diff --git a/go.mod1 b/go.mod1
index 6fb40587e..cf1a454ce 100644
--- a/go.mod1
+++ b/go.mod1
@@ -54,4 +54,7 @@ require (
 	sourcegraph.com/sourcegraph/appdash v0.0.0-20190731080439-ebfcffb1b5c0
 )
 
-replace cloud.google.com/go/storage => github.com/3pointer/google-cloud-go/storage v1.6.1-0.20210108125931-b59bfa0720b2
+replace (
+	cloud.google.com/go/storage => github.com/3pointer/google-cloud-go/storage v1.6.1-0.20210108125931-b59bfa0720b2
+	github.com/pingcap/kvproto v0.0.0-20210308063835-39b884695fb8 => github.com/recall704/kvproto v0.0.0-20210414071537-7bdfcba5f5d5
+)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/flags.go b/pkg/storage/flags.go
index 4dc54d31f..d24bb2376 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/flags.go
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ import (
 
 // DefineFlags adds flags to the flag set corresponding to all backend options.
 func DefineFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
+	DefineLocalFlags(flags)
 	defineS3Flags(flags)
 	defineGCSFlags(flags)
 }
 
 // ParseFromFlags obtains the backend options from the flag set.
 func (options *BackendOptions) ParseFromFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) error {
+	if err := options.Local.parseFromFlags(flags); err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
 	if err := options.S3.parseFromFlags(flags); err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/local.go b/pkg/storage/local.go
index 5e1f233b8..b61eeaab4 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/local.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/local.go
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	"github.com/fujiwara/shapeio"
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
+	"github.com/pingcap/kvproto/pkg/backup"
+	backuppb "github.com/pingcap/kvproto/pkg/backup"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -17,11 +21,40 @@ const (
 	localFilePerm os.FileMode = 0o644
 )
 
+const (
+	localRateLimitOption = "local.ratelimit"
+)
+
 // LocalStorage represents local file system storage.
 //
 // export for using in tests.
 type LocalStorage struct {
-	base string
+	base      string
+	rateLimit uint64
+}
+
+// defineS3Flags defines the command line flags for S3BackendOptions.
+func DefineLocalFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
+	flags.Uint64(localRateLimitOption, 0, "rate limit for dump/load data, unit is byte")
+}
+
+type LocalOptions struct {
+	RateLimit uint64 `json:"ratelimit"`
+}
+
+// Apply apply s3 options on backuppb.S3.
+func (options *LocalOptions) Apply(local *backuppb.Local) error {
+	local.RateLimit = options.RateLimit
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (options *LocalOptions) parseFromFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) error {
+	var err error
+	options.RateLimit, err = flags.GetUint64(localRateLimitOption)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // WriteFile writes data to a file to storage.
@@ -97,7 +130,13 @@ func (l *LocalStorage) Create(ctx context.Context, name string) (ExternalFileWri
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 	buf := bufio.NewWriter(file)
-	return newFlushStorageWriter(buf, buf, file), nil
+	if l.rateLimit > 0 {
+		writer := shapeio.NewWriterWithContext(buf, ctx)
+		writer.SetRateLimit(float64(l.rateLimit)) // Byte/sec
+		return newFlushStorageWriter(writer, buf, file), nil
+	} else {
+		return newFlushStorageWriter(buf, buf, file), nil
+	}
 }
 
 func pathExists(_path string) (bool, error) {
@@ -127,3 +166,17 @@ func NewLocalStorage(base string) (*LocalStorage, error) {
 	}
 	return &LocalStorage{base: base}, nil
 }
+
+func newLocalStorage(backend *backup.Local, opts *ExternalStorageOptions) (*LocalStorage, error) {
+	ok, err := pathExists(backend.Path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		err := mkdirAll(backend.Path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
+		}
+	}
+	return &LocalStorage{base: backend.Path, rateLimit: backend.RateLimit}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/parse.go b/pkg/storage/parse.go
index 6447d7272..fda863ff9 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/parse.go
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ import (
 // BackendOptions further configures the storage backend not expressed by the
 // storage URL.
 type BackendOptions struct {
-	S3  S3BackendOptions  `json:"s3" toml:"s3"`
-	GCS GCSBackendOptions `json:"gcs" toml:"gcs"`
+	Local LocalOptions      `json:"local" toml:"local"`
+	S3    S3BackendOptions  `json:"s3" toml:"s3"`
+	GCS   GCSBackendOptions `json:"gcs" toml:"gcs"`
 }
 
 // ParseRawURL parse raw url to url object.
@@ -52,10 +53,24 @@ func ParseBackend(rawURL string, options *BackendOptions) (*backuppb.StorageBack
 			return nil, errors.Annotatef(berrors.ErrStorageInvalidConfig, "covert data-source-dir '%s' to absolute path failed", rawURL)
 		}
 		local := &backuppb.Local{Path: absPath}
+		if options == nil {
+			options = &BackendOptions{Local: LocalOptions{}}
+		}
+		ExtractQueryParameters(u, &options.Local)
+		if err := options.Local.Apply(local); err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
+		}
 		return &backuppb.StorageBackend{Backend: &backuppb.StorageBackend_Local{Local: local}}, nil
 
 	case "local", "file":
 		local := &backuppb.Local{Path: u.Path}
+		if options == nil {
+			options = &BackendOptions{Local: LocalOptions{}}
+		}
+		ExtractQueryParameters(u, &options.Local)
+		if err := options.Local.Apply(local); err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
+		}
 		return &backuppb.StorageBackend{Backend: &backuppb.StorageBackend_Local{Local: local}}, nil
 
 	case "noop":
diff --git a/pkg/storage/storage.go b/pkg/storage/storage.go
index da8fdf5ee..5f249eca6 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/storage.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, backend *backuppb.StorageBackend, opts *ExternalSt
 		if opts.SkipCheckPath {
 			return &LocalStorage{base: backend.Local.Path}, nil
 		}
-		return NewLocalStorage(backend.Local.Path)
+		return newLocalStorage(backend.Local, opts)
 	case *backuppb.StorageBackend_S3:
 		if backend.S3 == nil {
 			return nil, errors.Annotate(berrors.ErrStorageInvalidConfig, "s3 config not found")