diff --git a/src/sql/src/parsers/create_parser.rs b/src/sql/src/parsers/create_parser.rs
index a257f029e35..046f66c2b7e 100644
--- a/src/sql/src/parsers/create_parser.rs
+++ b/src/sql/src/parsers/create_parser.rs
@@ -1507,6 +1507,18 @@ mod tests {
             }
             _ => unreachable!(),
         }
+
+        let sql = "CREATE DATABASE prometheus with ('ingest_rows_rate_limit'='1000');";
+        let result =
+            ParserContext::create_with_dialect(sql, &GreptimeDbDialect {}, ParseOptions::default());
+        let stmts = result.unwrap();
+        match &stmts[0] {
+            Statement::CreateDatabase(c) => {
+                assert_eq!(c.name.to_string(), "prometheus");
+                assert_eq!(c.options.get("ingest_rows_rate_limit").unwrap(), "1000");
+            }
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/table/src/requests.rs b/src/table/src/requests.rs
index b4a7d5e052b..0e00236a760 100644
--- a/src/table/src/requests.rs
+++ b/src/table/src/requests.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ pub const DDL_WAIT: &str = "wait";
 
 pub const VALID_DDL_OPTION_KEYS: [&str; 2] = [DDL_TIMEOUT, DDL_WAIT];
 
+/// The key of ingest rows rate limit option (rows per second, cluster-wide) in database options.
+pub const INGEST_ROWS_RATE_LIMIT_KEY: &str = "ingest_rows_rate_limit";
+
 // Valid option keys when creating a db.
 static VALID_DB_OPT_KEYS: Lazy<HashSet<&str>> = Lazy::new(|| {
     let mut set = HashSet::new();
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ static VALID_DB_OPT_KEYS: Lazy<HashSet<&str>> = Lazy::new(|| {
     set.insert(TWCS_TRIGGER_FILE_NUM);
     set.insert(TWCS_MAX_OUTPUT_FILE_SIZE);
     set.insert(SST_FORMAT_KEY);
+    set.insert(INGEST_ROWS_RATE_LIMIT_KEY);
     set
 });
 
@@ -539,6 +543,8 @@ mod tests {
             MEMTABLE_BULK_ENCODE_BYTES_THRESHOLD
         ));
         assert!(validate_database_option(MEMTABLE_BULK_MAX_MERGE_GROUPS));
+        assert!(validate_database_option(INGEST_ROWS_RATE_LIMIT_KEY));
+        assert!(validate_database_option("ingest_rows_rate_limit"));
         assert!(!validate_database_option("foo"));
     }