diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 26edd99..3851e5b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   yard
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.14.3
+   1.16.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4b1755..6b7c0a9 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ Throttling Strategies
 * `Rack::Throttle::Second`: Throttles the application by defining a
   maximum number of allowed HTTP requests per second (by default, 1 
   request per second).
+* `Rack::Throttle::Rules`: Throttles the application by defining
+  different rules of allowed HTTP request per time_window based on the 
+  request method and the request paths, or use a default.
 
 You can fully customize the implementation details of any of these strategies
 by simply subclassing one of the aforementioned default implementations.
@@ -152,6 +155,43 @@ class Rack::Throttle::RequestMethod < Rack::Throttle::Second
 end
 ```
 
+Passing the correct options for `Rules` strategy.
+
+```
+rules = [
+  { method: "POST", limit: 5 },
+  { method: "GET", limit: 10 },
+  { method: "GET", path: "/users/.*/profile", limit: 3 },
+  { method: "GET", path: "/users/.*/reset_password", limit: 1 }
+  { method: "GET", path: "/external/callback", whitelisted: true }
+]
+ip_whitelist = [
+  "1.2.3.4",
+  "5.6.7.8"
+]
+default = 10
+
+
+use Rack::Throttle::Rules, rules: rules, ip_whitelist: ips, default: default
+```
+
+This configuration would allow a maximum of 3 profile requests per second (default), i
+1 reset password requests per second, 5 POST and 10 GET requests per second 
+(always also based on the IPaddress). Additionally it would whitelist the external callback
+and add a ip-whitelisting for the given ips.
+
+Rules are checked in this order: 
+* ip whitelist
+* rules with `paths`,
+* rules with `methods` only, 
+* `default`.
+
+It is possible to set the time window for this strategy to: `:second` (default), `:minute`, `:hour` or `:day`, to change the check interval to these windows.
+
+```
+use Rack::Throttle::MethodAndPath, limits: limits, time_window: :minute
+```
+
 
 HTTP Client Identification
 --------------------------
diff --git a/lib/rack/throttle.rb b/lib/rack/throttle.rb
index fefc05c..01a4937 100644
--- a/lib/rack/throttle.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/throttle.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module Throttle
     autoload :Hourly,     ::File.expand_path(::File.dirname(__FILE__)) + '/throttle/hourly'
     autoload :Minute,     ::File.expand_path(::File.dirname(__FILE__)) + '/throttle/minute'
     autoload :Second,     ::File.expand_path(::File.dirname(__FILE__)) + '/throttle/second'
+    autoload :Rules,      ::File.expand_path(::File.dirname(__FILE__)) + '/throttle/rules'
     autoload :VERSION,    ::File.expand_path(::File.dirname(__FILE__)) + '/throttle/version'
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/rack/throttle/rules.rb b/lib/rack/throttle/rules.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5b52af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rack/throttle/rules.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+module Rack
+  module Throttle
+    class Rules < TimeWindow
+      ##
+      # @param  [#call]                  app
+      # @param  [Hash{Symbol => Object}] options
+      # @option options [Integer] :max   (1)
+      def initialize(app, options = {})
+        super
+      end
+
+      def rules
+        @rules ||= begin
+          rs = options[:rules]
+          rs.sort_by { |r| r[:path].to_s }.reverse
+        end
+      end
+    
+      def retry_after
+        @min ||= (options[:min] || 3600)
+      end
+  
+      def default_limit
+        @default_limit ||= options[:default] || 1_000_000_000
+      end
+
+      def ips
+        @ips ||= options[:ip_whitelist] || []
+      end
+
+      def whitelisted?(request)
+        return true if ip_whitelisted?(ip(request))
+        return true if path_whitelisted?(request)
+        false
+      end
+
+      def ip_whitelisted?(request_ip)
+        !!ips.find { |ip| ip.to_s == request_ip.to_s }
+      end 
+
+      def path_whitelisted?(request)
+        rule = rule_for(request)
+        rule ? rule[:whitelisted] : false
+      end
+
+      def rule_for(request)
+        rules.find do |rule|
+          next unless rule[:method] == request.request_method.to_s
+          next unless path_matches?(rule, request.path.to_s)
+          rule
+        end
+      end
+
+      def path_matches?(rule, path)
+        return true unless rule[:path]
+        return true if     path.to_s.match(rule[:path])
+        false
+      end
+      
+      def max_per_window(request)
+        rule = rule_for(request)
+        rule ? rule[:limit] : default_limit
+      end
+
+      def client_identifier(request)
+        if (rule = rule_for(request)) 
+          "#{ip(request)}_#{rule[:method]}_#{rule[:path]}"
+        else
+          ip(request)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def ip(request)
+        request.ip.to_s
+      end
+
+      def cache_key(request)
+        [super, Time.now.strftime(time_string)].join(':')
+      end
+
+      def time_string
+        @time_string ||= case options[:time_window]
+          when :second then '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'
+          when :minute then '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M'
+          when :hour   then '%Y-%m-%dT%H'
+          when :day    then '%Y-%m-%d'
+          else              '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/lib/rack/throttle/version.rb b/lib/rack/throttle/version.rb
index 197510e..c186f45 100644
--- a/lib/rack/throttle/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/throttle/version.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 module Rack; module Throttle
   module VERSION
     MAJOR = 0
-    MINOR = 4
-    TINY  = 2
+    MINOR = 5
+    TINY  = 0
     EXTRA = nil
 
     STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY].join('.')
diff --git a/spec/rules_spec.rb b/spec/rules_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e58a854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/rules_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Rack::Throttle::Rules do
+  include Rack::Test::Methods
+
+  include_context 'mock app'
+
+  let(:options) do
+    {
+      rules: [
+        { method: "POST", limit: 5 },
+        { method: "GET", limit: 3 },
+        { method: "GET", path: "/bar/.*/muh", limit: 5 },
+        { method: "GET", path: "/white/list/me", whitelisted: true }
+      ],
+      ip_whitelist: [
+        "123.123.123.123"
+      ],
+      default: 10
+    }
+  end
+
+  let(:app) { described_class.new(target_app, options) }
+ 
+  describe "allowed" do
+
+    it "should be allowed if not seen this second" do
+      allow_any_instance_of(Rack::Throttle::Rules).to receive(:ip).and_return("123.123.123.123")
+      10.times { get "/bar/124/muh" }
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_allowed_response
+    end
+    
+    it "should be allowed unlimited times" do
+      100.times { get "/white/list/me" }
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_allowed_response
+    end
+ 
+    it "should be allowed if not seen this second" do
+      get "/bar/124/muh"
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_allowed_response
+    end
+    
+    it "should be allowed if not seen this second" do
+      5.times { get "/bar/124/muh" }
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_allowed_response
+    end
+
+    it "should be allowed if not seen this second" do
+      get "/foo"
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_allowed_response
+    end
+
+    it "should be allowed if seen fewer times than the max allowed per second" do
+      3.times { get "/foo" }
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_allowed_response
+    end
+    
+    it "should be allowed if seen fewer times than the max allowed per second" do
+      5.times { post "/foo" }
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_allowed_response
+    end
+
+    it "should be allowed if seen fewer than the default limit" do
+      9.times { put "/foo" }
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_allowed_response
+    end
+  
+    [:second_ago, :minute_ago, :hour_ago, :day_ago].each do |time|
+      it "should not count the requests from a #{time.to_s.split('_').join(' ')} against this second" do
+        Timecop.freeze(1.send(time)) do
+          20.times { get "/foo" }
+          expect(last_response.body).to show_throttled_response
+        end
+
+        get "/foo"
+        expect(last_response.body).to show_allowed_response
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  describe "throttled" do
+
+    it "should not be allowed if seen more times than the max allowed per second" do
+      10.times { get "/foo" }
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_throttled_response
+    end
+    
+    it "should not be allowed if seen more times than the max allowed per second" do
+      10.times { post "/foo" }
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_throttled_response
+    end
+    
+    it "should not be allowed if seen more times than the default defines" do
+      15.times { put "/foo" }
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_throttled_response
+    end
+    
+    it "should be allowed if not seen this second" do
+      6.times { get "/bar/124/muh" }
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_throttled_response
+    end
+    
+    it "should be allowed if not seen this second" do
+      allow_any_instance_of(Rack::Throttle::Rules).to receive(:ip).and_return("1.1.1.1")
+      10.times { get "/bar/124/muh" }
+      expect(last_response.body).to show_throttled_response
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end