diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/f4m.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/f4m.py
index b3be16ff1..54dd6ac3f 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/f4m.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/f4m.py
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ class F4mFD(FileDownloader):
                 'continuedl': True,
                 'quiet': True,
                 'noprogress': True,
+                'ratelimit': self.params.get('ratelimit', None),
                 'test': self.params.get('test', False),
             })