diff --git a/patches/server/0262-Max-joins-per-second.patch b/patches/server/0262-Max-joins-per-second.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e0e24492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/server/0262-Max-joins-per-second.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: BillyGalbreath <Blake.Galbreath@Gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:35:54 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] Max joins per second
+
+When this option is set to true the `max-joins-per-tick` setting in paper.yml will be used per second instead of per tick
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/network/Connection.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/network/Connection.java
+index 81dde0efc1a06420c0791520b9e40b24dd1f0318..bf053d317981a49b33f5d1f80feabbc40650a15f 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/network/Connection.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/network/Connection.java
+@@ -503,11 +503,20 @@ public class Connection extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<Packet<?>> {
+     private static final int MAX_PER_TICK = com.destroystokyo.paper.PaperConfig.maxJoinsPerTick; // Paper
+     private static int joinAttemptsThisTick; // Paper
+     private static int currTick; // Paper
++    private static int tickSecond; // Purpur
+     public void tick() {
+         this.flushQueue();
+         // Paper start
+         if (currTick != MinecraftServer.currentTick) {
+             currTick = MinecraftServer.currentTick;
++            // Purpur start
++            if (org.purpurmc.purpur.PurpurConfig.maxJoinsPerSecond) {
++                if (++tickSecond > 20) {
++                    tickSecond = 0;
++                    joinAttemptsThisTick = 0;
++                }
++            } else
++            // Purpur end
+             joinAttemptsThisTick = 0;
+         }
+         // Paper end
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/purpurmc/purpur/PurpurConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/purpurmc/purpur/PurpurConfig.java
+index b73d039acf0bedf98702f5e4185d190e68f6cf7c..672cdb5d3a48ca66fb62c49f7b5ce88dea781b97 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/purpurmc/purpur/PurpurConfig.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/purpurmc/purpur/PurpurConfig.java
+@@ -414,8 +414,10 @@ public class PurpurConfig {
+     }
+ 
+     public static boolean useUPnP = false;
++    public static boolean maxJoinsPerSecond = false;
+     private static void networkSettings() {
+         useUPnP = getBoolean("settings.network.upnp-port-forwarding", useUPnP);
++        maxJoinsPerSecond = getBoolean("settings.network.max-joins-per-second", maxJoinsPerSecond);
+     }
+ 
+     public static java.util.regex.Pattern usernameValidCharactersPattern;