diff --git a/onadata/apps/api/viewsets/xform_list_viewset.py b/onadata/apps/api/viewsets/xform_list_viewset.py
index a602cfb69f..a7abcb2dd0 100644
--- a/onadata/apps/api/viewsets/xform_list_viewset.py
+++ b/onadata/apps/api/viewsets/xform_list_viewset.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class XFormListViewSet(ETagsMixin, BaseViewset, viewsets.ReadOnlyModelViewSet):
     renderer_classes = (XFormListRenderer,)
     serializer_class = XFormListSerializer
     template_name = "api/xformsList.xml"
+    throttle_scope = "xformlist"
 
     def get_object(self):
         queryset = self.filter_queryset(self.get_queryset())
diff --git a/onadata/apps/api/viewsets/xform_submission_viewset.py b/onadata/apps/api/viewsets/xform_submission_viewset.py
index df1629ebb7..930998a01f 100644
--- a/onadata/apps/api/viewsets/xform_submission_viewset.py
+++ b/onadata/apps/api/viewsets/xform_submission_viewset.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class XFormSubmissionViewSet(
     serializer_class = SubmissionSerializer
     template_name = "submission.xml"
     parser_classes = (FLOIPParser, JSONParser, FormParser, MultiPartParser)
+    throttle_scope = "submission"
 
     def get_serializer(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """