diff --git a/openstack/_adapter.py b/openstack/_adapter.py
index dfe2e3691..7f5da392b 100644
--- a/openstack/_adapter.py
+++ b/openstack/_adapter.py
@@ -116,11 +116,18 @@ class OpenStackSDKAdapter(adapter.Adapter):
     This allows using the nodepool MultiThreaded Rate Limiting TaskManager.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, session=None, task_manager=None, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(
+            self, session=None,
+            task_manager=None,
+            rate_limit=None, concurrency=None,
+            *args, **kwargs):
         super(OpenStackSDKAdapter, self).__init__(
             session=session, *args, **kwargs)
         if not task_manager:
-            task_manager = _task_manager.TaskManager(name=self.service_type)
+            task_manager = _task_manager.TaskManager(
+                name=self.service_type,
+                rate=rate_limit,
+                workers=concurrency)
             task_manager.start()
 
         self.task_manager = task_manager
@@ -143,6 +150,7 @@ class OpenStackSDKAdapter(adapter.Adapter):
         ret = self.task_manager.submit_function(
             request_method, run_async=True, name=name,
             connect_retries=connect_retries, raise_exc=raise_exc,
+            tag=self.service_type,
             **kwargs)
         if run_async:
             return ret
diff --git a/openstack/config/cloud_region.py b/openstack/config/cloud_region.py
index 1bb421d84..7568673bf 100644
--- a/openstack/config/cloud_region.py
+++ b/openstack/config/cloud_region.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import copy
 import warnings
 
-from keystoneauth1 import adapter
 from keystoneauth1 import discover
 import keystoneauth1.exceptions.catalog
 from keystoneauth1 import session as ks_session
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ import os_service_types
 import requestsexceptions
 from six.moves import urllib
 
+from openstack import _adapter
 from openstack import version as openstack_version
 from openstack import _log
 from openstack.config import _util
@@ -247,6 +247,17 @@ class CloudRegion(object):
                 value = converter(value)
             return value
 
+    def _get_service_config(self, key, service_type):
+        config_dict = self.config.get(key)
+        if not config_dict:
+            return None
+        if not isinstance(config_dict, dict):
+            return config_dict
+
+        for st in self._service_type_manager.get_all_types(service_type):
+            if st in config_dict:
+                return config_dict[st]
+
     def get_interface(self, service_type=None):
         return self._get_config(
             'interface', service_type, fallback_to_unprefixed=True)
@@ -438,7 +449,8 @@ class CloudRegion(object):
         return interface_versions.get(service_type, [])
 
     def get_session_client(
-            self, service_type, version=None, constructor=adapter.Adapter,
+            self, service_type, version=None,
+            constructor=_adapter.OpenStackSDKAdapter,
             **kwargs):
         """Return a prepped keystoneauth Adapter for a given service.
 
@@ -498,6 +510,8 @@ class CloudRegion(object):
             max_version=max_api_version,
             endpoint_override=endpoint_override,
             default_microversion=version_request.default_microversion,
+            rate_limit=self.get_rate_limit(service_type),
+            concurrency=self.get_concurrency(service_type),
             **kwargs)
         if version_request.default_microversion:
             default_microversion = version_request.default_microversion
@@ -724,3 +738,11 @@ class CloudRegion(object):
 
     def get_password_callback(self):
         return self._password_callback
+
+    def get_rate_limit(self, service_type=None):
+        return self._get_service_config(
+            'rate_limit', service_type=service_type)
+
+    def get_concurrency(self, service_type=None):
+        return self._get_service_config(
+            'concurrency', service_type=service_type)
diff --git a/openstack/connection.py b/openstack/connection.py
index 945283598..ad094319e 100644
--- a/openstack/connection.py
+++ b/openstack/connection.py
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ class Connection(six.with_metaclass(_meta.ConnectionMeta,
                  strict=False,
                  use_direct_get=False,
                  task_manager=None,
+                 rate_limit=None,
                  **kwargs):
         """Create a connection to a cloud.
 
@@ -262,6 +263,12 @@ class Connection(six.with_metaclass(_meta.ConnectionMeta,
             Defaults to None which causes a direct-action Task Manager to be
             used.
         :type manager: :class:`~openstack.task_manager.TaskManager`
+        :param rate_limit:
+            Client-side rate limit, expressed in calls per second. The
+            parameter can either be a single float, or it can be a dict with
+            keys as service-type and values as floats expressing the calls
+            per second for that service. Defaults to None, which means no
+            rate-limiting is performed.
         :param kwargs: If a config is not provided, the rest of the parameters
             provided are assumed to be arguments to be passed to the
             CloudRegion contructor.
@@ -294,7 +301,8 @@ class Connection(six.with_metaclass(_meta.ConnectionMeta,
             self.task_manager = task_manager
         else:
             self.task_manager = _task_manager.TaskManager(
-                self.config.full_name)
+                self.config.full_name,
+                rate=rate_limit)
             self.task_manager.start()
 
         self._session = None
diff --git a/openstack/task_manager.py b/openstack/task_manager.py
index 6a58bb06a..37c5ed1ee 100644
--- a/openstack/task_manager.py
+++ b/openstack/task_manager.py
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ class Task(object):
                     the main payload at execution time.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, main=None, name=None, run_async=False, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(
+            self, main=None, name=None, run_async=False,
+            tag=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self._exception = None
         self._traceback = None
         self._result = None
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ class Task(object):
         self.args = args
         self.kwargs = kwargs
         self.name = name or type(self).__name__
+        self.tag = tag
 
     def main(self):
         return self._main(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
@@ -103,12 +106,22 @@ class TaskManager(object):
         self.daemon = True
         self.queue = queue.Queue()
         self._running = True
-        if rate is not None:
-            rate = float(rate)
-        self.rate = rate
+        if isinstance(rate, dict):
+            self._waits = {}
+            for (k, v) in rate.items():
+                if v:
+                    self._waits[k] = 1.0 / v
+        else:
+            if rate:
+                self._waits = {None: 1.0 / rate}
+            else:
+                self._waits = {}
         self._thread = threading.Thread(name=name, target=self.run)
         self._thread.daemon = True
 
+    def _get_wait(self, tag):
+        return self._waits.get(tag, self._waits.get(None))
+
     @property
     def executor(self):
         if not self._executor:
@@ -129,7 +142,7 @@ class TaskManager(object):
         self._thread.join()
 
     def run(self):
-        last_ts = 0
+        last_ts_dict = {}
         try:
             while True:
                 task = self.queue.get()
@@ -137,12 +150,15 @@ class TaskManager(object):
                     if not self._running:
                         break
                     continue
-                if self.rate:
+                wait = self._get_wait(task.tag)
+                if wait:
+                    last_ts = last_ts_dict.get(task.tag, 0)
                     while True:
                         delta = time.time() - last_ts
-                        if delta >= self.rate:
+                        if delta >= wait:
                             break
-                        time.sleep(self.rate - delta)
+                        time.sleep(wait - delta)
+                    last_ts_dict[task.tag] = time.time()
                 self._log.debug(
                     "TaskManager {name} queue size: {size})".format(
                         name=self.name,
@@ -171,12 +187,14 @@ class TaskManager(object):
         return task.wait()
 
     def submit_function(
-            self, method, name=None, run_async=False, *args, **kwargs):
+            self, method, name=None, run_async=False, tag=None,
+            *args, **kwargs):
         """ Allows submitting an arbitrary method for work.
 
         :param method: Callable to run in the TaskManager.
         :param str name: Name to use for the generated Task object.
         :param bool run_async: Whether to run this task async or not.
+        :param str tag: Named rate-limiting context for the task.
         :param args: positional arguments to pass to the method when it runs.
         :param kwargs: keyword arguments to pass to the method when it runs.
         """
@@ -185,10 +203,12 @@ class TaskManager(object):
                 self.executor.submit, method, *args, **kwargs)
             task = Task(
                 main=payload, name=name,
-                run_async=run_async)
+                run_async=run_async,
+                tag=tag)
         else:
             task = Task(
                 main=method, name=name,
+                tag=tag,
                 *args, **kwargs)
         return self.submit_task(task)
 
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/base.py b/openstack/tests/unit/base.py
index 8062486bf..993346772 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/base.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/base.py
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ class TestCase(base.TestCase):
         self.strict_cloud = openstack.connection.Connection(
             config=self.cloud_config,
             strict=True)
+        self.addCleanup(self.cloud.task_manager.stop)
+        self.addCleanup(self.strict_cloud.task_manager.stop)
 
         # FIXME(notmorgan): Convert the uri_registry, discovery.json, and
         # use of keystone_v3/v2 to a proper fixtures.Fixture. For now this
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/cloud/test_task_manager.py b/openstack/tests/unit/cloud/test_task_manager.py
index 6c4b19c0c..9f471a208 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/cloud/test_task_manager.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/cloud/test_task_manager.py
@@ -63,6 +63,25 @@ class TaskTestSet(task_manager.Task):
         return set([1, 2])
 
 
+class TestRateTransforms(base.TestCase):
+
+    def test_rate_parameter_scalar(self):
+        manager = task_manager.TaskManager(name='test', rate=0.1234)
+        self.assertEqual(1 / 0.1234, manager._get_wait('compute'))
+        self.assertEqual(1 / 0.1234, manager._get_wait(None))
+
+    def test_rate_parameter_dict(self):
+        manager = task_manager.TaskManager(
+            name='test',
+            rate={
+                'compute': 20,
+                'network': 10,
+            })
+        self.assertEqual(1 / 20, manager._get_wait('compute'))
+        self.assertEqual(1 / 10, manager._get_wait('network'))
+        self.assertIsNone(manager._get_wait('object-store'))
+
+
 class TestTaskManager(base.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/test_connection.py b/openstack/tests/unit/test_connection.py
index a14e5af2d..2605525d7 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/test_connection.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/test_connection.py
@@ -84,6 +84,22 @@ class TestConnection(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(mock_session, conn.session)
         self.assertEqual('auth.example.com', conn.config.name)
 
+    def test_task_manager_rate_scalar(self):
+        conn = connection.Connection(cloud='sample', rate_limit=20)
+        self.assertEqual(1 / 20, conn.task_manager._get_wait('object-store'))
+        self.assertEqual(1 / 20, conn.task_manager._get_wait(None))
+
+    def test_task_manager_rate_dict(self):
+        conn = connection.Connection(
+            cloud='sample',
+            rate_limit={
+                'compute': 20,
+                'network': 10,
+            })
+        self.assertEqual(1 / 20, conn.task_manager._get_wait('compute'))
+        self.assertEqual(1 / 10, conn.task_manager._get_wait('network'))
+        self.assertIsNone(conn.task_manager._get_wait('object-store'))
+
     def test_create_session(self):
         conn = connection.Connection(cloud='sample')
         self.assertIsNotNone(conn)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/expose-client-side-rate-limit-ddb82df7cb92091c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/expose-client-side-rate-limit-ddb82df7cb92091c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d7b503f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/expose-client-side-rate-limit-ddb82df7cb92091c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Client-side rate limiting is now directly exposed via ``rate_limit``
+    and ``concurrency`` parameters. A single value can be given that applies
+    to all services, or a dict of service-type and value if different
+    client-side rate or concurrency limits should be used for different
+    services.