diff --git a/genie-client/src/main/java/com/netflix/genie/client/exceptions/GenieClientTooManyRequestsException.java b/genie-client/src/main/java/com/netflix/genie/client/exceptions/GenieClientTooManyRequestsException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec654a9985e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/genie-client/src/main/java/com/netflix/genie/client/exceptions/GenieClientTooManyRequestsException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ *
+ *  Copyright 2022 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ *     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *     You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *     limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+package com.netflix.genie.client.exceptions;
+
+/**
+ * An exception class that represents 429 - Too Many Requests received from the server.
+ *
+ * @author andrew
+ * @since 4.0.0
+ */
+public class GenieClientTooManyRequestsException extends GenieClientException {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     */
+    public GenieClientTooManyRequestsException() {
+        super(429, "");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     * @param msg       human readable message
+     */
+    public GenieClientTooManyRequestsException(final String msg) {
+        super(429, msg);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/genie-client/src/main/java/com/netflix/genie/client/interceptors/ResponseMappingInterceptor.java b/genie-client/src/main/java/com/netflix/genie/client/interceptors/ResponseMappingInterceptor.java
index 38784aa9215..798944947ab 100644
--- a/genie-client/src/main/java/com/netflix/genie/client/interceptors/ResponseMappingInterceptor.java
+++ b/genie-client/src/main/java/com/netflix/genie/client/interceptors/ResponseMappingInterceptor.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.netflix.genie.client.exceptions.GenieClientException;
+import com.netflix.genie.client.exceptions.GenieClientTooManyRequestsException;
 import com.netflix.genie.common.external.util.GenieObjectMapper;
 import okhttp3.Interceptor;
 import okhttp3.Response;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public class ResponseMappingInterceptor implements Interceptor {
 
     private static final String NO_MESSAGE_FALLBACK = "No error detailed message in server response";
     private static final String ERROR_MESSAGE_KEY = "message";
+    private static final int HTTP_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS = 429;
 
     /**
      * Constructor.
@@ -66,8 +68,12 @@ public Response intercept(final Chain chain) throws IOException {
                             responseBody == null || !responseBody.has(ERROR_MESSAGE_KEY)
                                 ? NO_MESSAGE_FALLBACK
                                 : responseBody.get(ERROR_MESSAGE_KEY).asText();
+                        final int responseCode = response.code();
+                        if (responseCode == HTTP_TOO_MANY_REQUESTS) {
+                            throw new GenieClientTooManyRequestsException(errorMessage);
+                        }
                         throw new GenieClientException(
-                            response.code(),
+                            responseCode,
                             errorMessage
                         );
                     } catch (final JsonProcessingException jpe) {
diff --git a/genie-client/src/test/java/com/netflix/genie/client/interceptors/ResponseMappingInterceptorTest.java b/genie-client/src/test/java/com/netflix/genie/client/interceptors/ResponseMappingInterceptorTest.java
index 941b3b2ec09..5a1a640da64 100644
--- a/genie-client/src/test/java/com/netflix/genie/client/interceptors/ResponseMappingInterceptorTest.java
+++ b/genie-client/src/test/java/com/netflix/genie/client/interceptors/ResponseMappingInterceptorTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package com.netflix.genie.client.interceptors;
 
 import com.netflix.genie.client.exceptions.GenieClientException;
+import com.netflix.genie.client.exceptions.GenieClientTooManyRequestsException;
 import okhttp3.HttpUrl;
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 import okhttp3.Request;
@@ -103,4 +104,13 @@ void canInterceptFailure() {
             .withMessage("Failed to parse server response as JSON");
 
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void canIntercept429() {
+        this.server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(429));
+        final Request request = new Request.Builder().url(this.baseUrl).get().build();
+        Assertions
+            .assertThatExceptionOfType(GenieClientTooManyRequestsException.class)
+            .isThrownBy(() -> this.client.newCall(request).execute());
+    }
 }