diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/httpx/router.go b/services/horizon/internal/httpx/router.go
index 922f5ac7af..d78042a7cc 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/httpx/router.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/httpx/router.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/db2/history"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/ledger"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/paths"
+	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/render"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/render/sse"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/services/horizon/internal/txsub"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/db"
@@ -97,7 +98,18 @@ func (r *Router) addMiddleware(config *RouterConfig,
 	r.Use(c.Handler)
 
 	if rateLimitter != nil {
-		r.Use(rateLimitter.RateLimit)
+		r.Use(func(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
+			return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				// Exempt streaming requests from rate limits via the HTTP middleware
+				// because rate limiting for streaming requests are already implemented in
+				// StreamHandler.ServeStream().
+				if render.Negotiate(r) == render.MimeEventStream {
+					handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+					return
+				}
+				rateLimitter.RateLimit(handler).ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			})
+		})
 	}
 
 	if config.PrimaryDBSession != nil {
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/middleware_test.go b/services/horizon/internal/middleware_test.go
index c6b617c2b3..b44d2cade6 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/middleware_test.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/middleware_test.go
@@ -82,16 +82,25 @@ func (suite *RateLimitMiddlewareTestSuite) TestRateLimit_LimitHeaders() {
 
 // Sets X-RateLimit-Remaining headers correctly.
 func (suite *RateLimitMiddlewareTestSuite) TestRateLimit_RemainingHeaders() {
+	// test that SSE requests are ignored
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		w := suite.rh.Get("/", test.RequestHelperStreaming)
+		assert.Equal(suite.T(), "", w.Header().Get("X-RateLimit-Remaining"))
+		assert.NotEqual(suite.T(), http.StatusTooManyRequests, w.Code)
+	}
+
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
 		w := suite.rh.Get("/")
 		expected := 10 - (i + 1)
 		assert.Equal(suite.T(), strconv.Itoa(expected), w.Header().Get("X-RateLimit-Remaining"))
+		assert.NotEqual(suite.T(), http.StatusTooManyRequests, w.Code)
 	}
 
 	// confirm remaining stays at 0
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
 		w := suite.rh.Get("/")
 		assert.Equal(suite.T(), "0", w.Header().Get("X-RateLimit-Remaining"))
+		assert.Equal(suite.T(), http.StatusTooManyRequests, w.Code)
 	}
 }