diff --git a/crates/bin/src/entry.rs b/crates/bin/src/entry.rs
index ccc2d953..1eb7b61b 100644
--- a/crates/bin/src/entry.rs
+++ b/crates/bin/src/entry.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ pub fn install_crates(
         client,
         gh_api_client,
         jobserver_client,
+        crates_io_rate_limit: Default::default(),
     });
 
     // Destruct args before any async function to reduce size of the future
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/src/drivers/crates_io.rs b/crates/binstalk/src/drivers/crates_io.rs
index b758d7c3..28816597 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/src/drivers/crates_io.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk/src/drivers/crates_io.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use crate::{
         remote::{Client, Url},
     },
     manifests::cargo_toml_binstall::{Meta, TarBasedFmt},
+    ops::CratesIoRateLimit,
 };
 
 mod vfs;
@@ -48,7 +49,11 @@ pub async fn fetch_crate_cratesio(
     client: Client,
     name: &str,
     version_req: &VersionReq,
+    crates_io_rate_limit: &CratesIoRateLimit,
 ) -> Result<Manifest<Meta>, BinstallError> {
+    // Wait until we can make another request to crates.io
+    crates_io_rate_limit.tick().await;
+
     // Fetch / update index
     debug!("Looking up crate information");
 
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/src/ops.rs b/crates/binstalk/src/ops.rs
index 42f2eec3..67b33a38 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/src/ops.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk/src/ops.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 use std::{path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
 
 use semver::VersionReq;
+use tokio::{
+    sync::Mutex,
+    time::{interval, Duration, Interval, MissedTickBehavior},
+};
 
 use crate::{
     fetchers::{Data, Fetcher, TargetData},
@@ -37,4 +41,32 @@ pub struct Options {
     pub client: Client,
     pub gh_api_client: GhApiClient,
     pub jobserver_client: LazyJobserverClient,
+    pub crates_io_rate_limit: CratesIoRateLimit,
+}
+
+pub struct CratesIoRateLimit(Mutex<Interval>);
+
+impl Default for CratesIoRateLimit {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        let mut interval = interval(Duration::from_secs(1));
+        // If somehow one tick is delayed, then next tick should be at least
+        // 1s later than the current tick.
+        //
+        // Other MissedTickBehavior including Burst (default), which will
+        // tick as fast as possible to catch up, and Skip, which will
+        // skip the current tick for the next one.
+        //
+        // Both Burst and Skip is not the expected behavior for rate limit:
+        // ticking as fast as possible would violate crates.io crawler
+        // policy, and skipping the current one will slow down the resolution
+        // process.
+        interval.set_missed_tick_behavior(MissedTickBehavior::Delay);
+        Self(Mutex::new(interval))
+    }
+}
+
+impl CratesIoRateLimit {
+    pub(super) async fn tick(&self) {
+        self.0.lock().await.tick().await;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/src/ops/resolve.rs b/crates/binstalk/src/ops/resolve.rs
index 8b378902..8255be87 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/src/ops/resolve.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk/src/ops/resolve.rs
@@ -354,7 +354,15 @@ impl PackageInfo {
         // Fetch crate via crates.io, git, or use a local manifest path
         let manifest = match opts.manifest_path.as_ref() {
             Some(manifest_path) => load_manifest_path(manifest_path)?,
-            None => Box::pin(fetch_crate_cratesio(client, &name, version_req)).await?,
+            None => {
+                Box::pin(fetch_crate_cratesio(
+                    client,
+                    &name,
+                    version_req,
+                    &opts.crates_io_rate_limit,
+                ))
+                .await?
+            }
         };
 
         let Some(mut package) = manifest.package else {