diff --git a/src/java/voldemort/utils/ConsistencyFix.java b/src/java/voldemort/utils/ConsistencyFix.java
index ef25c53ddd..61d2cf1ce7 100644
--- a/src/java/voldemort/utils/ConsistencyFix.java
+++ b/src/java/voldemort/utils/ConsistencyFix.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
@@ -48,8 +50,10 @@ public class ConsistencyFix {
     private final AdminClient adminClient;
     private final StoreInstance storeInstance;
     private final Stats stats;
+    private final long perServerIOPSLimit;
+    private final ConcurrentMap<Integer, EventThrottler> putThrottlers;
 
-    ConsistencyFix(String url, String storeName, long progressBar) {
+    ConsistencyFix(String url, String storeName, long progressBar, long perServerIOPSLimit) {
         this.storeName = storeName;
         logger.info("Connecting to bootstrap server: " + url);
         this.adminClient = new AdminClient(url, new AdminClientConfig(), 0);
@@ -65,6 +69,9 @@ public class ConsistencyFix {
         storeInstance = new StoreInstance(cluster, storeDefinition);
 
         stats = new Stats(progressBar);
+
+        this.perServerIOPSLimit = perServerIOPSLimit;
+        this.putThrottlers = new ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, EventThrottler>();
     }
 
     public String getStoreName() {
@@ -83,6 +90,18 @@ public Stats getStats() {
         return stats;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Throttle put (repair) activity per server.
+     * 
+     * @param nodeId The node for which to possibly throttle put activity.
+     */
+    public void maybePutThrottle(int nodeId) {
+        if(!putThrottlers.containsKey(nodeId)) {
+            putThrottlers.putIfAbsent(nodeId, new EventThrottler(perServerIOPSLimit));
+        }
+        putThrottlers.get(nodeId).maybeThrottle(1);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Status of the repair of a specific "bad key"
      */
diff --git a/src/java/voldemort/utils/ConsistencyFixCLI.java b/src/java/voldemort/utils/ConsistencyFixCLI.java
index 9d4a47e395..2901a18e9e 100644
--- a/src/java/voldemort/utils/ConsistencyFixCLI.java
+++ b/src/java/voldemort/utils/ConsistencyFixCLI.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ private static class Options {
 
         public final static int defaultParallelism = 8;
         public final static long defaultProgressBar = 1000;
+        public final static long defaultPerServerIOPSLimit = 100;
 
         public String url = null;
         public String storeName = null;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ private static class Options {
         public String badKeyFileOut = null;
         public int parallelism = defaultParallelism;
         public long progressBar = defaultProgressBar;
+        public long perServerIOPSLimit = defaultPerServerIOPSLimit;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -86,6 +88,12 @@ private static ConsistencyFixCLI.Options parseArgs(String[] args) {
               .describedAs("Number of operations between 'info' progress messages. "
                            + "[Default value: " + Options.defaultProgressBar + "]")
               .ofType(Long.class);
+        parser.accepts("per-server-iops-limit")
+              .withRequiredArg()
+              .describedAs("Number of operations that the consistency fixer will issue into any individual server in one second. "
+                           + "[Default value: " + Options.defaultPerServerIOPSLimit + "]")
+              .ofType(Long.class);
+
         OptionSet optionSet = parser.parse(args);
 
         if(optionSet.hasArgument("help")) {
@@ -122,6 +130,9 @@ private static ConsistencyFixCLI.Options parseArgs(String[] args) {
         if(optionSet.has("progress-bar")) {
             options.progressBar = (Long) optionSet.valueOf("progress-bar");
         }
+        if(optionSet.has("per-server-iops-limit")) {
+            options.perServerIOPSLimit = (Long) optionSet.valueOf("per-server-iops-limit");
+        }
 
         return options;
     }
@@ -131,7 +142,8 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 
         ConsistencyFix consistencyFix = new ConsistencyFix(options.url,
                                                            options.storeName,
-                                                           options.progressBar);
+                                                           options.progressBar,
+                                                           options.perServerIOPSLimit);
 
         String summary = consistencyFix.execute(options.parallelism,
                                                 options.badKeyFileIn,
diff --git a/src/java/voldemort/utils/ConsistencyFixWorker.java b/src/java/voldemort/utils/ConsistencyFixWorker.java
index a0adc5d73e..23427746f1 100644
--- a/src/java/voldemort/utils/ConsistencyFixWorker.java
+++ b/src/java/voldemort/utils/ConsistencyFixWorker.java
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ public Status doRepairPut(final List<NodeValue<ByteArray, byte[]>> toReadRepair)
         boolean allRepairsSuccessful = true;
         for(NodeValue<ByteArray, byte[]> nodeKeyValue: toReadRepair) {
             try {
+                consistencyFix.maybePutThrottle(nodeKeyValue.getNodeId());
                 consistencyFix.getAdminClient().storeOps.putNodeKeyValue(consistencyFix.getStoreName(),
                                                                          nodeKeyValue);
             } catch(ObsoleteVersionException ove) {
diff --git a/src/java/voldemort/utils/EventThrottler.java b/src/java/voldemort/utils/EventThrottler.java
index 770660b345..0375e17a4e 100644
--- a/src/java/voldemort/utils/EventThrottler.java
+++ b/src/java/voldemort/utils/EventThrottler.java
@@ -46,7 +46,17 @@ public EventThrottler(Time time, long ratePerSecond, long intervalMs) {
         this.startTime = 0L;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sleeps if necessary to slow down the caller.
+     * 
+     * @param eventsSeen Number of events seen since last invocation. Basis for
+     *        determining whether its necessary to sleep.
+     */
     public synchronized void maybeThrottle(int eventsSeen) {
+        // TODO: This implements "bang bang" control. This is OK. But, this
+        // permits unbounded bursts of activity within the intervalMs. A
+        // controller that has more memory and explicitly bounds peak activity
+        // within the intervalMs may be better.
         long rateLimit = getRate();
 
         if(logger.isDebugEnabled())