diff --git a/opencage/geocoder.py b/opencage/geocoder.py
index 4622ce5..9a61a4c 100644
--- a/opencage/geocoder.py
+++ b/opencage/geocoder.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import requests
 import backoff
 from .version import __version__
+from datetime import datetime
 
 try:
     import aiohttp
@@ -130,6 +131,9 @@ class OpenCageGeocode:
     """
 
     session = None
+    ratelimit_limit = None
+    ratelimit_remaining = None
+    ratelimit_reset = None
 
     def __init__(self, key, protocol='https', domain=DEFAULT_DOMAIN, sslcontext=None):
         """Constructor."""
@@ -262,6 +266,26 @@ def _opencage_request(self, params):
         else:
             response = requests.get(self.url, params=params, headers=self._opencage_headers('requests')) # pylint: disable=missing-timeout
 
+        headers_keys = {
+            'ratelimit_limit': {
+                'header': 'x-ratelimit-limit',
+                'conversor': lambda v: int(v) if v else self.ratelimit_limit
+            },
+            'ratelimit_remaining': {
+                'header': 'x-ratelimit-remaining',
+                'conversor': lambda v: int(v) if v else self.ratelimit_remaining
+            },
+            'ratelimit_reset': {
+                'header': 'x-ratelimit-reset',
+                'conversor': lambda v: datetime.fromtimestamp(int(v)) if v else self.ratelimit_reset
+            }
+        }
+
+        for prop_name, prop_data in headers_keys.items():
+            header_value = response.headers.get(prop_data['header'])
+            conversor = prop_data['conversor']
+            setattr(self, prop_name, conversor(header_value))
+
         try:
             response_json = response.json()
         except ValueError as excinfo:
diff --git a/test/test_ratelimit_properties.py b/test/test_ratelimit_properties.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c12de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_ratelimit_properties.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+import os
+import httpretty
+from httpretty import httprettified
+from opencage.geocoder import OpenCageGeocode
+
+# reduce maximum backoff retry time from 120s to 1s
+os.environ['BACKOFF_MAX_TIME'] = '1'
+
+geocoder = OpenCageGeocode('abcde')
+
+
+@httprettified
+def test_rate_limit_properties_no_headers():
+    httpretty.register_uri(
+        httpretty.GET,
+        geocoder.url,
+        body=Path('test/fixtures/uk_postcode.json').read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    )
+    _ = geocoder.geocode("EC1M 5RF")
+
+    assert geocoder.ratelimit_limit is None
+    assert geocoder.ratelimit_remaining is None
+    assert geocoder.ratelimit_reset is None
+
+
+@httprettified
+def test_rate_limit_properties():
+    httpretty.register_uri(
+        httpretty.GET,
+        geocoder.url,
+        body=Path('test/fixtures/uk_postcode.json').read_text(encoding="utf-8"),
+        adding_headers={
+            'X-RateLimit-Limit': '2500',
+            'X-RateLimit-Remaining': '2487',
+            'X-RateLimit-Reset': '1402185600'
+        }
+    )
+    _ = geocoder.geocode("EC1M 5RF")
+
+    assert geocoder.ratelimit_limit == 2500
+    assert geocoder.ratelimit_remaining == 2487
+    assert geocoder.ratelimit_reset == datetime.fromtimestamp(1402185600)