diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 2c1b3aea..a6e1e9f0 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -218,6 +218,16 @@ Description Number of seconds to sleep before handling an input URL,
 =========== =====
 
 
+extractor.*.sleep-request
+-------------------------
+=========== =====
+Type        ``float``
+Default     ``0``
+Description Minimal time interval in seconds between each HTTP request
+            during data extraction.
+=========== =====
+
+
 extractor.*.username & .password
 --------------------------------
 =========== =====
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
index 7f787471..357deac8 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class Extractor():
     cookiedomain = ""
     root = ""
     test = None
+    _request_last = 0
+    _request_interval = 0
 
     def __init__(self, match):
         self.session = requests.Session()
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ class Extractor():
         self._retries = self.config("retries", 4)
         self._timeout = self.config("timeout", 30)
         self._verify = self.config("verify", True)
+        self._request_interval = self.config(
+            "sleep-request", self._request_interval)
 
         if self._retries < 0:
             self._retries = float("inf")
@@ -85,6 +89,13 @@ class Extractor():
         kwargs.setdefault("verify", self._verify)
         response = None
 
+        if self._request_interval:
+            seconds = (self._request_interval -
+                       (time.time() - Extractor._request_last))
+            if seconds > 0:
+                self.log.debug("Sleeping for %.5s seconds", seconds)
+                time.sleep(seconds)
+
         while True:
             try:
                 response = session.request(method, url, **kwargs)
@@ -123,6 +134,8 @@ class Extractor():
                 msg = "'{} {}' for '{}'".format(code, reason, url)
                 if code < 500 and code != 429 and code != 430:
                     break
+            finally:
+                Extractor._request_last = time.time()
 
             self.log.debug("%s (%s/%s)", msg, tries, retries+1)
             if tries > retries: