diff --git a/lib/services/address/constants.js b/lib/services/address/constants.js
index 84f9b32a..961f6e1f 100644
--- a/lib/services/address/constants.js
+++ b/lib/services/address/constants.js
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ exports.MAX_OUTPUTS_QUERY_LENGTH = 50000;
 exports.MAX_HISTORY_QUERY_LENGTH = 100;
 // The maximum number of addresses that can be queried at once
 exports.MAX_ADDRESSES_QUERY = 10000;
+// The maximum number of simultaneous requests
+exports.MAX_ADDRESSES_LIMIT = 50;
 
 module.exports = exports;
 
diff --git a/lib/services/address/history.js b/lib/services/address/history.js
index 1d707279..998dbfde 100644
--- a/lib/services/address/history.js
+++ b/lib/services/address/history.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ function AddressHistory(args) {
 
   this.maxHistoryQueryLength = args.options.maxHistoryQueryLength || constants.MAX_HISTORY_QUERY_LENGTH;
   this.maxAddressesQuery = args.options.maxAddressesQuery || constants.MAX_ADDRESSES_QUERY;
+  this.maxAddressesLimit = args.options.maxAddressesLimit || constants.MAX_ADDRESSES_LIMIT;
 
   this.addressStrings = [];
   for (var i = 0; i < this.addresses.length; i++) {
@@ -89,8 +90,9 @@ AddressHistory.prototype.get = function(callback) {
   } else {
     var opts = _.clone(this.options);
     opts.fullTxList = true;
-    async.map(
+    async.mapLimit(
       self.addresses,
+      self.maxAddressesLimit,
       function(address, next) {
         self.node.services.address.getAddressSummary(address, opts, next);
       },