diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index bffff294ebc..45f16b69b21 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -1886,6 +1886,9 @@ rate_limits:
   max_allowed_secondary_emails:
     default: 10
     hidden: true
+  max_batch_presign_multipart_per_minute:
+    default: 20
+    hidden: true
 
 developer:
   force_hostname:
diff --git a/lib/external_upload_helpers.rb b/lib/external_upload_helpers.rb
index ff187e5de38..5b0e43f5ab3 100644
--- a/lib/external_upload_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/external_upload_helpers.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ module ExternalUploadHelpers
   PRESIGNED_PUT_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE = 10
   CREATE_MULTIPART_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE = 10
   COMPLETE_MULTIPART_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE = 10
-  BATCH_PRESIGN_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE = 10
 
   included do
     before_action :external_store_check, only: [
@@ -112,8 +111,17 @@ module ExternalUploadHelpers
     part_numbers = params.require(:part_numbers)
     unique_identifier = params.require(:unique_identifier)
 
+    ##
+    # NOTE: This is configurable by hidden site setting because this really is heavily
+    # dependent on upload speed. We request 5-10 URLs at a time with this endpoint; for
+    # a 1.5GB upload with 5mb parts this could mean 60 requests to the server to get all
+    # the part URLs. If the user's upload speed is super fast they may request all 60
+    # batches in a minute, if it is slow they may request 5 batches in a minute.
+    #
+    # The other external upload endpoints are not hit as often, so they can stay as constant
+    # values for now.
     RateLimiter.new(
-      current_user, "batch-presign", ExternalUploadHelpers::BATCH_PRESIGN_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE, 1.minute
+      current_user, "batch-presign", SiteSetting.max_batch_presign_multipart_per_minute, 1.minute
     ).performed!
 
     part_numbers = part_numbers.map do |part_number|
diff --git a/spec/requests/uploads_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/uploads_controller_spec.rb
index 46b0e198752..d54cd871449 100644
--- a/spec/requests/uploads_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/uploads_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1056,23 +1056,22 @@ describe UploadsController do
       it "rate limits" do
         RateLimiter.enable
         RateLimiter.clear_all!
+        SiteSetting.max_batch_presign_multipart_per_minute = 1
 
-        stub_const(ExternalUploadHelpers, "BATCH_PRESIGN_RATE_LIMIT_PER_MINUTE", 1) do
-          stub_list_multipart_request
-          post "/uploads/batch-presign-multipart-parts.json", params: {
-            unique_identifier: external_upload_stub.unique_identifier,
-            part_numbers: [1, 2, 3]
-          }
+        stub_list_multipart_request
+        post "/uploads/batch-presign-multipart-parts.json", params: {
+          unique_identifier: external_upload_stub.unique_identifier,
+          part_numbers: [1, 2, 3]
+        }
 
-          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+        expect(response.status).to eq(200)
 
-          post "/uploads/batch-presign-multipart-parts.json", params: {
-            unique_identifier: external_upload_stub.unique_identifier,
-            part_numbers: [1, 2, 3]
-          }
+        post "/uploads/batch-presign-multipart-parts.json", params: {
+          unique_identifier: external_upload_stub.unique_identifier,
+          part_numbers: [1, 2, 3]
+        }
 
-          expect(response.status).to eq(429)
-        end
+        expect(response.status).to eq(429)
       end
     end