diff --git a/spring-cloud-aws-sqs/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-aws-sqs/pom.xml
index e8d139b0e..1c690abab 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-aws-sqs/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-aws-sqs/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 	<name>Spring Cloud AWS SQS</name>
 	<description>Spring Cloud AWS Simple Queue Service</description>
 
+	<properties>
+		<apache-commons-lang3.version>3.17.0</apache-commons-lang3.version>
+	</properties>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
@@ -34,6 +38,11 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.retry</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-retry</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+			<version>${apache-commons-lang3.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-aws-sqs/src/main/java/io/awspring/cloud/sqs/listener/RateLimitSemaphoreBackPressureHandler.java b/spring-cloud-aws-sqs/src/main/java/io/awspring/cloud/sqs/listener/RateLimitSemaphoreBackPressureHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e10b63eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-aws-sqs/src/main/java/io/awspring/cloud/sqs/listener/RateLimitSemaphoreBackPressureHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2022 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.awspring.cloud.sqs.listener;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.TimedSemaphore;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * {@link BackPressureHandler} implementation that uses a {@link Semaphore} for handling backpressure.
+ *
+ * @author Jeroen Vandevelde
+ * @see io.awspring.cloud.sqs.listener.source.PollingMessageSource
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public class RateLimitSemaphoreBackPressureHandler
+		implements BatchAwareBackPressureHandler, IdentifiableContainerComponent {
+
+	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RateLimitSemaphoreBackPressureHandler.class);
+
+	private final Semaphore semaphore;
+	private final TimedSemaphore timedSemaphore;
+
+	private final int batchSize;
+
+	private final int totalPermits;
+
+	private final Duration acquireTimeout;
+
+	private final BackPressureMode backPressureConfiguration;
+
+	private volatile CurrentThroughputMode currentThroughputMode;
+
+	private final AtomicBoolean hasAcquiredFullPermits = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
+	private String id;
+
+	private RateLimitSemaphoreBackPressureHandler(Builder builder) {
+		this.batchSize = builder.batchSize;
+		this.totalPermits = builder.totalPermits;
+		this.acquireTimeout = builder.acquireTimeout;
+		this.backPressureConfiguration = builder.backPressureMode;
+		this.semaphore = new Semaphore(totalPermits);
+		this.timedSemaphore = new TimedSemaphore(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS, 10);
+		this.currentThroughputMode = BackPressureMode.FIXED_HIGH_THROUGHPUT.equals(backPressureConfiguration)
+				? CurrentThroughputMode.HIGH
+				: CurrentThroughputMode.LOW;
+		logger.debug("SemaphoreBackPressureHandler created with configuration {} and {} total permits",
+				backPressureConfiguration, totalPermits);
+	}
+
+	public static Builder builder() {
+		return new Builder();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setId(String id) {
+		this.id = id;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getId() {
+		return this.id;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int request(int amount) throws InterruptedException {
+		if (timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits() >= amount) {
+			for (int i = 0; i < amount; i++) {
+				boolean acquired = timedSemaphore.tryAcquire();
+				if (!acquired) {
+					return i;
+				}
+			}
+			return amount;
+		}
+		else if (timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits() > 0) {
+			for (int i = 0; i < timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits(); i++) {
+				boolean acquired = timedSemaphore.tryAcquire();
+				if (!acquired) {
+					return i;
+				}
+			}
+			return amount;
+		}
+		else {
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// @formatter:off
+	@Override
+	public int requestBatch() throws InterruptedException {
+		return CurrentThroughputMode.LOW.equals(this.currentThroughputMode)
+			? requestInLowThroughputMode()
+			: requestInHighThroughputMode();
+	}
+
+	private int requestInHighThroughputMode() throws InterruptedException {
+		return tryAcquire(this.batchSize, CurrentThroughputMode.HIGH)
+			? this.batchSize
+			: tryAcquirePartial();
+	}
+	// @formatter:on
+
+	private int tryAcquirePartial() throws InterruptedException {
+		int availablePermits = this.timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits();
+		if (availablePermits == 0 || BackPressureMode.ALWAYS_POLL_MAX_MESSAGES.equals(this.backPressureConfiguration)) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		int permitsToRequest = Math.min(availablePermits, this.batchSize);
+		CurrentThroughputMode currentThroughputModeNow = this.currentThroughputMode;
+		logger.trace("Trying to acquire partial batch of {} permits from {} available for {} in TM {}",
+				permitsToRequest, availablePermits, this.id, currentThroughputModeNow);
+		boolean hasAcquiredPartial = tryAcquire(permitsToRequest, currentThroughputModeNow);
+		return hasAcquiredPartial ? permitsToRequest : 0;
+	}
+
+	private int requestInLowThroughputMode() throws InterruptedException {
+		// Although LTM can be set / unset by many processes, only the MessageSource thread gets here,
+		// so no actual concurrency
+		logger.debug("Trying to acquire full permits for {}. Permits left: {}", this.id,
+				this.timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits());
+		boolean hasAcquired = tryAcquire(this.totalPermits, CurrentThroughputMode.LOW);
+		if (hasAcquired) {
+			logger.debug("Acquired full permits for {}. Permits left: {}", this.id,
+					this.timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits());
+			// We've acquired all permits - there's no other process currently processing messages
+			if (!this.hasAcquiredFullPermits.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
+				logger.warn("hasAcquiredFullPermits was already true. Permits left: {}",
+						this.timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits());
+			}
+			return this.batchSize;
+		}
+		else {
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private boolean tryAcquire(int amount, CurrentThroughputMode currentThroughputModeNow) throws InterruptedException {
+		logger.trace("Acquiring {} permits for {} in TM {}", amount, this.id, this.currentThroughputMode);
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < amount; i++) {
+			if (!this.timedSemaphore.tryAcquire()) {
+				logger.trace("Not able to acquire {} permits in {} milliseconds for {} in TM {}. Permits left: {}",
+						amount, this.acquireTimeout.toMillis(), this.id, currentThroughputModeNow,
+						this.timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits());
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		logger.trace("{} permits acquired for {} in TM {}. Permits left: {}", amount, this.id, currentThroughputModeNow,
+				this.timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits());
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void releaseBatch() {
+		maybeSwitchToLowThroughputMode();
+		// TODO is this still needed with a timed one
+		// int permitsToRelease = getPermitsToRelease(this.batchSize);
+		// this.semaphore.release(permitsToRelease);
+		// logger.trace("Released {} permits for {}. Permits left: {}", permitsToRelease, this.id,
+		// this.timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int getBatchSize() {
+		return this.batchSize;
+	}
+
+	private void maybeSwitchToLowThroughputMode() {
+		if (!BackPressureMode.FIXED_HIGH_THROUGHPUT.equals(this.backPressureConfiguration)
+				&& CurrentThroughputMode.HIGH.equals(this.currentThroughputMode)) {
+			logger.debug("Entire batch of permits released for {}, setting TM LOW. Permits left: {}", this.id,
+					this.timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits());
+			this.currentThroughputMode = CurrentThroughputMode.LOW;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void release(int amount) {
+		// logger.trace("Releasing {} permits for {}. Permits left: {}", amount, this.id,
+		// this.timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits());
+		// maybeSwitchToHighThroughputMode(amount);
+		// int permitsToRelease = getPermitsToRelease(amount);
+		// this.semaphore.release(permitsToRelease);
+		// logger.trace("Released {} permits for {}. Permits left: {}", permitsToRelease, this.id,
+		// this.timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits());
+
+		// TODO figure out how to deal with release capabilities
+	}
+
+	private int getPermitsToRelease(int amount) {
+		return this.hasAcquiredFullPermits.compareAndSet(true, false)
+				// The first process that gets here should release all permits except for inflight messages
+				// We can have only one batch of messages at this point since we have all permits
+				? this.totalPermits - (this.batchSize - amount)
+				: amount;
+	}
+
+	private void maybeSwitchToHighThroughputMode(int amount) {
+		if (CurrentThroughputMode.LOW.equals(this.currentThroughputMode)) {
+			logger.debug("{} unused permit(s), setting TM HIGH for {}. Permits left: {}", amount, this.id,
+					this.timedSemaphore.getAvailablePermits());
+			this.currentThroughputMode = CurrentThroughputMode.HIGH;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean drain(Duration timeout) {
+		// TODO figure out a different way to make certain all the messages have been processed
+		timedSemaphore.shutdown();
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private enum CurrentThroughputMode {
+
+		HIGH,
+
+		LOW;
+
+	}
+
+	public static class Builder {
+
+		private int batchSize;
+
+		private int totalPermits;
+
+		private Duration acquireTimeout;
+
+		private BackPressureMode backPressureMode;
+
+		public Builder batchSize(int batchSize) {
+			this.batchSize = batchSize;
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		public Builder totalPermits(int totalPermits) {
+			this.totalPermits = totalPermits;
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		public Builder acquireTimeout(Duration acquireTimeout) {
+			this.acquireTimeout = acquireTimeout;
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		public Builder throughputConfiguration(BackPressureMode backPressureConfiguration) {
+			this.backPressureMode = backPressureConfiguration;
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		public RateLimitSemaphoreBackPressureHandler build() {
+			Assert.noNullElements(
+					Arrays.asList(this.batchSize, this.totalPermits, this.acquireTimeout, this.backPressureMode),
+					"Missing configuration");
+			return new RateLimitSemaphoreBackPressureHandler(this);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}