diff --git a/more_executors/_impl/throttle.py b/more_executors/_impl/throttle.py
index 3f4c9888..3cc8f6b9 100644
--- a/more_executors/_impl/throttle.py
+++ b/more_executors/_impl/throttle.py
@@ -59,13 +59,14 @@ class ThrottleExecutor(CanCustomizeBind, Executor):
     - Where `count` is used to initialize this executor, if there
       are already `count` futures submitted to the delegate executor and not
       yet :meth:`~concurrent.futures.Future.done`, additional callables will
-      be queued and only submitted to the delegate executor once there are
-      less than `count` futures in progress.
+      either be queued or will block on submit, and will only be submitted
+      to the delegate executor once there are less than `count` futures in
+      progress.
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.9.0
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, delegate, count, logger=None, name="default"):
+    def __init__(self, delegate, count, logger=None, name="default", block=False):
         """
         Parameters:
             delegate (~concurrent.futures.Executor):
@@ -84,6 +85,13 @@ def __init__(self, delegate, count, logger=None, name="default"):
 
                     .. versionadded:: 2.5.0
 
+            block (bool)
+                If ``True``, calls to ``submit()`` on this executor may block if
+                there are already ``count`` futures in progress.
+
+                Otherwise, calls to ``submit()`` will always return immediately
+                and callables will be queued internally.
+
             logger (~logging.Logger):
                 a logger used for messages from this executor
 
@@ -92,10 +100,14 @@ def __init__(self, delegate, count, logger=None, name="default"):
 
         .. versionchanged:: 2.7.0
             Introduced ``name``.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 2.11.0
+            Introduced ``block``.
         """
         self._log = LogWrapper(
             logger if logger else logging.getLogger("ThrottleExecutor")
         )
+        self._block = block
         self._name = name
         self._delegate = delegate
         self._to_submit = deque()
@@ -120,6 +132,8 @@ def __init__(self, delegate, count, logger=None, name="default"):
 
     def submit(self, fn, *args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
         with self._shutdown.ensure_alive():
+            self._block_until_ready(self._eval_throttle())
+
             out = ThrottleFuture(self)
             track_future(out, type="throttle", executor=self._name)
 
@@ -140,6 +154,13 @@ def shutdown(self, wait=True, **_kwargs):
             if wait:
                 self._thread.join(MAX_TIMEOUT)
 
+    def _block_until_ready(self, throttle_val):
+        while self._block and not self._shutdown.is_shutdown:
+            if len(self._to_submit) < throttle_val:
+                return
+            self._log.debug("%s: throttling on submit", self._name)
+            self._event.wait(30.0)
+
     def _eval_throttle(self):
         try:
             self._last_throttle = self._throttle()
diff --git a/more_executors/_impl/throttle.pyi b/more_executors/_impl/throttle.pyi
index d3e8357a..1412257a 100644
--- a/more_executors/_impl/throttle.pyi
+++ b/more_executors/_impl/throttle.pyi
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class ThrottleExecutor(ExecutorProtocol):
         count: int | Callable[[], int],
         logger: logging.Logger | None = ...,
         name: str = ...,
+        block: bool = ...,
     ): ...
     def __enter__(self) -> ThrottleExecutor: ...
 
@@ -25,5 +26,6 @@ class TypedThrottleExecutor(TypedExecutorProtocol[A, B]):
         count: int | Callable[[], int],
         logger: logging.Logger | None = ...,
         name: str = ...,
+        block: bool = ...,
     ): ...
     def __enter__(self) -> TypedThrottleExecutor[A, B]: ...
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5370d99e..8e97b450 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def get_install_requires():
 
 setup(
     name="more-executors",
-    version="2.10.1",
+    version="2.11.0",
     author="Rohan McGovern",
     author_email="rohan@mcgovern.id.au",
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests", "tests.*"]),
diff --git a/tests/test_throttle.py b/tests/test_throttle.py
index 91bab4f3..8c0b1f01 100644
--- a/tests/test_throttle.py
+++ b/tests/test_throttle.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import pytest
+
 from threading import Lock
 import time
 
@@ -6,7 +8,8 @@
 from more_executors import Executors, ThrottleExecutor
 
 
-def test_throttle():
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("block", [True, False])
+def test_throttle(block):
     THREADS = 8
     COUNT = 3
     samples = []
@@ -27,7 +30,9 @@ def record(x):
             running_now.remove(x)
 
     futures = []
-    executor = ThrottleExecutor(Executors.thread_pool(max_workers=THREADS), count=COUNT)
+    executor = ThrottleExecutor(
+        Executors.thread_pool(max_workers=THREADS), count=COUNT, block=block
+    )
     with executor:
         for i in range(0, 1000):
             future = executor.submit(record, i)
@@ -51,6 +56,6 @@ def record(x):
 
 def test_with_throttle():
     assert_that(
-        Executors.sync(name="throttle-test").with_throttle(4),
+        Executors.sync(name="throttle-test").with_throttle(4, block=True),
         instance_of(ThrottleExecutor),
     )