diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
index 8760ee3c94309..a593cfd6eb419 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ public void apply(Settings value, Settings current, Settings previous) {
                 ShardLimitValidator.SETTING_CLUSTER_MAX_SHARDS_PER_CLUSTER,
                 ShardLimitValidator.SETTING_CLUSTER_IGNORE_DOT_INDEXES,
                 RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC_SETTING,
+                RecoverySettings.SEGREP_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC_SETTING,
                 RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_RETRY_DELAY_STATE_SYNC_SETTING,
                 RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_RETRY_DELAY_NETWORK_SETTING,
                 RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_ACTIVITY_TIMEOUT_SETTING,
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java
index 53b42347aa30d..9bfb14ea2f685 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ public class RecoverySettings {
         Property.NodeScope
     );
 
+    public static final Setting<ByteSizeValue> SEGREP_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC_SETTING = Setting.byteSizeSetting(
+        "segrep.max_bytes_per_sec",
+        new ByteSizeValue(0),
+        Property.Dynamic,
+        Property.NodeScope
+    );
+
     /**
      * Controls the maximum number of file chunk requests that can be sent concurrently from the source node to the target node.
      */
@@ -170,10 +177,12 @@ public class RecoverySettings {
     public static final ByteSizeValue DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE = new ByteSizeValue(512 * 1024 - 16, ByteSizeUnit.BYTES);
 
     private volatile ByteSizeValue maxBytesPerSec;
+    private volatile ByteSizeValue segrepMaxBytesPerSec;
     private volatile int maxConcurrentFileChunks;
     private volatile int maxConcurrentOperations;
     private volatile int maxConcurrentRemoteStoreStreams;
     private volatile SimpleRateLimiter rateLimiter;
+    private volatile SimpleRateLimiter segrepRateLimiter;
     private volatile TimeValue retryDelayStateSync;
     private volatile TimeValue retryDelayNetwork;
     private volatile TimeValue activityTimeout;
@@ -204,11 +213,18 @@ public RecoverySettings(Settings settings, ClusterSettings clusterSettings) {
         } else {
             rateLimiter = new SimpleRateLimiter(maxBytesPerSec.getMbFrac());
         }
+        this.segrepMaxBytesPerSec = SEGREP_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC_SETTING.get(settings);
+        if (segrepMaxBytesPerSec.getBytes() <= 0) {
+            segrepRateLimiter = null;
+        } else {
+            segrepRateLimiter = new SimpleRateLimiter(segrepMaxBytesPerSec.getMbFrac());
+        }
 
         logger.debug("using max_bytes_per_sec[{}]", maxBytesPerSec);
         this.internalRemoteUploadTimeout = INDICES_INTERNAL_REMOTE_UPLOAD_TIMEOUT.get(settings);
 
         clusterSettings.addSettingsUpdateConsumer(INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC_SETTING, this::setMaxBytesPerSec);
+        clusterSettings.addSettingsUpdateConsumer(SEGREP_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC_SETTING, this::setSegrepMaxBytesPerSec);
         clusterSettings.addSettingsUpdateConsumer(INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_CONCURRENT_FILE_CHUNKS_SETTING, this::setMaxConcurrentFileChunks);
         clusterSettings.addSettingsUpdateConsumer(INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_CONCURRENT_OPERATIONS_SETTING, this::setMaxConcurrentOperations);
         clusterSettings.addSettingsUpdateConsumer(
@@ -231,6 +247,10 @@ public RateLimiter rateLimiter() {
         return rateLimiter;
     }
 
+    public RateLimiter segrepRateLimiter() {
+        return segrepRateLimiter;
+    }
+
     public TimeValue retryDelayNetwork() {
         return retryDelayNetwork;
     }
@@ -305,6 +325,17 @@ private void setMaxBytesPerSec(ByteSizeValue maxBytesPerSec) {
         }
     }
 
+    private void setSegrepMaxBytesPerSec(ByteSizeValue segrepMaxBytesPerSec) {
+        this.segrepMaxBytesPerSec = segrepMaxBytesPerSec;
+        if (segrepMaxBytesPerSec.getBytes() <= 0) {
+            segrepRateLimiter = null;
+        } else if (segrepRateLimiter != null) {
+            segrepRateLimiter.setMBPerSec(segrepMaxBytesPerSec.getMbFrac());
+        } else {
+            segrepRateLimiter = new SimpleRateLimiter(segrepMaxBytesPerSec.getMbFrac());
+        }
+    }
+
     public int getMaxConcurrentFileChunks() {
         return maxConcurrentFileChunks;
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/RemoteSegmentFileChunkWriter.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/RemoteSegmentFileChunkWriter.java
index b52fe66816098..dd6c33ba63728 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/RemoteSegmentFileChunkWriter.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/RemoteSegmentFileChunkWriter.java
@@ -78,7 +78,12 @@ public void writeFileChunk(
         // Pause using the rate limiter, if desired, to throttle the recovery
         final long throttleTimeInNanos;
         // always fetch the ratelimiter - it might be updated in real-time on the recovery settings
-        final RateLimiter rl = recoverySettings.rateLimiter();
+        final RateLimiter rl;
+        if (SegmentReplicationTargetService.Actions.FILE_CHUNK.equals(action)) {
+            rl = recoverySettings.segrepRateLimiter();
+        } else {
+            rl = recoverySettings.rateLimiter();
+        }
         if (rl != null) {
             long bytes = bytesSinceLastPause.addAndGet(content.length());
             if (bytes > rl.getMinPauseCheckBytes()) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetService.java
index 4942d39cfa48a..cc2d09429ed85 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationTargetService.java
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ public void messageReceived(final FileChunkRequest request, TransportChannel cha
             try (ReplicationRef<SegmentReplicationTarget> ref = onGoingReplications.getSafe(request.recoveryId(), request.shardId())) {
                 final SegmentReplicationTarget target = ref.get();
                 final ActionListener<Void> listener = target.createOrFinishListener(channel, Actions.FILE_CHUNK, request);
-                target.handleFileChunk(request, target, bytesSinceLastPause, recoverySettings.rateLimiter(), listener);
+                target.handleFileChunk(request, target, bytesSinceLastPause, recoverySettings.segrepRateLimiter(), listener);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettingsDynamicUpdateTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettingsDynamicUpdateTests.java
index 75639661f539d..dc09ecbac79b8 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettingsDynamicUpdateTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettingsDynamicUpdateTests.java
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public void testZeroBytesPerSecondIsNoRateLimit() {
             Settings.builder().put(RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC_SETTING.getKey(), 0).build()
         );
         assertEquals(null, recoverySettings.rateLimiter());
+        clusterSettings.applySettings(
+            Settings.builder().put(RecoverySettings.SEGREP_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC_SETTING.getKey(), 0).build()
+        );
+        assertEquals(null, recoverySettings.segrepRateLimiter());
     }
 
     public void testRetryDelayStateSync() {