diff --git a/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py b/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py
index 17c7e64ce..862c07ef8 100644
--- a/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py
+++ b/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ class RatelimitConfig(Config):
         self.rc_messages_per_second = args.rc_messages_per_second
         self.rc_message_burst_count = args.rc_message_burst_count
 
+        self.federation_rc_window_size = args.federation_rc_window_size
+        self.federation_rc_sleep_limit = args.federation_rc_sleep_limit
+        self.federation_rc_sleep_delay = args.federation_rc_sleep_delay
+        self.federation_rc_reject_limit = args.federation_rc_reject_limit
+        self.federation_rc_concurrent = args.federation_rc_concurrent
+
     @classmethod
     def add_arguments(cls, parser):
         super(RatelimitConfig, cls).add_arguments(parser)
@@ -34,3 +40,33 @@ class RatelimitConfig(Config):
             "--rc-message-burst-count", type=float, default=10,
             help="number of message a client can send before being throttled"
         )
+
+        rc_group.add_argument(
+            "--federation-rc-window-size", type=int, default=10000,
+            help="The federation window size in milliseconds",
+        )
+
+        rc_group.add_argument(
+            "--federation-rc-sleep-limit", type=int, default=10,
+            help="The number of federation requests from a single server"
+                 " in a window before the server will delay processing the"
+                 " request.",
+        )
+
+        rc_group.add_argument(
+            "--federation-rc-sleep-delay", type=int, default=500,
+            help="The duration in milliseconds to delay processing events from"
+                 " remote servers by if they go over the sleep limit.",
+        )
+
+        rc_group.add_argument(
+            "--federation-rc-reject-limit", type=int, default=50,
+            help="The maximum number of concurrent federation requests allowed"
+                 " from a single server",
+        )
+
+        rc_group.add_argument(
+            "--federation-rc-concurrent", type=int, default=3,
+            help="The number of federation requests to concurrently process"
+                 " from a single server",
+        )
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transport/__init__.py b/synapse/federation/transport/__init__.py
index f0283b510..2a671b9ae 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/__init__.py
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ class TransportLayer(TransportLayerServer, TransportLayerClient):
 
         self.ratelimiter = FederationRateLimiter(
             self.clock,
-            window_size=10000,
-            sleep_limit=10,
-            sleep_msec=500,
-            reject_limit=50,
-            concurrent_requests=3,
+            window_size=homeserver.config.federation_rc_window_size,
+            sleep_limit=homeserver.config.federation_rc_sleep_limit,
+            sleep_msec=homeserver.config.federation_rc_sleep_delay,
+            reject_limit=homeserver.config.federation_rc_reject_limit,
+            concurrent_requests=homeserver.config.federation_rc_concurrent,
         )