diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e55ad9dab..92e65619b 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "ipx": "^0.6.0",
     "is-https": "^3.0.2",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
+    "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
     "requrl": "^3.0.2",
     "ufo": "^0.6.11",
     "upath": "^2.0.1"
diff --git a/src/generate.ts b/src/generate.ts
index 7dfefb8ed..208a3cc61 100644
--- a/src/generate.ts
+++ b/src/generate.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { mkdirp } from 'fs-extra'
 import { dirname, join, relative, resolve, extname } from 'upath'
 import fetch from 'node-fetch'
 import { joinURL, hasProtocol, parseURL } from 'ufo'
+import pLimit from 'p-limit'
 import { ModuleOptions, MapToStatic, ResolvedImage } from './types'
 import { hash, logger } from './utils'
 
@@ -27,15 +28,16 @@ export function setupStaticGeneration (nuxt: any, options: ModuleOptions) {
 
   nuxt.hook('generate:done', async () => {
     const { dir: generateDir } = nuxt.options.generate
+    const limit = pLimit(8)
     const downloads = Object.entries(staticImages).map(([url, name]) => {
       if (!hasProtocol(url)) {
         url = joinURL(options.internalUrl, url)
       }
-      return downloadImage({
+      return limit(() => downloadImage({
         url,
         name,
         outDir: resolve(generateDir, '_nuxt/image' /* TODO: staticImagesBase */)
-      })
+      }))
     })
     await Promise.all(downloads)
   })
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7bdb56d97..2fae348a1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8752,7 +8752,7 @@ p-limit@^2.0.0, p-limit@^2.2.0:
   dependencies:
     p-try "^2.0.0"
 
-p-limit@^3.0.2:
+p-limit@^3.0.2, p-limit@^3.1.0:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-limit/-/p-limit-3.1.0.tgz#e1daccbe78d0d1388ca18c64fea38e3e57e3706b"
   integrity sha512-TYOanM3wGwNGsZN2cVTYPArw454xnXj5qmWF1bEoAc4+cU/ol7GVh7odevjp1FNHduHc3KZMcFduxU5Xc6uJRQ==
@@ -12337,8 +12337,10 @@ watchpack@^1.7.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/watchpack/-/watchpack-1.7.5.tgz#1267e6c55e0b9b5be44c2023aed5437a2c26c453"
   integrity sha512-9P3MWk6SrKjHsGkLT2KHXdQ/9SNkyoJbabxnKOoJepsvJjJG8uYTR3yTPxPQvNDI3w4Nz1xnE0TLHK4RIVe/MQ==
   dependencies:
+    chokidar "^3.4.1"
     graceful-fs "^4.1.2"
     neo-async "^2.5.0"
+    watchpack-chokidar2 "^2.0.1"
   optionalDependencies:
     chokidar "^3.4.1"
     watchpack-chokidar2 "^2.0.1"