diff --git a/java/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsModule.java b/java/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsModule.java
index 4811220fc..2fa990dc5 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsModule.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsModule.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.services.dns.Dns;
 import com.google.api.services.dns.DnsScopes;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.RateLimiter;
 import dagger.Module;
 import dagger.Provides;
 import dagger.multibindings.IntoMap;
@@ -58,4 +59,13 @@ public final class CloudDnsModule {
   static String provideWriterName() {
     return CloudDnsWriter.NAME;
   }
+
+  @Provides
+  @Named("cloudDns")
+  static RateLimiter provideRateLimiter() {
+    // This is the default max QPS for Cloud DNS. It can be increased by contacting the team
+    // via the Quotas page on the Cloud Console.
+    int cloudDnsMaxQps = 20;
+    return RateLimiter.create(cloudDnsMaxQps);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/java/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsWriter.java b/java/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsWriter.java
index 7eed00518..4f83c8155 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsWriter.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsWriter.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
 
 /**
@@ -66,16 +67,11 @@ class CloudDnsWriter implements DnsWriter {
   public static final String NAME = "CloudDnsWriter";
 
   private static final FormattingLogger logger = FormattingLogger.getLoggerForCallerClass();
-
-  // This is the default max QPS for Cloud DNS. It can be increased by contacting the team
-  // via the Quotas page on the Cloud Console.
-  // TODO(shikhman): inject the RateLimiter
-  private static final int CLOUD_DNS_MAX_QPS = 20;
-  private static final RateLimiter rateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(CLOUD_DNS_MAX_QPS);
   private static final ImmutableSet<String> RETRYABLE_EXCEPTION_REASONS =
       ImmutableSet.of("preconditionFailed", "notFound", "alreadyExists");
 
   private final Clock clock;
+  private final RateLimiter rateLimiter;
   // TODO(shikhman): This uses @Config("transientFailureRetries") which may not be tuned for this
   // application.
   private final Retrier retrier;
@@ -92,12 +88,14 @@ class CloudDnsWriter implements DnsWriter {
       @Config("projectId") String projectId,
       @DnsWriterZone String zoneName,
       @Config("dnsDefaultTtl") Duration defaultTtl,
+      @Named("cloudDns") RateLimiter rateLimiter,
       Clock clock,
       Retrier retrier) {
     this.dnsConnection = dnsConnection;
     this.projectId = projectId;
     this.zoneName = zoneName;
     this.defaultTtl = defaultTtl;
+    this.rateLimiter = rateLimiter;
     this.clock = clock;
     this.retrier = retrier;
   }
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/BUILD b/javatests/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/BUILD
index caca6172b..84697b27b 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/BUILD
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ java_library(
         "//java/com/google/common/collect",
         "//java/com/google/common/io",
         "//java/com/google/common/net",
+        "//java/com/google/common/util/concurrent",
         "//third_party/java/joda_time",
         "//third_party/java/jsr305_annotations",
         "//third_party/java/jsr330_inject",
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsWriterTest.java b/javatests/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsWriterTest.java
index f5e7d1441..c0bea3660 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsWriterTest.java
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/dns/writer/clouddns/CloudDnsWriterTest.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.common.net.InetAddresses;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.RateLimiter;
 import com.googlecode.objectify.Key;
 import google.registry.dns.writer.clouddns.CloudDnsWriter.ZoneStateException;
 import google.registry.model.domain.DomainResource;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ public class CloudDnsWriterTest {
             "projectId",
             "zoneName",
             DEFAULT_TTL,
+            RateLimiter.create(20),
             new SystemClock(),
             new Retrier(new SystemSleeper(), 5));