diff --git a/cmd/training-operator.v1/main.go b/cmd/training-operator.v1/main.go
index 41a28ff590..8bbb5e1f3d 100644
--- a/cmd/training-operator.v1/main.go
+++ b/cmd/training-operator.v1/main.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/flowcontrol"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/healthz"
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ func main() {
 	var webhookServerPort int
 	var webhookServiceName string
 	var webhookSecretName string
+	var clientQps int
+	var clientBurst int
 
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
@@ -95,7 +98,8 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&namespace, "namespace", os.Getenv(EnvKubeflowNamespace), "The namespace to monitor kubeflow jobs. If unset, it monitors all namespaces cluster-wide."+
 		"If set, it only monitors kubeflow jobs in the given namespace.")
 	flag.IntVar(&controllerThreads, "controller-threads", 1, "Number of worker threads used by the controller.")
-
+	flag.IntVar(&clientQps, "kube-api-qps", 20, "QPS indicates the maximum QPS to the master from this client.")
+	flag.IntVar(&clientBurst, "kube-api-burst", 30, "Maximum burst for throttle.")
 	// PyTorch related flags
 	flag.StringVar(&config.Config.PyTorchInitContainerImage, "pytorch-init-container-image",
 		config.PyTorchInitContainerImageDefault, "The image for pytorch init container")
@@ -131,7 +135,10 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), ctrl.Options{
+	cfg := ctrl.GetConfigOrDie()
+	cfg.RateLimiter = flowcontrol.NewTokenBucketRateLimiter(float32(clientQps), clientBurst)
+
+	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(cfg, ctrl.Options{
 		Scheme: scheme,
 		Metrics: metricsserver.Options{
 			BindAddress: metricsAddr,