diff --git a/protocols/relay/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/relay/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f8d57058bd..46e27bc7bf9 100644
--- a/protocols/relay/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/relay/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 ## 0.16.1 - unreleased
 
+- Export `RateLimiter` type. 
+  See [PR 3742].
+
 - Add functions to access data within `Limit`.
   See [PR 4162].
 
+[PR 3742]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/3742
 [PR 4162]: https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/4162
 
 ## 0.16.0 
diff --git a/protocols/relay/src/behaviour.rs b/protocols/relay/src/behaviour.rs
index eb2f662581f..8fcfa103c4f 100644
--- a/protocols/relay/src/behaviour.rs
+++ b/protocols/relay/src/behaviour.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,40 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub circuit_src_rate_limiters: Vec<Box<dyn rate_limiter::RateLimiter>>,
 }
 
+impl Config {
+    pub fn reservation_rate_per_peer(mut self, limit: NonZeroU32, interval: Duration) -> Self {
+        self.reservation_rate_limiters
+            .push(rate_limiter::new_per_peer(
+                rate_limiter::GenericRateLimiterConfig { limit, interval },
+            ));
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn circuit_src_per_peer(mut self, limit: NonZeroU32, interval: Duration) -> Self {
+        self.circuit_src_rate_limiters
+            .push(rate_limiter::new_per_peer(
+                rate_limiter::GenericRateLimiterConfig { limit, interval },
+            ));
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn reservation_rate_per_ip(mut self, limit: NonZeroU32, interval: Duration) -> Self {
+        self.reservation_rate_limiters
+            .push(rate_limiter::new_per_ip(
+                rate_limiter::GenericRateLimiterConfig { limit, interval },
+            ));
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn circuit_src_per_ip(mut self, limit: NonZeroU32, interval: Duration) -> Self {
+        self.circuit_src_rate_limiters
+            .push(rate_limiter::new_per_ip(
+                rate_limiter::GenericRateLimiterConfig { limit, interval },
+            ));
+        self
+    }
+}
+
 impl std::fmt::Debug for Config {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("Config")
diff --git a/protocols/relay/src/behaviour/rate_limiter.rs b/protocols/relay/src/behaviour/rate_limiter.rs
index 31223c309f2..a4a127e1253 100644
--- a/protocols/relay/src/behaviour/rate_limiter.rs
+++ b/protocols/relay/src/behaviour/rate_limiter.rs
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 /// Allows rate limiting access to some resource based on the [`PeerId`] and
 /// [`Multiaddr`] of a remote peer.
-///
-/// See [`new_per_peer`] and [`new_per_ip`] for precast implementations. Use
-/// [`GenericRateLimiter`] to build your own, e.g. based on the autonomous system
-/// number of a peers IP address.
+//
+// See [`new_per_peer`] and [`new_per_ip`] for precast implementations. Use
+// [`GenericRateLimiter`] to build your own, e.g. based on the autonomous system
+// number of a peers IP address.
 pub trait RateLimiter: Send {
     fn try_next(&mut self, peer: PeerId, addr: &Multiaddr, now: Instant) -> bool;
 }
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ pub(crate) struct GenericRateLimiter<Id> {
 /// Configuration for a [`GenericRateLimiter`].
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
 pub(crate) struct GenericRateLimiterConfig {
-    /// The maximum number of tokens in the bucket at any point in time.
+    // The maximum number of tokens in the bucket at any point in time.
     pub(crate) limit: NonZeroU32,
-    /// The interval at which a single token is added to the bucket.
+    // The interval at which a single token is added to the bucket.
     pub(crate) interval: Duration,
 }
 
diff --git a/protocols/relay/src/lib.rs b/protocols/relay/src/lib.rs
index b411c650aeb..39ccd539838 100644
--- a/protocols/relay/src/lib.rs
+++ b/protocols/relay/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ mod proto {
     };
 }
 
-pub use behaviour::{Behaviour, CircuitId, Config, Event};
+pub use behaviour::{rate_limiter::RateLimiter, Behaviour, CircuitId, Config, Event};
 pub use protocol::{HOP_PROTOCOL_NAME, STOP_PROTOCOL_NAME};
 
 /// Types related to the relay protocol inbound.