequestLimit,
+	}
+
 	// Configure HTTP.
 	if n.config.HTTPHost != "" {
 		config := httpConfig{
@@ -357,6 +363,7 @@ func (n *Node) startRPC() error {
 			Vhosts:             n.config.HTTPVirtualHosts,
 			Modules:            n.config.HTTPModules,
 			prefix:             n.config.HTTPPathPrefix,
+			rpcEndpointConfig:  rpcConfig,
 		}
 		if err := n.http.setListenAddr(n.config.HTTPHost, n.config.HTTPPort); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/node/rpcstack.go b/node/rpcstack.go
index 2c55a070b..c641e10e4 100644
--- a/node/rpcstack.go
+++ b/node/rpcstack.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type httpConfig struct {
 	CorsAllowedOrigins []string
 	Vhosts             []string
 	prefix             string // path prefix on which to mount http handler
+	rpcEndpointConfig
 }
 
 // wsConfig is the JSON-RPC/Websocket configuration
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ type wsConfig struct {
 	prefix  string // path prefix on which to mount ws handler
 }
 
+type rpcEndpointConfig struct {
+	batchItemLimit int
+}
+
 type rpcHandler struct {
 	http.Handler
 	server *rpc.Server
@@ -280,6 +285,7 @@ func (h *httpServer) enableRPC(apis []rpc.API, config httpConfig) error {
 
 	// Create RPC server and handler.
 	srv := rpc.NewServer()
+	srv.SetBatchLimits(config.batchItemLimit)
 	if err := RegisterApis(apis, config.Modules, srv, false); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/rpc/client.go b/rpc/client.go
index 198ce6357..77f144634 100644
--- a/rpc/client.go
+++ b/rpc/client.go
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ type Client struct {
 	// This function, if non-nil, is called when the connection is lost.
 	reconnectFunc reconnectFunc
 
+	// config fields
+	batchItemLimit int
+
 	// writeConn is used for writing to the connection on the caller's goroutine. It should
 	// only be accessed outside of dispatch, with the write lock held. The write lock is
 	// taken by sending on reqInit and released by sending on reqSent.
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ type clientConn struct {
 
 func (c *Client) newClientConn(conn ServerCodec) *clientConn {
 	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), clientContextKey{}, c)
-	handler := newHandler(ctx, conn, c.idgen, c.services)
+	handler := newHandler(ctx, conn, c.idgen, c.services, c.batchItemLimit)
 	return &clientConn{conn, handler}
 }
 
diff --git a/rpc/errors.go b/rpc/errors.go
index 4c06a745f..e58f6458c 100644
--- a/rpc/errors.go
+++ b/rpc/errors.go
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ var (
 
 const defaultErrorCode = -32000
 
+const errMsgBatchTooLarge = "batch too large"
+
 type methodNotFoundError struct{ method string }
 
 func (e *methodNotFoundError) ErrorCode() int { return -32601 }
diff --git a/rpc/handler.go b/rpc/handler.go
index 85f774a1b..884d26db4 100644
--- a/rpc/handler.go
+++ b/rpc/handler.go
@@ -50,17 +50,18 @@ import (
 //    }
 //
 type handler struct {
-	reg            *serviceRegistry
-	unsubscribeCb  *callback
-	idgen          func() ID                      // subscription ID generator
-	respWait       map[string]*requestOp          // active client requests
-	clientSubs     map[string]*ClientSubscription // active client subscriptions
-	callWG         sync.WaitGroup                 // pending call goroutines
-	rootCtx        context.Context                // canceled by close()
-	cancelRoot     func()                         // cancel function for rootCtx
-	conn           jsonWriter                     // where responses will be sent
-	log            log.Logger
-	allowSubscribe bool
+	reg               *serviceRegistry
+	unsubscribeCb     *callback
+	idgen             func() ID                      // subscription ID generator
+	respWait          map[string]*requestOp          // active client requests
+	clientSubs        map[string]*ClientSubscription // active client subscriptions
+	callWG            sync.WaitGroup                 // pending call goroutines
+	rootCtx           context.Context                // canceled by close()
+	cancelRoot        func()                         // cancel function for rootCtx
+	conn              jsonWriter                     // where responses will be sent
+	log               log.Logger
+	allowSubscribe    bool
+	batchRequestLimit int
 
 	subLock    sync.Mutex
 	serverSubs map[ID]*Subscription
@@ -71,19 +72,20 @@ type callProc struct {
 	notifiers []*Notifier
 }
 
-func newHandler(connCtx context.Context, conn jsonWriter, idgen func() ID, reg *serviceRegistry) *handler {
+func newHandler(connCtx context.Context, conn jsonWriter, idgen func() ID, reg *serviceRegistry, batchRequestLimit int) *handler {
 	rootCtx, cancelRoot := context.WithCancel(connCtx)
 	h := &handler{
-		reg:            reg,
-		idgen:          idgen,
-		conn:           conn,
-		respWait:       make(map[string]*requestOp),
-		clientSubs:     make(map[string]*ClientSubscription),
-		rootCtx:        rootCtx,
-		cancelRoot:     cancelRoot,
-		allowSubscribe: true,
-		serverSubs:     make(map[ID]*Subscription),
-		log:            log.Root(),
+		reg:               reg,
+		idgen:             idgen,
+		conn:              conn,
+		respWait:          make(map[string]*requestOp),
+		clientSubs:        make(map[string]*ClientSubscription),
+		rootCtx:           rootCtx,
+		cancelRoot:        cancelRoot,
+		allowSubscribe:    true,
+		serverSubs:        make(map[ID]*Subscription),
+		log:               log.Root(),
+		batchRequestLimit: batchRequestLimit,
 	}
 	if conn.remoteAddr() != "" {
 		h.log = h.log.New("conn", conn.remoteAddr())
@@ -102,6 +104,14 @@ func (h *handler) handleBatch(msgs []*jsonrpcMessage) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Apply limit on total number of requests.
+	if h.batchRequestLimit != 0 && len(msgs) > h.batchRequestLimit {
+		h.startCallProc(func(cp *callProc) {
+			h.respondWithBatchTooLarge(cp, msgs)
+		})
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Handle non-call messages first:
 	calls := make([]*jsonrpcMessage, 0, len(msgs))
 	for _, msg := range msgs {
@@ -129,6 +139,19 @@ func (h *handler) handleBatch(msgs []*jsonrpcMessage) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+func (h *handler) respondWithBatchTooLarge(cp *callProc, batch []*jsonrpcMessage) {
+	resp := errorMessage(&invalidRequestError{errMsgBatchTooLarge})
+	// Find the first call and add its "id" field to the error.
+	// This is the best we can do, given that the protocol doesn't have a way
+	// of reporting an error for the entire batch.
+	for _, msg := range batch {
+		if msg.isCall() {
+			resp.ID = msg.ID
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	h.conn.writeJSON(cp.ctx, []*jsonrpcMessage{resp})
+}
 
 // handleMsg handles a single message.
 func (h *handler) handleMsg(msg *jsonrpcMessage) {
diff --git a/rpc/server.go b/rpc/server.go
index 64e078a7f..6294e201e 100644
--- a/rpc/server.go
+++ b/rpc/server.go
@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ const (
 
 // Server is an RPC server.
 type Server struct {
-	services serviceRegistry
-	idgen    func() ID
-	run      int32
-	codecs   mapset.Set
+	services       serviceRegistry
+	idgen          func() ID
+	run            int32
+	codecs         mapset.Set
+	batchItemLimit int
 }
 
 // NewServer creates a new server instance with no registered handlers.
@@ -58,6 +59,15 @@ func NewServer() *Server {
 	return server
 }
 
+// SetBatchLimits sets limits applied to batch requests. There are two limits: 'itemLimit'
+// is the maximum number of items in a batch.
+//
+// This method should be called before processing any requests via ServeCodec, ServeHTTP,
+// ServeListener etc.
+func (s *Server) SetBatchLimits(itemLimit int) {
+	s.batchItemLimit = itemLimit
+}
+
 // RegisterName creates a service for the given receiver type under the given name. When no
 // methods on the given receiver match the criteria to be either a RPC method or a
 // subscription an error is returned. Otherwise a new service is created and added to the
@@ -97,7 +107,7 @@ func (s *Server) serveSingleRequest(ctx context.Context, codec ServerCodec) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	h := newHandler(ctx, codec, s.idgen, &s.services)
+	h := newHandler(ctx, codec, s.idgen, &s.services, s.batchItemLimit)
 	h.allowSubscribe = false
 	defer h.close(io.EOF, nil)