diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/lib/common/stage.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/lib/common/stage.ts
index 69f84a40da5e4..523ba77a5e1cb 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/lib/common/stage.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/lib/common/stage.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ export interface StageOptions {
    * @default - no custom domain and api mapping configuration
    */
   readonly domainMapping?: DomainMappingOptions;
+
+  /**
+   * Throttle settings for the routes of this stage
+   *
+   * @default - no throttling configuration
+   */
+  readonly throttle?: ThrottleSettings;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -70,3 +77,20 @@ export interface StageAttributes {
    */
   readonly stageName: string;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Container for defining throttling parameters to API stages
+ */
+export interface ThrottleSettings {
+  /**
+   * The API request steady-state rate limit (average requests per second over an extended period of time)
+   * @default none
+   */
+  readonly rateLimit?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The maximum API request rate limit over a time ranging from one to a few seconds.
+   * @default none
+   */
+  readonly burstLimit?: number;
+}
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/lib/http/stage.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/lib/http/stage.ts
index ca40349975ec1..59024a3769f56 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/lib/http/stage.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/lib/http/stage.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ export class HttpStage extends HttpStageBase {
       apiId: props.httpApi.apiId,
       stageName: this.physicalName,
       autoDeploy: props.autoDeploy,
+      defaultRouteSettings: !props.throttle ? undefined : {
+        throttlingBurstLimit: props.throttle?.burstLimit,
+        throttlingRateLimit: props.throttle?.rateLimit,
+      },
     });
 
     this.stageName = this.physicalName;
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/lib/websocket/stage.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/lib/websocket/stage.ts
index 685850a746f4e..1b769966e7d48 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/lib/websocket/stage.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/lib/websocket/stage.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ export class WebSocketStage extends StageBase implements IWebSocketStage {
       apiId: props.webSocketApi.apiId,
       stageName: this.physicalName,
       autoDeploy: props.autoDeploy,
+      defaultRouteSettings: !props.throttle ? undefined : {
+        throttlingBurstLimit: props.throttle?.burstLimit,
+        throttlingRateLimit: props.throttle?.rateLimit,
+      },
     });
 
     if (props.domainMapping) {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/integ.stage.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/integ.stage.expected.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e5693781538c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/integ.stage.expected.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "Resources": {
+    "HttpApiF5A9A8A7": {
+      "Type": "AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Api",
+      "Properties": {
+        "Name": "HttpApi",
+        "ProtocolType": "HTTP"
+      }
+    },
+    "HttpStageWithPropertiesC0AABA83": {
+      "Type": "AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Stage",
+      "Properties": {
+        "ApiId": {
+          "Ref": "HttpApiF5A9A8A7"
+        },
+        "StageName": "$default",
+        "DefaultRouteSettings": {
+          "ThrottlingBurstLimit": 1000,
+          "ThrottlingRateLimit": 1000
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/integ.stage.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/integ.stage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b1626871f0d08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/integ.stage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import * as apigw from '../../lib';
+
+const app = new cdk.App();
+const stack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage');
+
+const httpApi = new apigw.HttpApi(stack, 'HttpApi', { createDefaultStage: false });
+new apigw.HttpStage(stack, 'HttpStageWithProperties', {
+  httpApi,
+  throttle: {
+    rateLimit: 1000,
+    burstLimit: 1000,
+  },
+});
+
+app.synth();
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage.template.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..691ff7d1a8272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage.template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+ "Resources": {
+  "HttpApiF5A9A8A7": {
+   "Type": "AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Api",
+   "Properties": {
+    "Name": "HttpApi",
+    "ProtocolType": "HTTP"
+   }
+  },
+  "HttpStageWithPropertiesC0AABA83": {
+   "Type": "AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Stage",
+   "Properties": {
+    "ApiId": {
+     "Ref": "HttpApiF5A9A8A7"
+    },
+    "StageName": "$default",
+    "DefaultRouteSettings": {
+     "ThrottlingBurstLimit": 1000,
+     "ThrottlingRateLimit": 1000
+    }
+   }
+  }
+ }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.integ.snapshot/cdk.out b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.integ.snapshot/cdk.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..90bef2e09ad39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.integ.snapshot/cdk.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"version":"17.0.0"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.integ.snapshot/manifest.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.integ.snapshot/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ebefdbef68c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.integ.snapshot/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  "version": "17.0.0",
+  "artifacts": {
+    "Tree": {
+      "type": "cdk:tree",
+      "properties": {
+        "file": "tree.json"
+      },
+      "metadata": {}
+    },
+    "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage": {
+      "type": "aws:cloudformation:stack",
+      "environment": "aws://unknown-account/unknown-region",
+      "properties": {
+        "templateFile": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage.template.json",
+        "validateOnSynth": false
+      },
+      "metadata": {
+        "/aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage/HttpApi/Resource": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "HttpApiF5A9A8A7"
+          }
+        ],
+        "/aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage/HttpStageWithProperties/Resource": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "HttpStageWithPropertiesC0AABA83"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "displayName": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.integ.snapshot/tree.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.integ.snapshot/tree.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e897384e7b29f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.integ.snapshot/tree.json
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+{
+  "version": "tree-0.1",
+  "tree": {
+    "id": "App",
+    "path": "",
+    "children": {
+      "Tree": {
+        "id": "Tree",
+        "path": "Tree",
+        "constructInfo": {
+          "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.Construct",
+          "version": "0.0.0"
+        }
+      },
+      "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage": {
+        "id": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage",
+        "path": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage",
+        "children": {
+          "HttpApi": {
+            "id": "HttpApi",
+            "path": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage/HttpApi",
+            "children": {
+              "Resource": {
+                "id": "Resource",
+                "path": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage/HttpApi/Resource",
+                "attributes": {
+                  "aws:cdk:cloudformation:type": "AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Api",
+                  "aws:cdk:cloudformation:props": {
+                    "name": "HttpApi",
+                    "protocolType": "HTTP"
+                  }
+                },
+                "constructInfo": {
+                  "fqn": "@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2.CfnApi",
+                  "version": "0.0.0"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2.HttpApi",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          },
+          "HttpStageWithProperties": {
+            "id": "HttpStageWithProperties",
+            "path": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage/HttpStageWithProperties",
+            "children": {
+              "Resource": {
+                "id": "Resource",
+                "path": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-http-stage/HttpStageWithProperties/Resource",
+                "attributes": {
+                  "aws:cdk:cloudformation:type": "AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Stage",
+                  "aws:cdk:cloudformation:props": {
+                    "apiId": {
+                      "Ref": "HttpApiF5A9A8A7"
+                    },
+                    "stageName": "$default",
+                    "defaultRouteSettings": {
+                      "throttlingBurstLimit": 1000,
+                      "throttlingRateLimit": 1000
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "constructInfo": {
+                  "fqn": "@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2.CfnStage",
+                  "version": "0.0.0"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2.HttpStage",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "constructInfo": {
+          "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.Stack",
+          "version": "0.0.0"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "constructInfo": {
+      "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.App",
+      "version": "0.0.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.test.ts
index b617fe4613a51..07bf3b85846a2 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/http/stage.test.ts
@@ -163,4 +163,31 @@ describe('HttpStage with domain mapping', () => {
 
     expect(t).toThrow(/domainUrl is not available when no API mapping is associated with the Stage/);
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  test('correctly sets throttle settings', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new Stack();
+    const api = new HttpApi(stack, 'Api', {
+      createDefaultStage: false,
+    });
+
+    // WHEN
+    new HttpStage(stack, 'DefaultStage', {
+      httpApi: api,
+      throttle: {
+        burstLimit: 1000,
+        rateLimit: 1000,
+      },
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Stage', {
+      ApiId: stack.resolve(api.apiId),
+      StageName: '$default',
+      DefaultRouteSettings: {
+        ThrottlingBurstLimit: 1000,
+        ThrottlingRateLimit: 1000,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/integ.stage.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/integ.stage.expected.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3f22d2c416ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/integ.stage.expected.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "Resources": {
+    "WebSocketApi34BCF99B": {
+      "Type": "AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Api",
+      "Properties": {
+        "Name": "WebSocketApi",
+        "ProtocolType": "WEBSOCKET",
+        "RouteSelectionExpression": "$request.body.action"
+      }
+    },
+    "WebSocketStageC46B7E43": {
+      "Type": "AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Stage",
+      "Properties": {
+        "ApiId": {
+          "Ref": "WebSocketApi34BCF99B"
+        },
+        "StageName": "dev",
+        "DefaultRouteSettings": {
+          "ThrottlingBurstLimit": 1000,
+          "ThrottlingRateLimit": 1000
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/integ.stage.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/integ.stage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..65fbefd3dac39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/integ.stage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import * as apigw from '../../lib';
+
+const app = new cdk.App();
+const stack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage');
+
+const webSocketApi = new apigw.WebSocketApi(stack, 'WebSocketApi');
+new apigw.WebSocketStage(stack, 'WebSocketStage', {
+  webSocketApi,
+  stageName: 'dev',
+  throttle: {
+    rateLimit: 1000,
+    burstLimit: 1000,
+  },
+});
+
+app.synth();
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage.template.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7d5748e0cc4c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage.template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+ "Resources": {
+  "WebSocketApi34BCF99B": {
+   "Type": "AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Api",
+   "Properties": {
+    "Name": "WebSocketApi",
+    "ProtocolType": "WEBSOCKET",
+    "RouteSelectionExpression": "$request.body.action"
+   }
+  },
+  "WebSocketStageC46B7E43": {
+   "Type": "AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Stage",
+   "Properties": {
+    "ApiId": {
+     "Ref": "WebSocketApi34BCF99B"
+    },
+    "StageName": "dev",
+    "DefaultRouteSettings": {
+     "ThrottlingBurstLimit": 1000,
+     "ThrottlingRateLimit": 1000
+    }
+   }
+  }
+ }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.integ.snapshot/cdk.out b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.integ.snapshot/cdk.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..90bef2e09ad39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.integ.snapshot/cdk.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"version":"17.0.0"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.integ.snapshot/manifest.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.integ.snapshot/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6374c7befef0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.integ.snapshot/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  "version": "17.0.0",
+  "artifacts": {
+    "Tree": {
+      "type": "cdk:tree",
+      "properties": {
+        "file": "tree.json"
+      },
+      "metadata": {}
+    },
+    "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage": {
+      "type": "aws:cloudformation:stack",
+      "environment": "aws://unknown-account/unknown-region",
+      "properties": {
+        "templateFile": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage.template.json",
+        "validateOnSynth": false
+      },
+      "metadata": {
+        "/aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage/WebSocketApi/Resource": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "WebSocketApi34BCF99B"
+          }
+        ],
+        "/aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage/WebSocketStage/Resource": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "WebSocketStageC46B7E43"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "displayName": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.integ.snapshot/tree.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.integ.snapshot/tree.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0dc3bacf7e2f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.integ.snapshot/tree.json
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+{
+  "version": "tree-0.1",
+  "tree": {
+    "id": "App",
+    "path": "",
+    "children": {
+      "Tree": {
+        "id": "Tree",
+        "path": "Tree",
+        "constructInfo": {
+          "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.Construct",
+          "version": "0.0.0"
+        }
+      },
+      "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage": {
+        "id": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage",
+        "path": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage",
+        "children": {
+          "WebSocketApi": {
+            "id": "WebSocketApi",
+            "path": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage/WebSocketApi",
+            "children": {
+              "Resource": {
+                "id": "Resource",
+                "path": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage/WebSocketApi/Resource",
+                "attributes": {
+                  "aws:cdk:cloudformation:type": "AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Api",
+                  "aws:cdk:cloudformation:props": {
+                    "name": "WebSocketApi",
+                    "protocolType": "WEBSOCKET",
+                    "routeSelectionExpression": "$request.body.action"
+                  }
+                },
+                "constructInfo": {
+                  "fqn": "@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2.CfnApi",
+                  "version": "0.0.0"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2.WebSocketApi",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          },
+          "WebSocketStage": {
+            "id": "WebSocketStage",
+            "path": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage/WebSocketStage",
+            "children": {
+              "Resource": {
+                "id": "Resource",
+                "path": "aws-cdk-aws-apigatewayv2-websocket-stage/WebSocketStage/Resource",
+                "attributes": {
+                  "aws:cdk:cloudformation:type": "AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Stage",
+                  "aws:cdk:cloudformation:props": {
+                    "apiId": {
+                      "Ref": "WebSocketApi34BCF99B"
+                    },
+                    "stageName": "dev",
+                    "defaultRouteSettings": {
+                      "throttlingBurstLimit": 1000,
+                      "throttlingRateLimit": 1000
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "constructInfo": {
+                  "fqn": "@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2.CfnStage",
+                  "version": "0.0.0"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2.WebSocketStage",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "constructInfo": {
+          "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.Stack",
+          "version": "0.0.0"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "constructInfo": {
+      "fqn": "@aws-cdk/core.App",
+      "version": "0.0.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.test.ts
index b1af6af2e59bc..3699d1bad78c0 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigatewayv2/test/websocket/stage.test.ts
@@ -107,4 +107,30 @@ describe('WebSocketStage', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  test('correctly sets throttle settings', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new Stack();
+    const api = new WebSocketApi(stack, 'Api');
+
+    // WHEN
+    new WebSocketStage(stack, 'DefaultStage', {
+      webSocketApi: api,
+      stageName: 'dev',
+      throttle: {
+        burstLimit: 1000,
+        rateLimit: 1000,
+      },
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::ApiGatewayV2::Stage', {
+      ApiId: stack.resolve(api.apiId),
+      StageName: 'dev',
+      DefaultRouteSettings: {
+        ThrottlingBurstLimit: 1000,
+        ThrottlingRateLimit: 1000,
+      },
+    });
+  });
 });