diff --git a/node/pod_test.go b/node/pod_test.go
index 3d8a986fe..f365b589c 100644
--- a/node/pod_test.go
+++ b/node/pod_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func newTestController() *TestController {
 			recorder:        testutil.FakeEventRecorder(5),
 			k8sQ:            workqueue.NewRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter()),
 			deletionQ:       workqueue.NewRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter()),
+			podStatusQ:      workqueue.NewRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter()),
 			done:            make(chan struct{}),
 			ready:           make(chan struct{}),
 			podsInformer:    iFactory.Core().V1().Pods(),
diff --git a/node/podcontroller.go b/node/podcontroller.go
index da405baff..331928471 100644
--- a/node/podcontroller.go
+++ b/node/podcontroller.go
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ type PodController struct {
 	// deletionQ is a queue on which pods are reconciled, and we check if pods are in API server after grace period
 	deletionQ workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
 
+	podStatusQ workqueue.RateLimitingInterface
+
 	// From the time of creation, to termination the knownPods map will contain the pods key
 	// (derived from Kubernetes' cache library) -> a *knownPod struct.
 	knownPods sync.Map
@@ -158,6 +160,9 @@ type PodControllerConfig struct {
 	ConfigMapInformer corev1informers.ConfigMapInformer
 	SecretInformer    corev1informers.SecretInformer
 	ServiceInformer   corev1informers.ServiceInformer
+
+	// RateLimiter defines the rate limit of work queue
+	RateLimiter workqueue.RateLimiter
 }
 
 // NewPodController creates a new pod controller with the provided config.
@@ -183,7 +188,9 @@ func NewPodController(cfg PodControllerConfig) (*PodController, error) {
 	if cfg.Provider == nil {
 		return nil, errdefs.InvalidInput("missing provider")
 	}
-
+	if cfg.RateLimiter == nil {
+		cfg.RateLimiter = workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter()
+	}
 	rm, err := manager.NewResourceManager(cfg.PodInformer.Lister(), cfg.SecretInformer.Lister(), cfg.ConfigMapInformer.Lister(), cfg.ServiceInformer.Lister())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, pkgerrors.Wrap(err, "could not create resource manager")
@@ -198,8 +205,9 @@ func NewPodController(cfg PodControllerConfig) (*PodController, error) {
 		ready:           make(chan struct{}),
 		done:            make(chan struct{}),
 		recorder:        cfg.EventRecorder,
-		k8sQ:            workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter(), "syncPodsFromKubernetes"),
-		deletionQ:       workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter(), "deletePodsFromKubernetes"),
+		k8sQ:            workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(cfg.RateLimiter, "syncPodsFromKubernetes"),
+		deletionQ:       workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(cfg.RateLimiter, "deletePodsFromKubernetes"),
+		podStatusQ:      workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(cfg.RateLimiter, "syncPodStatusFromProvider"),
 	}
 
 	return pc, nil
@@ -242,13 +250,12 @@ func (pc *PodController) Run(ctx context.Context, podSyncWorkers int) (retErr er
 	}
 	pc.provider = provider
 
-	podStatusQueue := workqueue.NewNamedRateLimitingQueue(workqueue.DefaultControllerRateLimiter(), "syncPodStatusFromProvider")
 	provider.NotifyPods(ctx, func(pod *corev1.Pod) {
-		pc.enqueuePodStatusUpdate(ctx, podStatusQueue, pod.DeepCopy())
+		pc.enqueuePodStatusUpdate(ctx, pc.podStatusQ, pod.DeepCopy())
 	})
 	go runProvider(ctx)
 
-	defer podStatusQueue.ShutDown()
+	defer pc.podStatusQ.ShutDown()
 
 	// Wait for the caches to be synced *before* starting to do work.
 	if ok := cache.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done(), pc.podsInformer.Informer().HasSynced); !ok {
@@ -308,7 +315,7 @@ func (pc *PodController) Run(ctx context.Context, podSyncWorkers int) (retErr er
 		workerID := strconv.Itoa(id)
 		go func() {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			pc.runSyncPodStatusFromProviderWorker(ctx, workerID, podStatusQueue)
+			pc.runSyncPodStatusFromProviderWorker(ctx, workerID, pc.podStatusQ)
 		}()
 	}
 
@@ -336,7 +343,7 @@ func (pc *PodController) Run(ctx context.Context, podSyncWorkers int) (retErr er
 	<-ctx.Done()
 	log.G(ctx).Info("shutting down workers")
 	pc.k8sQ.ShutDown()
-	podStatusQueue.ShutDown()
+	pc.podStatusQ.ShutDown()
 	pc.deletionQ.ShutDown()
 
 	wg.Wait()