diff --git a/classes/config.php b/classes/config.php
index f60b96f2a..6e8d4533f 100644
--- a/classes/config.php
+++ b/classes/config.php
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ class Config {
 	const ENABLE_PLUGIN_INSTALLER = "ENABLE_PLUGIN_INSTALLER";
 	// allow installing first party plugins using plugin installer in prefs
 
+	const AUTH_MIN_INTERVAL = "AUTH_MIN_INTERVAL";
+	// minimum amount of seconds required between authentication attempts
+
 	// default values for all of the above:
 	private const _DEFAULTS = [
 		Config::DB_TYPE => [ "pgsql", 									Config::T_STRING ],
@@ -220,6 +223,7 @@ class Config {
 		Config::SESSION_NAME => [ "ttrss_sid",							Config::T_STRING ],
 		Config::CHECK_FOR_PLUGIN_UPDATES => [ "true",				Config::T_BOOL ],
 		Config::ENABLE_PLUGIN_INSTALLER => [ "true",					Config::T_BOOL ],
+		Config::AUTH_MIN_INTERVAL => [ 5,								Config::T_INT ],
 	];
 
 	private static $instance;
diff --git a/plugins/auth_internal/init.php b/plugins/auth_internal/init.php
index e63263a5d..0aeff117e 100644
--- a/plugins/auth_internal/init.php
+++ b/plugins/auth_internal/init.php
@@ -150,6 +150,32 @@ class Auth_Internal extends Auth_Base {
 
 		if ($user) {
 
+			// don't throttle app passwords
+			if (!$service && get_schema_version() >= 145) {
+
+				if ($user->last_auth_attempt) {
+					$last_auth_attempt = strtotime($user->last_auth_attempt);
+
+					if ($last_auth_attempt && time() - $last_auth_attempt < Config::get(Config::AUTH_MIN_INTERVAL)) {
+						Logger::log(E_USER_NOTICE, "Too many authentication attempts for {$user->login}, throttled.");
+
+						// start an empty session to deliver login error message
+						if (session_status() != PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE)
+							session_start();
+
+						$_SESSION["login_error_msg"] = "Too many authentication attempts, throttled.";
+
+						$user->last_auth_attempt = Db::NOW();
+						$user->save();
+
+						return false;
+					}
+				}
+
+				$user->last_auth_attempt = Db::NOW();
+				$user->save();
+			}
+
 			$salt = $user['salt'] ?? "";
 			$login = $user['login'];
 			$pwd_hash = $user['pwd_hash'];