diff --git a/src/data/GuildSlowmodes.ts b/src/data/GuildSlowmodes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6f27d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/GuildSlowmodes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import { BaseRepository } from "./BaseRepository";
+import { getRepository, Repository } from "typeorm";
+import { SlowmodeChannel } from "./entities/SlowmodeChannel";
+import { SlowmodeUser } from "./entities/SlowmodeUser";
+import moment from "moment-timezone";
+
+export class GuildSlowmodes extends BaseRepository {
+  private slowmodeChannels: Repository<SlowmodeChannel>;
+  private slowmodeUsers: Repository<SlowmodeUser>;
+
+  constructor(guildId) {
+    super(guildId);
+    this.slowmodeChannels = getRepository(SlowmodeChannel);
+    this.slowmodeUsers = getRepository(SlowmodeUser);
+  }
+
+  async getChannelSlowmode(channelId): Promise<SlowmodeChannel> {
+    return this.slowmodeChannels.findOne({
+      where: {
+        guild_id: this.guildId,
+        channel_id: channelId
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  async setChannelSlowmode(channelId, seconds): Promise<void> {
+    const existingSlowmode = await this.getChannelSlowmode(channelId);
+    if (existingSlowmode) {
+      await this.slowmodeChannels.update(
+        {
+          guild_id: this.guildId,
+          channel_id: channelId
+        },
+        {
+          slowmode_seconds: seconds
+        }
+      );
+    } else {
+      await this.slowmodeChannels.insert({
+        guild_id: this.guildId,
+        channel_id: channelId,
+        slowmode_seconds: seconds
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  async clearChannelSlowmode(channelId): Promise<void> {
+    await this.slowmodeChannels.delete({
+      guild_id: this.guildId,
+      channel_id: channelId
+    });
+  }
+
+  async getChannelSlowmodeUser(channelId, userId): Promise<SlowmodeUser> {
+    return this.slowmodeUsers.findOne({
+      guild_id: this.guildId,
+      channel_id: channelId,
+      user_id: userId
+    });
+  }
+
+  async userHasSlowmode(channelId, userId): Promise<boolean> {
+    return (await this.getChannelSlowmodeUser(channelId, userId)) != null;
+  }
+
+  async addSlowmodeUser(channelId, userId): Promise<void> {
+    const slowmode = await this.getChannelSlowmode(channelId);
+    if (!slowmode) return;
+
+    const expiresAt = moment()
+      .add(slowmode.slowmode_seconds, "seconds")
+      .format("YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss");
+
+    if (await this.userHasSlowmode(channelId, userId)) {
+      // Update existing
+      await this.slowmodeUsers.update(
+        {
+          guild_id: this.guildId,
+          channel_id: channelId,
+          user_id: userId
+        },
+        {
+          expires_at: expiresAt
+        }
+      );
+    } else {
+      // Add new
+      await this.slowmodeUsers.insert({
+        guild_id: this.guildId,
+        channel_id: channelId,
+        user_id: userId,
+        expires_at: expiresAt
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  async clearSlowmodeUser(channelId, userId): Promise<void> {
+    await this.slowmodeUsers.delete({
+      guild_id: this.guildId,
+      channel_id: channelId,
+      user_id: userId
+    });
+  }
+
+  async getChannelSlowmodeUsers(channelId): Promise<SlowmodeUser[]> {
+    return this.slowmodeUsers.find({
+      where: {
+        guild_id: this.guildId,
+        channel_id: channelId
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  async getExpiredSlowmodeUsers(): Promise<SlowmodeUser[]> {
+    return this.slowmodeUsers
+      .createQueryBuilder()
+      .where("guild_id = :guildId", { guildId: this.guildId })
+      .andWhere("expires_at <= NOW()")
+      .getMany();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/data/entities/SlowmodeChannel.ts b/src/data/entities/SlowmodeChannel.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ae31a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/entities/SlowmodeChannel.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { Entity, Column, PrimaryColumn } from "typeorm";
+
+@Entity("slowmode_channels")
+export class SlowmodeChannel {
+  @Column()
+  @PrimaryColumn()
+  guild_id: string;
+
+  @Column()
+  @PrimaryColumn()
+  channel_id: string;
+
+  @Column() slowmode_seconds: number;
+}
diff --git a/src/data/entities/SlowmodeUser.ts b/src/data/entities/SlowmodeUser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b70193d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/entities/SlowmodeUser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Entity, Column, PrimaryColumn } from "typeorm";
+
+@Entity("slowmode_users")
+export class SlowmodeUser {
+  @Column()
+  @PrimaryColumn()
+  guild_id: string;
+
+  @Column()
+  @PrimaryColumn()
+  channel_id: string;
+
+  @Column()
+  @PrimaryColumn()
+  user_id: string;
+
+  @Column() expires_at: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index ec353698..0fc6071e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import { TagsPlugin } from "./plugins/Tags";
 import { MessageSaverPlugin } from "./plugins/MessageSaver";
 import { CasesPlugin } from "./plugins/Cases";
 import { MutesPlugin } from "./plugins/Mutes";
+import { SlowmodePlugin } from "./plugins/Slowmode";
 
 // Run latest database migrations
 logger.info("Running database migrations");
@@ -88,7 +89,8 @@ connect().then(async conn => {
       censor: CensorPlugin,
       persist: PersistPlugin,
       spam: SpamPlugin,
-      tags: TagsPlugin
+      tags: TagsPlugin,
+      slowmode: SlowmodePlugin
     },
     globalPlugins: {
       bot_control: BotControlPlugin,
diff --git a/src/migrations/1544877081073-CreateSlowmodeTables.ts b/src/migrations/1544877081073-CreateSlowmodeTables.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59ac9596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/migrations/1544877081073-CreateSlowmodeTables.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner, Table } from "typeorm";
+
+export class CreateSlowmodeTables1544877081073 implements MigrationInterface {
+  public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<any> {
+    await queryRunner.createTable(
+      new Table({
+        name: "slowmode_channels",
+        columns: [
+          {
+            name: "guild_id",
+            type: "bigint",
+            unsigned: true
+          },
+          {
+            name: "channel_id",
+            type: "bigint",
+            unsigned: true
+          },
+          {
+            name: "slowmode_seconds",
+            type: "int",
+            unsigned: true
+          }
+        ],
+        indices: []
+      })
+    );
+    await queryRunner.createPrimaryKey("slowmode_channels", ["guild_id", "channel_id"]);
+
+    await queryRunner.createTable(
+      new Table({
+        name: "slowmode_users",
+        columns: [
+          {
+            name: "guild_id",
+            type: "bigint",
+            unsigned: true
+          },
+          {
+            name: "channel_id",
+            type: "bigint",
+            unsigned: true
+          },
+          {
+            name: "user_id",
+            type: "bigint",
+            unsigned: true
+          },
+          {
+            name: "expires_at",
+            type: "datetime"
+          }
+        ],
+        indices: [
+          {
+            columnNames: ["expires_at"]
+          }
+        ]
+      })
+    );
+    await queryRunner.createPrimaryKey("slowmode_users", ["guild_id", "channel_id", "user_id"]);
+  }
+
+  public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<any> {
+    await Promise.all([queryRunner.dropTable("slowmode_channels"), queryRunner.dropTable("slowmode_users")]);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/Slowmode.ts b/src/plugins/Slowmode.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..996731e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/Slowmode.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+import { Plugin, decorators as d } from "knub";
+import { GuildChannel, Message, TextChannel, Constants as ErisConstants } from "eris";
+import { convertDelayStringToMS, errorMessage, noop, successMessage } from "../utils";
+import { GuildSlowmodes } from "../data/GuildSlowmodes";
+import humanizeDuration from "humanize-duration";
+
+export class SlowmodePlugin extends Plugin {
+  protected slowmodes: GuildSlowmodes;
+  protected clearInterval;
+
+  getDefaultOptions() {
+    return {
+      permissions: {
+        manage: false,
+        affected: true
+      },
+
+      overrides: [
+        {
+          level: ">=50",
+          permissions: {
+            manage: true,
+            affected: false
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+  }
+
+  onLoad() {
+    this.slowmodes = GuildSlowmodes.getInstance(this.guildId);
+    this.clearInterval = setInterval(() => this.clearExpiredSlowmodes(), 2000);
+  }
+
+  onUnload() {
+    clearInterval(this.clearInterval);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Applies slowmode to the specified user id on the specified channel.
+   * This sets the channel permissions so the user is unable to send messages there, and saves the slowmode in the db.
+   */
+  async applySlowmodeToUserId(channel: GuildChannel & TextChannel, userId: string) {
+    // Deny sendMessage permission from the user. If there are existing permission overwrites, take those into account.
+    const existingOverride = channel.permissionOverwrites.get(userId);
+    const newDeniedPermissions =
+      (existingOverride ? existingOverride.deny : 0) | ErisConstants.Permissions.sendMessages;
+    const newAllowedPermissions =
+      (existingOverride ? existingOverride.allow : 0) & ~ErisConstants.Permissions.sendMessages;
+    await channel.editPermission(userId, newAllowedPermissions, newDeniedPermissions, "member");
+
+    await this.slowmodes.addSlowmodeUser(channel.id, userId);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Removes slowmode from the specified user id on the specified channel.
+   * This reverts the channel permissions changed above and clears the database entry.
+   */
+  async removeSlowmodeFromUserId(channel: GuildChannel & TextChannel, userId: string) {
+    // We only need to tweak permissions if there is an existing permission override
+    // In most cases there should be, since one is created in applySlowmodeToUserId()
+    const existingOverride = channel.permissionOverwrites.get(userId);
+    if (existingOverride) {
+      if (existingOverride.allow === 0 && existingOverride.deny === ErisConstants.Permissions.sendMessages) {
+        // If the only override for this user is what we applied earlier, remove the entire permission overwrite
+        await channel.deletePermission(userId);
+      } else {
+        // Otherwise simply negate the sendMessages permission from the denied permissions
+        const newDeniedPermissions = existingOverride.deny & ~ErisConstants.Permissions.sendMessages;
+        await channel.editPermission(userId, existingOverride.allow, newDeniedPermissions, "member");
+      }
+    }
+
+    await this.slowmodes.clearSlowmodeUser(channel.id, userId);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * COMMAND: Disable slowmode on the specified channel. This also removes any currently applied slowmodes on the channel.
+   */
+  @d.command("slowmode disable", "<channel:channel>")
+  @d.permission("manage")
+  async disableSlowmodeCmd(msg: Message, args: { channel: GuildChannel & TextChannel }) {
+    const slowmode = await this.slowmodes.getChannelSlowmode(args.channel.id);
+    if (!slowmode) {
+      msg.channel.createMessage(errorMessage("Channel is not on slowmode!"));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Disable channel slowmode
+    const initMsg = await msg.channel.createMessage("Disabling slowmode...");
+    await this.slowmodes.clearChannelSlowmode(args.channel.id);
+
+    // Remove currently applied slowmodes
+    const users = await this.slowmodes.getChannelSlowmodeUsers(args.channel.id);
+    const failedUsers = [];
+
+    for (const slowmodeUser of users) {
+      try {
+        await this.removeSlowmodeFromUserId(args.channel, slowmodeUser.user_id);
+      } catch (e) {
+        // Removing the slowmode failed. Record this so the permissions can be changed manually, and remove the database entry.
+        failedUsers.push(slowmodeUser.user_id);
+        await this.slowmodes.clearSlowmodeUser(args.channel.id, slowmodeUser.user_id);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (failedUsers.length) {
+      msg.channel.createMessage(
+        successMessage(
+          `Slowmode disabled! Failed to remove slowmode from the following users:\n\n<@!${failedUsers.join(">\n<@!")}>`
+        )
+      );
+    } else {
+      msg.channel.createMessage(successMessage("Slowmode disabled!"));
+      initMsg.delete().catch(noop);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * COMMAND: Enable slowmode on the specified channel
+   */
+  @d.command("slowmode", "<channel:channel> <time:string>")
+  @d.command("slowmode", "<time:string>")
+  @d.permission("manage")
+  async slowmodeCmd(msg: Message, args: { channel?: GuildChannel & TextChannel; time: string }) {
+    const channel = args.channel || msg.channel;
+
+    if (channel == null || !(channel instanceof TextChannel)) {
+      msg.channel.createMessage(errorMessage("Channel must be a text channel"));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const seconds = Math.ceil(convertDelayStringToMS(args.time) / 1000);
+    await this.slowmodes.setChannelSlowmode(channel.id, seconds);
+
+    const humanizedSlowmodeTime = humanizeDuration(seconds * 1000);
+    msg.channel.createMessage(
+      successMessage(`Slowmode enabled for <#${channel.id}> (1 message in ${humanizedSlowmodeTime})`)
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * EVENT: On every new message, check if the channel has slowmode. If it does, apply slowmode to the user.
+   * If the user already had slowmode but was still able to send a message (e.g. sending a lot of messages at once),
+   * remove the messages sent after slowmode was applied.
+   */
+  @d.event("messageCreate")
+  @d.permission("affected")
+  async onMessageCreate(msg: Message) {
+    if (msg.author.bot) return;
+
+    const channelSlowmode = await this.slowmodes.getChannelSlowmode(msg.channel.id);
+    if (!channelSlowmode) return;
+
+    const userHasSlowmode = await this.slowmodes.userHasSlowmode(msg.channel.id, msg.author.id);
+    if (userHasSlowmode) {
+      msg.delete();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await this.applySlowmodeToUserId(msg.channel as GuildChannel & TextChannel, msg.author.id);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Clears all expired slowmodes in this guild
+   */
+  async clearExpiredSlowmodes() {
+    const expiredSlowmodeUsers = await this.slowmodes.getExpiredSlowmodeUsers();
+    for (const user of expiredSlowmodeUsers) {
+      const channel = this.guild.channels.get(user.channel_id);
+      if (!channel) {
+        await this.slowmodes.clearSlowmodeUser(user.channel_id, user.user_id);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      await this.removeSlowmodeFromUserId(channel as GuildChannel & TextChannel, user.user_id);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index b874aaf7..ee5ea5e9 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -269,4 +269,8 @@ export function chunkMessageLines(str: string): string[] {
   });
 }
 
+export function noop() {
+  // IT'S LITERALLY NOTHING
+}
+
 export const DBDateFormat = "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss";