diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index d7c899c..20946b4 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var UserAgent = "DiscordBot (https://github.com/diamondburned/arikawa/v3)"
 type Client struct {
 	*httputil.Client
 	*Session
+	AcquireOptions rate.AcquireOptions
 }
 
 func NewClient(token string) *Client {
@@ -33,31 +34,45 @@ func NewClient(token string) *Client {
 }
 
 func NewCustomClient(token string, httpClient *httputil.Client) *Client {
-	ses := Session{
-		Limiter:   rate.NewLimiter(Path),
-		Token:     token,
-		UserAgent: UserAgent,
+	c := &Client{
+		Session: &Session{
+			Limiter:   rate.NewLimiter(Path),
+			Token:     token,
+			UserAgent: UserAgent,
+		},
+		Client: httpClient.Copy(),
 	}
 
-	hcl := httpClient.Copy()
-	hcl.OnRequest = append(hcl.OnRequest, ses.InjectRequest)
-	hcl.OnResponse = append(hcl.OnResponse, ses.OnResponse)
+	c.Client.OnRequest = append(c.Client.OnRequest, c.InjectRequest)
+	c.Client.OnResponse = append(c.Client.OnResponse, c.OnResponse)
 
-	return &Client{
-		Client:  hcl,
-		Session: &ses,
-	}
+	return c
 }
 
 // WithContext returns a shallow copy of Client with the given context. It's
 // used for method timeouts and such. This method is thread-safe.
 func (c *Client) WithContext(ctx context.Context) *Client {
 	return &Client{
-		Client:  c.Client.WithContext(ctx),
-		Session: c.Session,
+		Client:         c.Client.WithContext(ctx),
+		Session:        c.Session,
+		AcquireOptions: c.AcquireOptions,
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *Client) InjectRequest(r httpdriver.Request) error {
+	r.AddHeader(http.Header{
+		"Authorization": {c.Session.Token},
+		"User-Agent":    {c.Session.UserAgent},
+	})
+
+	ctx := c.AcquireOptions.Context(r.GetContext())
+	return c.Session.Limiter.Acquire(ctx, r.GetPath())
+}
+
+func (c *Client) OnResponse(r httpdriver.Request, resp httpdriver.Response) error {
+	return c.Session.Limiter.Release(r.GetPath(), httpdriver.OptHeader(resp))
+}
+
 // Session keeps a single session. This is typically wrapped around Client.
 type Session struct {
 	Limiter *rate.Limiter
@@ -65,17 +80,3 @@ type Session struct {
 	Token     string
 	UserAgent string
 }
-
-func (s *Session) InjectRequest(r httpdriver.Request) error {
-	r.AddHeader(http.Header{
-		"Authorization": {s.Token},
-		"User-Agent":    {s.UserAgent},
-	})
-
-	// Rate limit stuff
-	return s.Limiter.Acquire(r.GetContext(), r.GetPath())
-}
-
-func (s *Session) OnResponse(r httpdriver.Request, resp httpdriver.Response) error {
-	return s.Limiter.Release(r.GetPath(), httpdriver.OptHeader(resp))
-}
diff --git a/api/rate/rate.go b/api/rate/rate.go
index 3e8508b..20440ac 100644
--- a/api/rate/rate.go
+++ b/api/rate/rate.go
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ import (
 const ExtraDelay = 250 * time.Millisecond
 
 // ErrTimedOutEarly is the error returned by Limiter.Acquire, if a rate limit
-// exceeds the deadline of the context.Context.
-var ErrTimedOutEarly = errors.New("rate: rate limit exceeds context deadline")
+// exceeds the deadline of the context.Context or api.AcquireOptions.DontWait
+// is set to true
+var ErrTimedOutEarly = errors.New(
+	"rate: rate limit exceeds context deadline or is blocked acquire options")
 
 // This makes me suicidal.
 // https://github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo/blob/master/ratelimit.go
@@ -43,6 +45,25 @@ type CustomRateLimit struct {
 	Reset    time.Duration
 }
 
+type contextKey uint8
+
+const (
+	// AcquireOptionsKey is the key used to store the AcquireOptions in the
+	// context.
+	acquireOptionsKey contextKey = iota
+)
+
+type AcquireOptions struct {
+	// DontWait prevents rate.Limiters from waiting for a rate limit. Instead
+	// they will return an rate.ErrTimedOutEarly.
+	DontWait bool
+}
+
+// Context wraps the given ctx to have the AcquireOptions.
+func (opts AcquireOptions) Context(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, acquireOptionsKey, opts)
+}
+
 type bucket struct {
 	lock   moreatomic.CtxMutex
 	custom *CustomRateLimit
@@ -99,6 +120,13 @@ func (l *Limiter) getBucket(path string, store bool) *bucket {
 
 // Acquire acquires the rate limiter for the given URL bucket.
 func (l *Limiter) Acquire(ctx context.Context, path string) error {
+	var options AcquireOptions
+
+	if untypedOptions := ctx.Value(acquireOptionsKey); untypedOptions != nil {
+		// Zero value are default anyways, so we can ignore ok.
+		options, _ = untypedOptions.(AcquireOptions)
+	}
+
 	b := l.getBucket(path, true)
 
 	if err := b.lock.Lock(ctx); err != nil {
@@ -118,7 +146,9 @@ func (l *Limiter) Acquire(ctx context.Context, path string) error {
 	}
 
 	if until.After(now) {
-		if deadline, ok := ctx.Deadline(); ok && until.After(deadline) {
+		if options.DontWait {
+			return ErrTimedOutEarly
+		} else if deadline, ok := ctx.Deadline(); ok && until.After(deadline) {
 			return ErrTimedOutEarly
 		}