diff --git a/app/models/application_setting.rb b/app/models/application_setting.rb
index a823b8a93fbad6fadbd24d011454179f71835ea1..7bcd9d08c910902e2587b6eb25384346178270c6 100644
--- a/app/models/application_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/application_setting.rb
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ def self.kroki_formats_attributes
     validates :search_rate_limit
     validates :search_rate_limit_unauthenticated
     validates :projects_api_rate_limit_unauthenticated
+    validates :gitlab_shell_operation_limit
   end
 
   validates :notes_create_limit_allowlist,
diff --git a/app/models/application_setting_implementation.rb b/app/models/application_setting_implementation.rb
index c73bdf8793c57632d18947f2670390f4e45b70f5..81e816a5b7ccf316bf58c73949fecbc73f98624f 100644
--- a/app/models/application_setting_implementation.rb
+++ b/app/models/application_setting_implementation.rb
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ def defaults # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
         projects_api_rate_limit_unauthenticated: 400,
         gitlab_dedicated_instance: false,
         ci_max_includes: 150,
-        allow_account_deletion: true
+        allow_account_deletion: true,
+        gitlab_shell_operation_limit: 600
       }.tap do |hsh|
         hsh.merge!(non_production_defaults) unless Rails.env.production?
       end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20230609085234_add_gitlab_shell_operation_limit_to_application_settings.rb b/db/migrate/20230609085234_add_gitlab_shell_operation_limit_to_application_settings.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f9a5a6fcea9fad3c063028a90cf0b4fdffb6aa72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20230609085234_add_gitlab_shell_operation_limit_to_application_settings.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddGitlabShellOperationLimitToApplicationSettings < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :application_settings, :gitlab_shell_operation_limit, :integer, default: 600
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20230609085234 b/db/schema_migrations/20230609085234
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0fbe9b8d2073d178856b20714c3b07526e68d545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20230609085234
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8fe12238b9e06a72c43f307f54aa75ef115f2885c8d7a5b42fa5dec7ff2a384a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index 5891df1a25025a574ab1173827115cb44e213017..c5ec6078b7fc53704633224795ee1d4c3c306abc 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -11851,6 +11851,7 @@ CREATE TABLE application_settings (
     delete_unconfirmed_users boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL,
     unconfirmed_users_delete_after_days integer DEFAULT 7 NOT NULL,
     default_branch_protection_defaults jsonb DEFAULT '{}'::jsonb NOT NULL,
+    gitlab_shell_operation_limit integer DEFAULT 600,
     CONSTRAINT app_settings_container_reg_cleanup_tags_max_list_size_positive CHECK ((container_registry_cleanup_tags_service_max_list_size >= 0)),
     CONSTRAINT app_settings_container_registry_pre_import_tags_rate_positive CHECK ((container_registry_pre_import_tags_rate >= (0)::numeric)),
     CONSTRAINT app_settings_dep_proxy_ttl_policies_worker_capacity_positive CHECK ((dependency_proxy_ttl_group_policy_worker_capacity >= 0)),
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/application_rate_limiter.rb b/lib/gitlab/application_rate_limiter.rb
index a8e74cbd7e6b36661dd5f23533c619cef262dece..8d7712951e12468655a7fc0e30ce1de837a8bb6f 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/application_rate_limiter.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/application_rate_limiter.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def rate_limits # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
           auto_rollback_deployment: { threshold: 1, interval: 3.minutes },
           search_rate_limit: { threshold: -> { application_settings.search_rate_limit }, interval: 1.minute },
           search_rate_limit_unauthenticated: { threshold: -> { application_settings.search_rate_limit_unauthenticated }, interval: 1.minute },
-          gitlab_shell_operation: { threshold: 600, interval: 1.minute },
+          gitlab_shell_operation: { threshold: application_settings.gitlab_shell_operation_limit, interval: 1.minute },
           pipelines_create: { threshold: -> { application_settings.pipeline_limit_per_project_user_sha }, interval: 1.minute },
           temporary_email_failure: { threshold: 300, interval: 1.day },
           permanent_email_failure: { threshold: 5, interval: 1.day },
diff --git a/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb b/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb
index b0c7f8c6dfc00bb25537607283da18fdca4ec5b8..8c8cfba55bdce703c054772863fa3acccee33584 100644
--- a/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
     it { is_expected.not_to allow_value('default' => 100, shouldntexist: 50).for(:repository_storages_weighted).with_message("can't include: shouldntexist") }
 
     %i[notes_create_limit search_rate_limit search_rate_limit_unauthenticated users_get_by_id_limit
-      projects_api_rate_limit_unauthenticated].each do |setting|
+      projects_api_rate_limit_unauthenticated gitlab_shell_operation_limit].each do |setting|
       it { is_expected.to allow_value(400).for(setting) }
       it { is_expected.not_to allow_value('two').for(setting) }
       it { is_expected.not_to allow_value(nil).for(setting) }