diff --git a/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/weighted-concurrency_2023-05-01-19-41.json b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/weighted-concurrency_2023-05-01-19-41.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c7aac6d21a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/weighted-concurrency_2023-05-01-19-41.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@microsoft/rush",
+      "comment": "Allow operations to have variable weight for concurrency purposes.",
+      "type": "none"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@microsoft/rush"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/rush-lib/src/logic/operations/OperationExecutionManager.ts b/libraries/rush-lib/src/logic/operations/OperationExecutionManager.ts
index 4cc9847e9f9..0ee7e15d353 100644
--- a/libraries/rush-lib/src/logic/operations/OperationExecutionManager.ts
+++ b/libraries/rush-lib/src/logic/operations/OperationExecutionManager.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ export class OperationExecutionManager {
         await operation.executeAsync(onOperationComplete);
       },
       {
-        concurrency: maxParallelism
+        concurrency: maxParallelism,
+        useWeight: true
       }
     );