diff --git a/docs/content/reference/complexity.md b/docs/content/reference/complexity.md
index 70640351ba4..5f92f5d9f14 100644
--- a/docs/content/reference/complexity.md
+++ b/docs/content/reference/complexity.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func main() {
 }
 ```
 
-Now any query with complexity greater than 5 is rejected by the API. By default, each field and level of depth adds one to the overall query complexity.
+Now any query with complexity greater than 5 is rejected by the API. By default, each field and level of depth adds one to the overall query complexity. You can also use `handler.ComplexityLimitFunc` to dynamically configure the complexity limit per request.
 
 This helps, but we still have a problem: the `posts` and `related` fields, which return arrays, are much more expensive to resolve than the scalar `title` and `text` fields. However, the default complexity calculation weights them equally. It would make more sense to apply a higher cost to the array fields.
 
diff --git a/graphql/context.go b/graphql/context.go
index cc8d659b116..d6b28456cb4 100644
--- a/graphql/context.go
+++ b/graphql/context.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 type Resolver func(ctx context.Context) (res interface{}, err error)
 type FieldMiddleware func(ctx context.Context, next Resolver) (res interface{}, err error)
 type RequestMiddleware func(ctx context.Context, next func(ctx context.Context) []byte) []byte
+type ComplexityLimitFunc func(ctx context.Context) int
 
 type RequestContext struct {
 	RawQuery  string
diff --git a/handler/graphql.go b/handler/graphql.go
index 585897a9248..92a0471ce24 100644
--- a/handler/graphql.go
+++ b/handler/graphql.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	requestHook                     graphql.RequestMiddleware
 	tracer                          graphql.Tracer
 	complexityLimit                 int
+	complexityLimitFunc             graphql.ComplexityLimitFunc
 	disableIntrospection            bool
 	connectionKeepAlivePingInterval time.Duration
 }
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ func (c *Config) newRequestContext(es graphql.ExecutableSchema, doc *ast.QueryDo
 		reqCtx.Tracer = hook
 	}
 
-	if c.complexityLimit > 0 {
+	if c.complexityLimit > 0 || c.complexityLimitFunc != nil {
 		reqCtx.ComplexityLimit = c.complexityLimit
 		operationComplexity := complexity.Calculate(es, op, variables)
 		reqCtx.OperationComplexity = operationComplexity
@@ -110,6 +111,15 @@ func ComplexityLimit(limit int) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// ComplexityLimitFunc allows you to define a function to dynamically set the maximum query complexity that is allowed
+// to be executed.
+// If a query is submitted that exceeds the limit, a 422 status code will be returned.
+func ComplexityLimitFunc(complexityLimitFunc graphql.ComplexityLimitFunc) Option {
+	return func(cfg *Config) {
+		cfg.complexityLimitFunc = complexityLimitFunc
+	}
+}
+
 // ResolverMiddleware allows you to define a function that will be called around every resolver,
 // useful for logging.
 func ResolverMiddleware(middleware graphql.FieldMiddleware) Option {
@@ -381,6 +391,10 @@ func (gh *graphqlHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}()
 
+	if gh.cfg.complexityLimitFunc != nil {
+		reqCtx.ComplexityLimit = gh.cfg.complexityLimitFunc(ctx)
+	}
+
 	if reqCtx.ComplexityLimit > 0 && reqCtx.OperationComplexity > reqCtx.ComplexityLimit {
 		sendErrorf(w, http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, "operation has complexity %d, which exceeds the limit of %d", reqCtx.OperationComplexity, reqCtx.ComplexityLimit)
 		return
diff --git a/handler/graphql_test.go b/handler/graphql_test.go
index e6c2d9063e1..f938640716e 100644
--- a/handler/graphql_test.go
+++ b/handler/graphql_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package handler
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql"
+
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -127,6 +130,52 @@ func TestHandlerHead(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, resp.Code)
 }
 
+func TestHandlerComplexity(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("static complexity", func(t *testing.T) {
+		h := GraphQL(&executableSchemaStub{}, ComplexityLimit(2))
+
+		t.Run("below complexity limit", func(t *testing.T) {
+			resp := doRequest(h, "POST", "/graphql", `{"query":"{ me { name } }"}`)
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.Code)
+			assert.Equal(t, `{"data":{"name":"test"}}`, resp.Body.String())
+		})
+
+		t.Run("above complexity limit", func(t *testing.T) {
+			resp := doRequest(h, "POST", "/graphql", `{"query":"{ a: me { name } b: me { name } }"}`)
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, resp.Code)
+			assert.Equal(t, `{"errors":[{"message":"operation has complexity 4, which exceeds the limit of 2"}],"data":null}`, resp.Body.String())
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("dynamic complexity", func(t *testing.T) {
+		h := GraphQL(&executableSchemaStub{}, ComplexityLimitFunc(func(ctx context.Context) int {
+			reqCtx := graphql.GetRequestContext(ctx)
+			if strings.Contains(reqCtx.RawQuery, "dummy") {
+				return 4
+			}
+			return 2
+		}))
+
+		t.Run("below complexity limit", func(t *testing.T) {
+			resp := doRequest(h, "POST", "/graphql", `{"query":"{ me { name } }"}`)
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.Code)
+			assert.Equal(t, `{"data":{"name":"test"}}`, resp.Body.String())
+		})
+
+		t.Run("above complexity limit", func(t *testing.T) {
+			resp := doRequest(h, "POST", "/graphql", `{"query":"{ a: me { name } b: me { name } }"}`)
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, resp.Code)
+			assert.Equal(t, `{"errors":[{"message":"operation has complexity 4, which exceeds the limit of 2"}],"data":null}`, resp.Body.String())
+		})
+
+		t.Run("within dynamic complexity limit", func(t *testing.T) {
+			resp := doRequest(h, "POST", "/graphql", `{"query":"{ a: me { name } dummy: me { name } }"}`)
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.Code)
+			assert.Equal(t, `{"data":{"name":"test"}}`, resp.Body.String())
+		})
+	})
+}
+
 func doRequest(handler http.Handler, method string, target string, body string) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
 	r := httptest.NewRequest(method, target, strings.NewReader(body))
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()