diff --git a/conf/broker.conf b/conf/broker.conf
index eae9cc7ea1cb041cbb9c1b96815f015396e429a2..384bd1136f2b8890622a382719e18b132608dc57 100644
--- a/conf/broker.conf
+++ b/conf/broker.conf
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ dispatchThrottlingRatePerReplicatorInMsg=0
 # Using a value of 0, is disabling replication message-byte dispatch-throttling
 dispatchThrottlingRatePerReplicatorInByte=0
 
+# Dispatch rate-limiting relative to publish rate. 
+# (Enabling flag will make broker to dynamically update dispatch-rate relatively to publish-rate: 
+# throttle-dispatch-rate = (publish-rate + configured dispatch-rate).
+dispatchThrottlingRateRelativeToPublishRate=false
+
 # By default we enable dispatch-throttling for both caught up consumers as well as consumers who have
 # backlog.
 dispatchThrottlingOnNonBacklogConsumerEnabled=true
diff --git a/conf/standalone.conf b/conf/standalone.conf
index 6efd1cd585dbac8ffa7bfee4acf4b0f057610466..6d1023bb4027497be3105aa9a32c3cbe20f9f6ff 100644
--- a/conf/standalone.conf
+++ b/conf/standalone.conf
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ dispatchThrottlingRatePerTopicInMsg=0
 # default message-byte dispatch-throttling
 dispatchThrottlingRatePerTopicInByte=0
 
+# Dispatch rate-limiting relative to publish rate. 
+# (Enabling flag will make broker to dynamically update dispatch-rate relatively to publish-rate: 
+# throttle-dispatch-rate = (publish-rate + configured dispatch-rate).
+dispatchThrottlingRateRelativeToPublishRate=false
+
 # By default we enable dispatch-throttling for both caught up consumers as well as consumers who have
 # backlog.
 dispatchThrottlingOnNonBacklogConsumerEnabled=true
diff --git a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/ServiceConfiguration.java b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/ServiceConfiguration.java
index 70c70003a581ecfe25adc42090d944531adf53b0..46695bdf1345eff6ca6b95ddedc00017a1954d54 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/ServiceConfiguration.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/ServiceConfiguration.java
@@ -453,7 +453,13 @@ public class ServiceConfiguration implements PulsarConfiguration {
         doc = "Default number of message-bytes dispatching throttling-limit for every replicator in replication. \n\n"
             + "Using a value of 0, is disabling replication message-byte dispatch-throttling")
     private long dispatchThrottlingRatePerReplicatorInByte = 0;
-
+    @FieldContext(
+            dynamic = true,
+            category = CATEGORY_POLICIES,
+            doc = "Dispatch rate-limiting relative to publish rate. (Enabling flag will make broker to dynamically "
+                    + "update dispatch-rate relatively to publish-rate: "
+                    + "throttle-dispatch-rate = (publish-rate + configured dispatch-rate) ")
+    private boolean dispatchThrottlingRateRelativeToPublishRate = false;
     @FieldContext(
         dynamic = true,
         category = CATEGORY_POLICIES,
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/DispatchRateLimiter.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/DispatchRateLimiter.java
index 550ad3867d7dade859d9fe55d363001541e779c7..3f437ddc81566178651c306f2912e0c6696738fb 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/DispatchRateLimiter.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/DispatchRateLimiter.java
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ public class DispatchRateLimiter {
                 dispatchThrottlingRateInByte = -1;
         }
 
-        return new DispatchRate(dispatchThrottlingRateInMsg, dispatchThrottlingRateInByte, 1);
+        return new DispatchRate(dispatchThrottlingRateInMsg, dispatchThrottlingRateInByte, 1,
+                config.isDispatchThrottlingRateRelativeToPublishRate());
     }
 
     /**