diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerServiceTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerServiceTest.java
index 30a36eeba7b4c..f9910b484deb1 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerServiceTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/broker/service/BrokerServiceTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -30,13 +31,13 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
-import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
-import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.broker.service.persistent.PersistentTopic;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.client.admin.BrokerStats;
 import com.yahoo.pulsar.client.api.Authentication;
@@ -705,4 +706,27 @@ public void testTlsAuthUseTrustCert() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Verifies: client side throttling.
+     * 
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testLookupThrottlingForClientByClient() throws Exception {
+        final String topicName = "persistent://prop/usw/my-ns/newTopic";
+
+        com.yahoo.pulsar.client.api.ClientConfiguration clientConf = new com.yahoo.pulsar.client.api.ClientConfiguration();
+        clientConf.setStatsInterval(0, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        clientConf.setConcurrentLookupRequest(0);
+        String lookupUrl = new URI("pulsar://localhost:" + BROKER_PORT).toString();
+        PulsarClient pulsarClient = PulsarClient.create(lookupUrl, clientConf);
+
+        try {
+            Consumer consumer = pulsarClient.subscribe(topicName, "mysub", new ConsumerConfiguration());
+            fail("It should fail as throttling should not receive any request");
+        } catch (com.yahoo.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClientException.TooManyLookupRequestException e) {
+            // ok as throttling set to 0
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/api/ClientConfiguration.java b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/api/ClientConfiguration.java
index 9f372e4b1e329..6a2ab81035b4a 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/api/ClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/api/ClientConfiguration.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class ClientConfiguration implements Serializable {
     private boolean useTls = false;
     private String tlsTrustCertsFilePath = "";
     private boolean tlsAllowInsecureConnection = false;
+    private int concurrentLookupRequest = 5000;
 
     /**
      * @return the authentication provider to be used
@@ -309,4 +310,24 @@ public long getStatsIntervalSeconds() {
     public void setStatsInterval(long statsInterval, TimeUnit unit) {
         this.statsIntervalSeconds = unit.toSeconds(statsInterval);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get configured total allowed concurrent lookup-request.
+     * 
+     * @return
+     */
+    public int getConcurrentLookupRequest() {
+        return concurrentLookupRequest;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Number of concurrent lookup-requests allowed on each broker-connection to prevent overload on broker.
+     * <i>(default: 5000)</i> It should be configured with higher value only in case of it requires to produce/subscribe on
+     * thousands of topic using created {@link PulsarClient}
+     * 
+     * @param concurrentLookupRequest
+     */
+    public void setConcurrentLookupRequest(int concurrentLookupRequest) {
+        this.concurrentLookupRequest = concurrentLookupRequest;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/api/PulsarClientException.java b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/api/PulsarClientException.java
index d8c0a13091153..eb0918b4eeca1 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/api/PulsarClientException.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/api/PulsarClientException.java
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ public LookupException(String msg) {
         }
     }
 
+    public static class TooManyLookupRequestException extends LookupException {
+        public TooManyLookupRequestException(String msg) {
+            super(msg);
+        }
+    }
+
     public static class ConnectException extends PulsarClientException {
         public ConnectException(String msg) {
             super(msg);
diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/impl/ClientCnx.java b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/impl/ClientCnx.java
index cefa10677eeb7..0953161c9b044 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/impl/ClientCnx.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/com/yahoo/pulsar/client/impl/ClientCnx.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ public class ClientCnx extends PulsarHandler {
     private final ConcurrentLongHashMap<ConsumerImpl> consumers = new ConcurrentLongHashMap<>(16, 1);
 
     private final CompletableFuture<Void> connectionFuture = new CompletableFuture<Void>();
+    private final Semaphore pendingLookupRequestSemaphore;
 
     enum State {
         None, SentConnectFrame, Ready
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ enum State {
 
     public ClientCnx(PulsarClientImpl pulsarClient) {
         super(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        this.pendingLookupRequestSemaphore = new Semaphore(pulsarClient.getConfiguration().getConcurrentLookupRequest(),
+                true);
         authentication = pulsarClient.getConfiguration().getAuthentication();
         state = State.None;
     }
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ public void channelInactive(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
 
         // Fail out all the pending ops
         pendingRequests.forEach((key, future) -> future.completeExceptionally(e));
-        pendingLookupRequests.forEach((key, future) -> future.completeExceptionally(e));
+        pendingLookupRequests.forEach((key, future) -> getAndRemovePendingLookupRequest(key).completeExceptionally(e));
 
         // Notify all attached producers/consumers so they have a chance to reconnect
         producers.forEach((id, producer) -> producer.connectionClosed(this));
@@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ protected void handleLookupResponse(CommandLookupTopicResponse lookupResult) {
         log.info("Received Broker lookup response: {}", lookupResult.getResponse());
 
         long requestId = lookupResult.getRequestId();
-        CompletableFuture<LookupDataResult> requestFuture = pendingLookupRequests.remove(requestId);
+        CompletableFuture<LookupDataResult> requestFuture = getAndRemovePendingLookupRequest(requestId);
 
         if (requestFuture != null) {
             // Complete future with exception if : Result.response=fail/null
@@ -230,7 +234,7 @@ protected void handlePartitionResponse(CommandPartitionedTopicMetadataResponse l
         log.info("Received Broker Partition response: {}", lookupResult.getPartitions());
 
         long requestId = lookupResult.getRequestId();
-        CompletableFuture<LookupDataResult> requestFuture = pendingLookupRequests.remove(requestId);
+        CompletableFuture<LookupDataResult> requestFuture = getAndRemovePendingLookupRequest(requestId);
 
         if (requestFuture != null) {
             // Complete future with exception if : Result.response=fail/null
@@ -251,6 +255,22 @@ protected void handlePartitionResponse(CommandPartitionedTopicMetadataResponse l
         }
     }
 
+    private boolean addPendingLookupRequests(long requestId, CompletableFuture<LookupDataResult> future) {
+        if (pendingLookupRequestSemaphore.tryAcquire()) {
+            pendingLookupRequests.put(requestId, future);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private CompletableFuture<LookupDataResult> getAndRemovePendingLookupRequest(long requestId) {
+        CompletableFuture<LookupDataResult> result = pendingLookupRequests.remove(requestId);
+        if (result != null) {
+            pendingLookupRequestSemaphore.release();
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void handleSendError(CommandSendError sendError) {
         log.warn("{} Received send error from server: {}", ctx.channel(), sendError);
@@ -312,13 +332,22 @@ protected boolean isHandshakeCompleted() {
 
     CompletableFuture<LookupDataResult> newLookup(ByteBuf request, long requestId) {
         CompletableFuture<LookupDataResult> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
-        pendingLookupRequests.put(requestId, future);
-        ctx.writeAndFlush(request).addListener(writeFuture -> {
-            if (!writeFuture.isSuccess()) {
-                log.warn("{} Failed to send request to broker: {}", ctx.channel(), writeFuture.cause().getMessage());
-                future.completeExceptionally(writeFuture.cause());
+
+        if (addPendingLookupRequests(requestId, future)) {
+            ctx.writeAndFlush(request).addListener(writeFuture -> {
+                if (!writeFuture.isSuccess()) {
+                    log.warn("{} Failed to send request {} to broker: {}", ctx.channel(), requestId,
+                            writeFuture.cause().getMessage());
+                    future.completeExceptionally(writeFuture.cause());
+                }
+            });
+        } else {
+            if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                log.debug("{} Failed to add lookup-request into pending queue", requestId);
             }
-        });
+            future.completeExceptionally(new PulsarClientException.TooManyLookupRequestException(
+                    "Failed due to too many pending lookup requests"));
+        }
         return future;
     }