diff --git a/app/celery/provider_tasks.py b/app/celery/provider_tasks.py
index b8afeda01e..bdd9cfe3c6 100644
--- a/app/celery/provider_tasks.py
+++ b/app/celery/provider_tasks.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
 
 from app import notify_celery
-from app.config import QueueNames
+from app.config import Config, QueueNames
 from app.dao import notifications_dao
 from app.dao.notifications_dao import update_notification_status_by_id
 from app.delivery import send_to_providers
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def deliver_throttled_sms(self, notification_id):
     name="deliver_sms",
     max_retries=48,
     default_retry_delay=300,
-    rate_limit="1/s",
+    rate_limit=Config.CELERY_DELIVER_SMS_RATE_LIMIT,
 )
 @statsd(namespace="tasks")
 def deliver_sms(self, notification_id):
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index b54159510f..0d48aa7c73 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ class Config(object):
         # },
     }
     CELERY_QUEUES: List[Any] = []
+    CELERY_DELIVER_SMS_RATE_LIMIT = os.getenv("CELERY_DELIVER_SMS_RATE_LIMIT", "1/s")
 
     CONTACT_FORM_EMAIL_ADDRESS = os.getenv("CONTACT_FORM_EMAIL_ADDRESS", "helpdesk@cds-snc.ca")