diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index fa261ca..a2ab182 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ NEXTAUTH_SECRET=""
 FROM_EMAIL="hello@usesend.com"
 
 API_RATE_LIMIT=2
+AUTH_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT=5
 
 NEXT_PUBLIC_IS_CLOUD=true
diff --git a/.env.selfhost.example b/.env.selfhost.example
index f6aea2d..b5cee46 100644
--- a/.env.selfhost.example
+++ b/.env.selfhost.example
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ AWS_ACCESS_KEY="<your-aws-access-key>"
  
 DOCKER_OUTPUT=1
 API_RATE_LIMIT=1
+AUTH_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT=5
 
 # used to send important error notification - optional
 DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL=""
diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/api/auth/[...nextauth]/route.ts b/apps/web/src/app/api/auth/[...nextauth]/route.ts
index 6de56e1..0d089e7 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/api/auth/[...nextauth]/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/api/auth/[...nextauth]/route.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,85 @@
 import NextAuth from "next-auth";
 
 import { authOptions } from "~/server/auth";
+import { env } from "~/env";
+import { getRedis } from "~/server/redis";
+import { logger } from "~/server/logger/log";
 
 const handler = NextAuth(authOptions);
-export { handler as GET, handler as POST };
+
+export { handler as GET };
+
+function getClientIp(req: Request): string | null {
+  const h = req.headers;
+  const direct =
+    h.get("x-forwarded-for") ??
+    h.get("x-real-ip") ??
+    h.get("cf-connecting-ip") ??
+    h.get("x-client-ip") ??
+    h.get("true-client-ip") ??
+    h.get("fastly-client-ip") ??
+    h.get("x-cluster-client-ip") ??
+    null;
+
+  let ip = direct?.split(",")[0]?.trim() ?? "";
+
+  if (!ip) {
+    const fwd = h.get("forwarded");
+    if (fwd) {
+      const first = fwd.split(",")[0];
+      const match = first?.match(/for=([^;]+)/i);
+      if (match && match[1]) {
+        const raw = match[1].trim().replace(/^"|"$/g, "");
+        if (raw.startsWith("[")) {
+          const end = raw.indexOf("]");
+          ip = end !== -1 ? raw.slice(1, end) : raw;
+        } else {
+          const parts = raw.split(":");
+          if (parts.length > 0 && parts[0]) {
+            ip =
+              parts.length === 2 && /^\d+(?:\.\d+){3}$/.test(parts[0])
+                ? parts[0]
+                : raw;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ip || null;
+}
+
+export async function POST(req: Request, ctx: any) {
+  if (env.AUTH_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT > 0) {
+    const url = new URL(req.url);
+    if (url.pathname.endsWith("/signin/email")) {
+      try {
+        const ip = getClientIp(req);
+        if (!ip) {
+          logger.warn("Auth email rate limit skipped: missing client IP");
+          return handler(req, ctx);
+        }
+        const redis = getRedis();
+        const key = `auth-rl:${ip}`;
+        const ttl = 60;
+        const count = await redis.incr(key);
+        if (count === 1) await redis.expire(key, ttl);
+        if (count > env.AUTH_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT) {
+          logger.warn({ ip }, "Auth email rate limit exceeded");
+          return Response.json(
+            {
+              error: {
+                code: "RATE_LIMITED",
+                message: "Too many requests",
+              },
+            },
+            { status: 429 }
+          );
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger.error({ err: error }, "Auth email rate limit failed");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return handler(req, ctx);
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/env.js b/apps/web/src/env.js
index 96abfd0..7687412 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/env.js
+++ b/apps/web/src/env.js
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ export const env = createEnv({
       .string()
       .default("1")
       .transform((str) => parseInt(str, 10)),
+    AUTH_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT: z
+      .string()
+      .default("0")
+      .transform((str) => parseInt(str, 10)),
     FROM_EMAIL: z.string().optional(),
     ADMIN_EMAIL: z.string().optional(),
     DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL: z.string().optional(),
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ export const env = createEnv({
     AWS_SES_ENDPOINT: process.env.AWS_SES_ENDPOINT,
     AWS_SNS_ENDPOINT: process.env.AWS_SNS_ENDPOINT,
     API_RATE_LIMIT: process.env.API_RATE_LIMIT,
+    AUTH_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT: process.env.AUTH_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT,
     NEXT_PUBLIC_IS_CLOUD: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_IS_CLOUD,
     ADMIN_EMAIL: process.env.ADMIN_EMAIL,
     DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL: process.env.DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL,