diff --git a/pageserver/pagebench/src/getpage_latest_lsn.rs b/pageserver/pagebench/src/getpage_latest_lsn.rs
index bf302c75e8..cb5fbb7abd 100644
--- a/pageserver/pagebench/src/getpage_latest_lsn.rs
+++ b/pageserver/pagebench/src/getpage_latest_lsn.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Context;
+use futures::future::join_all;
 use pageserver::client::page_service::RelTagBlockNo;
 use pageserver::pgdatadir_mapping::{is_rel_block_key, key_to_rel_block};
 use pageserver::repository;
@@ -13,7 +14,9 @@ use utils::logging;
 
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
+use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
@@ -31,6 +34,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Args {
     num_clients: NonZeroUsize,
     #[clap(long)]
     runtime: Option<humantime::Duration>,
+    #[clap(long)]
+    per_target_rate_limit: Option<usize>,
     targets: Option<Vec<TenantTimelineId>>,
 }
 
@@ -165,6 +170,7 @@ pub(crate) fn main(args: Args) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     rt.block_on(main_task).unwrap()
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
 struct KeyRange {
     timeline: TenantTimelineId,
     timeline_lsn: Lsn,
@@ -267,9 +273,6 @@ async fn main_impl(
     while let Some(res) = js.join_next().await {
         all_ranges.extend(res.unwrap().unwrap());
     }
-    let weights =
-        rand::distributions::weighted::WeightedIndex::new(all_ranges.iter().map(|v| v.len()))
-            .unwrap();
 
     let live_stats = Arc::new(LiveStats::default());
 
@@ -315,22 +318,77 @@ async fn main_impl(
         )));
     }
 
-    let work_sender = async move {
-        start_work_barrier.wait().await;
-        loop {
-            let (range, key) = {
-                let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-                let r = &all_ranges[weights.sample(&mut rng)];
-                let key: i128 = rng.gen_range(r.start..r.end);
-                let key = repository::Key::from_i128(key);
-                let (rel_tag, block_no) =
-                    key_to_rel_block(key).expect("we filter non-rel-block keys out above");
-                (r, RelTagBlockNo { rel_tag, block_no })
-            };
-            let sender = work_senders.get(&range.timeline).unwrap();
-            // TODO: what if this blocks?
-            sender.send((key, range.timeline_lsn)).await.ok().unwrap();
-        }
+    let work_sender: Pin<Box<dyn Send + Future<Output = ()>>> = match args.per_target_rate_limit {
+        None => Box::pin(async move {
+            let weights = rand::distributions::weighted::WeightedIndex::new(
+                all_ranges.iter().map(|v| v.len()),
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+
+            start_work_barrier.wait().await;
+
+            loop {
+                let (range, key) = {
+                    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+                    let r = &all_ranges[weights.sample(&mut rng)];
+                    let key: i128 = rng.gen_range(r.start..r.end);
+                    let key = repository::Key::from_i128(key);
+                    let (rel_tag, block_no) =
+                        key_to_rel_block(key).expect("we filter non-rel-block keys out above");
+                    (r, RelTagBlockNo { rel_tag, block_no })
+                };
+                let sender = work_senders.get(&range.timeline).unwrap();
+                // TODO: what if this blocks?
+                sender.send((key, range.timeline_lsn)).await.ok().unwrap();
+            }
+        }),
+        Some(rps_limit) => Box::pin(async move {
+            let period = Duration::from_secs_f64(1.0 / (rps_limit as f64));
+
+            let make_timeline_task: &dyn Fn(TenantTimelineId) -> Pin<Box<dyn Send + Future<Output = ()>>> =
+                &|timeline| {
+                    let sender = work_senders.get(&timeline).unwrap();
+                    let ranges: Vec<KeyRange> = all_ranges
+                        .iter()
+                        .filter(|r| r.timeline == timeline)
+                        .cloned()
+                        .collect();
+                    let weights = rand::distributions::weighted::WeightedIndex::new(
+                        ranges.iter().map(|v| v.len()),
+                    )
+                    .unwrap();
+
+                    Box::pin(async move {
+                        let mut ticker = tokio::time::interval(period);
+                        ticker.set_missed_tick_behavior(
+                            /* TODO review this choice */
+                            tokio::time::MissedTickBehavior::Burst,
+                        );
+                        loop {
+                            ticker.tick().await;
+                            let (range, key) = {
+                                let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+                                let r = &ranges[weights.sample(&mut rng)];
+                                let key: i128 = rng.gen_range(r.start..r.end);
+                                let key = repository::Key::from_i128(key);
+                                let (rel_tag, block_no) = key_to_rel_block(key)
+                                    .expect("we filter non-rel-block keys out above");
+                                (r, RelTagBlockNo { rel_tag, block_no })
+                            };
+                            sender.send((key, range.timeline_lsn)).await.ok().unwrap();
+                        }
+                    })
+                };
+
+            let tasks: Vec<_> = work_senders
+                .keys()
+                .map(|tl| make_timeline_task(**tl))
+                .collect();
+
+            start_work_barrier.wait().await;
+
+            join_all(tasks).await;
+        }),
     };
 
     if let Some(runtime) = args.runtime {