diff --git a/interop/client/client.go b/interop/client/client.go
index 3cfedfcb6542..1e3a46a75745 100644
--- a/interop/client/client.go
+++ b/interop/client/client.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ var (
 	soakMaxFailures                        = flag.Int("soak_max_failures", 0, "The number of iterations in soak tests that are allowed to fail (either due to non-OK status code or exceeding the per-iteration max acceptable latency).")
 	soakPerIterationMaxAcceptableLatencyMs = flag.Int("soak_per_iteration_max_acceptable_latency_ms", 1000, "The number of milliseconds a single iteration in the two soak tests (rpc_soak and channel_soak) should take.")
 	soakOverallTimeoutSeconds              = flag.Int("soak_overall_timeout_seconds", 10, "The overall number of seconds after which a soak test should stop and fail, if the desired number of iterations have not yet completed.")
+	soakMinTimeMsBetweenRPCs               = flag.Int("soak_min_time_ms_between_rpcs", 0, "The minimum time in milliseconds between consecutive RPCs in a soak test (rpc_soak or channel_soak), useful for limiting QPS")
 	tlsServerName                          = flag.String("server_host_override", "", "The server name used to verify the hostname returned by TLS handshake if it is not empty. Otherwise, --server_host is used.")
 	testCase                               = flag.String("test_case", "large_unary",
 		`Configure different test cases. Valid options are:
@@ -301,10 +302,10 @@ func main() {
 		interop.DoPickFirstUnary(tc)
 		logger.Infoln("PickFirstUnary done")
 	case "rpc_soak":
-		interop.DoSoakTest(tc, serverAddr, opts, false /* resetChannel */, *soakIterations, *soakMaxFailures, time.Duration(*soakPerIterationMaxAcceptableLatencyMs)*time.Millisecond, time.Now().Add(time.Duration(*soakOverallTimeoutSeconds)*time.Second))
+		interop.DoSoakTest(tc, serverAddr, opts, false /* resetChannel */, *soakIterations, *soakMaxFailures, time.Duration(*soakPerIterationMaxAcceptableLatencyMs)*time.Millisecond, time.Duration(*soakMinTimeMsBetweenRPCs)*time.Millisecond, time.Now().Add(time.Duration(*soakOverallTimeoutSeconds)*time.Second))
 		logger.Infoln("RpcSoak done")
 	case "channel_soak":
-		interop.DoSoakTest(tc, serverAddr, opts, true /* resetChannel */, *soakIterations, *soakMaxFailures, time.Duration(*soakPerIterationMaxAcceptableLatencyMs)*time.Millisecond, time.Now().Add(time.Duration(*soakOverallTimeoutSeconds)*time.Second))
+		interop.DoSoakTest(tc, serverAddr, opts, true /* resetChannel */, *soakIterations, *soakMaxFailures, time.Duration(*soakPerIterationMaxAcceptableLatencyMs)*time.Millisecond, time.Duration(*soakMinTimeMsBetweenRPCs)*time.Millisecond, time.Now().Add(time.Duration(*soakOverallTimeoutSeconds)*time.Second))
 		logger.Infoln("ChannelSoak done")
 	default:
 		logger.Fatal("Unsupported test case: ", *testCase)
diff --git a/interop/test_utils.go b/interop/test_utils.go
index 975a290bc6e6..dc841a110604 100644
--- a/interop/test_utils.go
+++ b/interop/test_utils.go
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ func doOneSoakIteration(ctx context.Context, tc testgrpc.TestServiceClient, rese
 // DoSoakTest runs large unary RPCs in a loop for a configurable number of times, with configurable failure thresholds.
 // If resetChannel is false, then each RPC will be performed on tc. Otherwise, each RPC will be performed on a new
 // stub that is created with the provided server address and dial options.
-func DoSoakTest(tc testgrpc.TestServiceClient, serverAddr string, dopts []grpc.DialOption, resetChannel bool, soakIterations int, maxFailures int, perIterationMaxAcceptableLatency time.Duration, overallDeadline time.Time) {
+func DoSoakTest(tc testgrpc.TestServiceClient, serverAddr string, dopts []grpc.DialOption, resetChannel bool, soakIterations int, maxFailures int, perIterationMaxAcceptableLatency time.Duration, minTimeBetweenRPCs time.Duration, overallDeadline time.Time) {
 	start := time.Now()
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), overallDeadline)
 	defer cancel()
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ func DoSoakTest(tc testgrpc.TestServiceClient, serverAddr string, dopts []grpc.D
 		if time.Now().After(overallDeadline) {
 			break
 		}
+		earliestNextStart := time.After(minTimeBetweenRPCs)
 		iterationsDone++
 		var p peer.Peer
 		latency, err := doOneSoakIteration(ctx, tc, resetChannel, serverAddr, dopts, []grpc.CallOption{grpc.Peer(&p)})
@@ -749,6 +750,7 @@ func DoSoakTest(tc testgrpc.TestServiceClient, serverAddr string, dopts []grpc.D
 			continue
 		}
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "soak iteration: %d elapsed_ms: %d peer: %s succeeded\n", i, latencyMs, p.Addr.String())
+		<-earliestNextStart
 	}
 	var b bytes.Buffer
 	h.Print(&b)