diff --git a/onadata/libs/tests/test_throttle.py b/onadata/libs/tests/test_throttle.py
index c7b2c2a8e0..97af7bac15 100644
--- a/onadata/libs/tests/test_throttle.py
+++ b/onadata/libs/tests/test_throttle.py
@@ -1,9 +1,30 @@
 from django.core.cache import cache
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
 
-from onadata.libs.throttle import RequestHeaderThrottle
+from onadata.libs.throttle import RequestHeaderThrottle, URLScopedRateThrottle
+
+class URLScopedThrottlingTests(TestCase):
+
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """
+        Reset the cache so that no throttles will be active
+        """
+        cache.clear()
+        self.factory = APIRequestFactory()
+        self.throttle = URLScopedRateThrottle()
+
+    def test_cache_key_is_correctly_set(self):
+        """
+        Cache key is set correctly by anonymous user
+        """
+        request = self.factory.get("/bob/submission")
+        request.user = AnonymousUser()
+        key = self.throttle.get_cache_key(request, None)
+        self.assertEqual(key,'/bob/submission_throttle_None_127.0.0.1')
 
 
 class ThrottlingTests(TestCase):
diff --git a/onadata/libs/throttle.py b/onadata/libs/throttle.py
index ff79442a0b..5b665cf1b8 100644
--- a/onadata/libs/throttle.py
+++ b/onadata/libs/throttle.py
@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
-from rest_framework.throttling import SimpleRateThrottle
+from rest_framework.throttling import SimpleRateThrottle, ScopedRateThrottle
+
+
+class URLScopedRateThrottle(ScopedRateThrottle):
+
+    def get_cache_key(self, request, view):
+        """
+        Override ScopedRatheThrottle method
+        """
+        return f'{request.path}_{super().get_cache_key(request, view)}'
 
 
 class RequestHeaderThrottle(SimpleRateThrottle):