diff --git a/docs/middlewares.md b/docs/middlewares.md
index 80d0dc1..aefb030 100644
--- a/docs/middlewares.md
+++ b/docs/middlewares.md
@@ -190,6 +190,43 @@ func main() {
 ```
 
 
+## global concurrent limiter
+
+全局的并发请求限制，可以用于控制应用的并发请求量。
+
+**Example**
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/vicanso/elton"
+	"github.com/vicanso/elton/middleware"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	e := elton.New()
+	e.Use(middleware.NewGlobalConcurrentLimiter(middleware.GlobalConcurrentLimiterConfig{
+		Max: 1000,
+	}))
+
+	e.POST("/login", func(c *elton.Context) (err error) {
+		time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+		c.BodyBuffer = bytes.NewBufferString("hello world")
+		return
+	})
+
+	err := e.ListenAndServe(":3000")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+```
+
 ## concurrent limiter
 
 并发请求限制，可以通过指定请求的参数，如IP、query的字段或者body等获取，限制同时并发性的提交请求，主要用于避免相同的请求多次提交。指定的Key分为以下几种：
diff --git a/middleware/concurrent_limiter.go b/middleware/concurrent_limiter.go
index a6f2777..e9b3826 100644
--- a/middleware/concurrent_limiter.go
+++ b/middleware/concurrent_limiter.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
 	"github.com/vicanso/elton"
@@ -39,6 +40,12 @@ var (
 		Message:    "submit too frequently",
 		Category:   ErrConcurrentLimiterCategory,
 	}
+	// ErrTooManyRequests too many request
+	ErrTooManyRequests = &hes.Error{
+		StatusCode: http.StatusTooManyRequests,
+		Message:    "Too Many Requests",
+		Category:   ErrConcurrentLimiterCategory,
+	}
 	ErrNotAllowEmpty = &hes.Error{
 		StatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 		Message:    "empty value is not allowed",
@@ -78,9 +85,14 @@ type (
 		Body   bool
 		IP     bool
 	}
+	// GlobalConcurrentLimiterConfig
+	GlobalConcurrentLimiterConfig struct {
+		Skipper elton.Skipper
+		Max     uint32
+	}
 )
 
-// New create a concurrent limiter middleware
+// NewConcurrentLimiter create a concurrent limiter middleware
 func NewConcurrentLimiter(config ConcurrentLimiterConfig) elton.Handler {
 
 	if config.Lock == nil {
@@ -177,3 +189,17 @@ func NewConcurrentLimiter(config ConcurrentLimiterConfig) elton.Handler {
 		return c.Next()
 	}
 }
+
+// NewGlobalConcurrentLimiter create a new global concurrent limiter
+func NewGlobalConcurrentLimiter(config GlobalConcurrentLimiterConfig) elton.Handler {
+	var count uint32
+	return func(c *elton.Context) (err error) {
+		value := atomic.AddUint32(&count, 1)
+		defer atomic.AddUint32(&count, ^uint32(0))
+		if value >= config.Max {
+			err = ErrTooManyRequests
+			return
+		}
+		return c.Next()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/middleware/concurrent_limiter_test.go b/middleware/concurrent_limiter_test.go
index 8a9af16..3445a7e 100644
--- a/middleware/concurrent_limiter_test.go
+++ b/middleware/concurrent_limiter_test.go
@@ -136,3 +136,27 @@ func TestConcurrentLimiter(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(ErrNotAllowEmpty, err)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestGlobalConcurrentLimiter(t *testing.T) {
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+	fn := NewGlobalConcurrentLimiter(GlobalConcurrentLimiterConfig{
+		Max: 1,
+	})
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/users/login?type=1", nil)
+	resp := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c := elton.NewContext(resp, req)
+	err := fn(c)
+	assert.Equal(ErrTooManyRequests, err)
+
+	fn = NewGlobalConcurrentLimiter(GlobalConcurrentLimiterConfig{
+		Max: 2,
+	})
+	done := false
+	c.Next = func() error {
+		done = true
+		return nil
+	}
+	err = fn(c)
+	assert.Nil(err)
+	assert.True(done)
+}