diff --git a/cli/options.go b/cli/options.go
index 7f035744..9820e72b 100644
--- a/cli/options.go
+++ b/cli/options.go
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ func GlobalOptions() []cli.Flag {
 		&cli.StringFlag{Name: "discover-pattern", Aliases: []string{"pd"}, Usage: "File containing replacement patterns applied to successful guesses"},
 		&cli.BoolFlag{Name: "no-color", Aliases: []string{"nc"}, Value: false, Usage: "Disable color output"},
 		&cli.BoolFlag{Name: "debug", Value: false, Usage: "enable debug output"},
+		&cli.BoolFlag{Name: "stop-on-rate-limit", Value: false, Usage: "When enabled exits when a rate limit is detected"},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ func ParseGlobalOptions(c *cli.Context) (libgobuster.Options, error) {
 	opts.NoProgress = c.Bool("no-progress")
 	opts.NoError = c.Bool("no-error")
 	opts.PatternFile = c.String("pattern")
+	opts.StopOnRateLimit = c.Bool("stop-on-rate-limit")
 	if opts.PatternFile != "" {
 		if _, err := os.Stat(opts.PatternFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			return opts, fmt.Errorf("pattern file %q does not exist: %w", opts.PatternFile, err)
diff --git a/gobusterdir/gobusterdir.go b/gobusterdir/gobusterdir.go
index 4f1d8f37..431e39b3 100644
--- a/gobusterdir/gobusterdir.go
+++ b/gobusterdir/gobusterdir.go
@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ func (d *GobusterDir) ProcessWord(ctx context.Context, word string, progress *li
 			}
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		if statusCode == http.StatusTooManyRequests && d.globalopts.StopOnRateLimit {
+			fmt.Println("Rate limit reached, exiting...")
+			os.Exit(0)
+
+		}
 		break
 	}
 
diff --git a/gobusterfuzz/gobusterfuzz.go b/gobusterfuzz/gobusterfuzz.go
index a5cb028f..19de03c0 100644
--- a/gobusterfuzz/gobusterfuzz.go
+++ b/gobusterfuzz/gobusterfuzz.go
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ func (d *GobusterFuzz) ProcessWord(ctx context.Context, word string, progress *l
 				return nil, err
 			}
 		}
+		if statusCode == http.StatusTooManyRequests && d.globalopts.StopOnRateLimit {
+			fmt.Println("Rate limit reached, exiting...")
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
 		break
 	}
 
diff --git a/gobustervhost/gobustervhost.go b/gobustervhost/gobustervhost.go
index f2bae76d..3a8f8d39 100644
--- a/gobustervhost/gobustervhost.go
+++ b/gobustervhost/gobustervhost.go
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ func (v *GobusterVhost) ProcessWord(ctx context.Context, word string, progress *
 				return nil, err
 			}
 		}
+		if statusCode == http.StatusTooManyRequests && v.globalopts.StopOnRateLimit {
+			fmt.Println("Rate limit reached, exiting...")
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
 		break
 	}
 
diff --git a/libgobuster/options.go b/libgobuster/options.go
index 3054aebf..6df1b668 100644
--- a/libgobuster/options.go
+++ b/libgobuster/options.go
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ type Options struct {
 	NoError             bool
 	Quiet               bool
 	Delay               time.Duration
+	StopOnRateLimit     bool
 }