diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_views.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_views.py
index 4b5bc538952b..46d6b5232b43 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1110,6 +1110,37 @@ def test_patch_invalid_email(self, bad_email):
                field_errors['email']['developer_message']
         assert 'Valid e-mail address required.' == field_errors['email']['user_message']
 
+    @override_settings(SECONDARY_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT='1/m')
+    def test_patch_secondary_email_ratelimit(self):
+        """
+        Tests if rate limit is applied on secondary_email patch
+        """
+        client = self.login_client("client", "user")
+        self.send_patch(client, {"secondary_email": "new_email_01@example.com"},
+                        expected_status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.send_patch(client, {"secondary_email": "new_email_02@example.com"},
+                        expected_status=status.HTTP_429_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS)
+
+    @override_settings(SECONDARY_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT='')
+    def test_ratelimit_is_disabled_on_secondary_email_patch_if_settings_is_empty(self):
+        """
+        Tests rate limit doesn't applied on secondary_email patch if SECONDARY_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT is empty string or None
+        """
+        client = self.login_client("client", "user")
+        self.send_patch(client, {"secondary_email": "email_new_01@example.com"},
+                        expected_status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.send_patch(client, {"secondary_email": "email_new_02@example.com"},
+                        expected_status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+    @override_settings(SECONDARY_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT='1/d')
+    def test_ratelimit_is_only_on_secondary_email_change(self):
+        """
+        Tests if rate limit is only applied for secondary_email attribute i.e. when user changes recovery email
+        """
+        client = self.login_client("client", "user")
+        for i in range(5):
+            self.send_patch(client, {"name": f"new_name_{i}"}, expected_status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
     @mock.patch('common.djangoapps.student.views.management.do_email_change_request')
     def test_patch_duplicate_email(self, do_email_change_request):
         """
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/views.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/views.py
index 5aab757a491d..0464187b5d7e 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/views.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/accounts/views.py
@@ -396,12 +396,17 @@ def partial_update(self, request, username):
         """
         if request.content_type != MergePatchParser.media_type:
             raise UnsupportedMediaType(request.content_type)
-        if request.data.get("email") and settings.EMAIL_CHANGE_RATE_LIMIT:
-            if is_ratelimited(
-                request=request, group="email_change_rate_limit", key="user",
-                rate=settings.EMAIL_CHANGE_RATE_LIMIT, increment=True,
-            ):
-                return Response({"error": "Too many requests"}, status=status.HTTP_429_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS)
+
+        for key, limit in [
+            ('email', settings.EMAIL_CHANGE_RATE_LIMIT),
+            ('secondary_email', settings.SECONDARY_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT)
+        ]:
+            if request.data.get(key) and limit:
+                if is_ratelimited(
+                    request=request, group=f"{key}_change_rate_limit", key="user",
+                    rate=limit, increment=True,
+                ):
+                    return Response({"error": "Too many requests"}, status=status.HTTP_429_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS)
 
         try:
             with transaction.atomic():
diff --git a/openedx/envs/common.py b/openedx/envs/common.py
index 151e5f6af51d..c7b387dbebbe 100644
--- a/openedx/envs/common.py
+++ b/openedx/envs/common.py
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ def _make_locale_paths(settings):
 
 ONE_CLICK_UNSUBSCRIBE_RATE_LIMIT = '100/m'
 EMAIL_CHANGE_RATE_LIMIT = ''
+SECONDARY_EMAIL_RATE_LIMIT = ''
 
 LMS_ROOT_URL = None
 LMS_INTERNAL_ROOT_URL = Derived(lambda settings: settings.LMS_ROOT_URL)