diff --git a/docs/docs/api/Agent.md b/docs/docs/api/Agent.md
index 2a8e30bac14..0131b103975 100644
--- a/docs/docs/api/Agent.md
+++ b/docs/docs/api/Agent.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Returns: `Agent`
 Extends: [`PoolOptions`](/docs/docs/api/Pool.md#parameter-pooloptions)
 
 * **factory** `(origin: URL, opts: Object) => Dispatcher` - Default: `(origin, opts) => new Pool(origin, opts)`
+* **maxOrigins** `number` (optional) - Default: `Infinity` - Limits the total number of origins that can receive requests at a time, throwing an `MaxOriginsReachedError` error when attempting to dispatch when the max is reached. If `Infinity`, no limit is enforced.
 
 ## Instance Properties
 
diff --git a/lib/core/errors.js b/lib/core/errors.js
index 0ac3e190eb6..f8e2d9cb07b 100644
--- a/lib/core/errors.js
+++ b/lib/core/errors.js
@@ -359,6 +359,22 @@ class SecureProxyConnectionError extends UndiciError {
   [kSecureProxyConnectionError] = true
 }
 
+const kMaxOriginsReachedError = Symbol.for('undici.error.UND_ERR_MAX_ORIGINS_REACHED')
+class MaxOriginsReachedError extends UndiciError {
+  constructor (message) {
+    super(message)
+    this.name = 'MaxOriginsReachedError'
+    this.message = message || 'Maximum allowed origins reached'
+    this.code = 'UND_ERR_MAX_ORIGINS_REACHED'
+  }
+
+  static [Symbol.hasInstance] (instance) {
+    return instance && instance[kMaxOriginsReachedError] === true
+  }
+
+  [kMaxOriginsReachedError] = true
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   AbortError,
   HTTPParserError,
@@ -381,5 +397,6 @@ module.exports = {
   ResponseExceededMaxSizeError,
   RequestRetryError,
   ResponseError,
-  SecureProxyConnectionError
+  SecureProxyConnectionError,
+  MaxOriginsReachedError
 }
diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/agent.js b/lib/dispatcher/agent.js
index 6d6cdecef65..781bc8cf0d1 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/agent.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/agent.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { InvalidArgumentError } = require('../core/errors')
+const { InvalidArgumentError, MaxOriginsReachedError } = require('../core/errors')
 const { kClients, kRunning, kClose, kDestroy, kDispatch, kUrl } = require('../core/symbols')
 const DispatcherBase = require('./dispatcher-base')
 const Pool = require('./pool')
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const kOnConnectionError = Symbol('onConnectionError')
 const kOnDrain = Symbol('onDrain')
 const kFactory = Symbol('factory')
 const kOptions = Symbol('options')
+const kOrigins = Symbol('origins')
 
 function defaultFactory (origin, opts) {
   return opts && opts.connections === 1
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ function defaultFactory (origin, opts) {
 }
 
 class Agent extends DispatcherBase {
-  constructor ({ factory = defaultFactory, connect, ...options } = {}) {
+  constructor ({ factory = defaultFactory, maxOrigins = Infinity, connect, ...options } = {}) {
     if (typeof factory !== 'function') {
       throw new InvalidArgumentError('factory must be a function.')
     }
@@ -30,15 +31,20 @@ class Agent extends DispatcherBase {
       throw new InvalidArgumentError('connect must be a function or an object')
     }
 
+    if (typeof maxOrigins !== 'number' || Number.isNaN(maxOrigins) || maxOrigins <= 0) {
+      throw new InvalidArgumentError('maxOrigins must be a number greater than 0')
+    }
+
     super()
 
     if (connect && typeof connect !== 'function') {
       connect = { ...connect }
     }
 
-    this[kOptions] = { ...util.deepClone(options), connect }
+    this[kOptions] = { ...util.deepClone(options), maxOrigins, connect }
     this[kFactory] = factory
     this[kClients] = new Map()
+    this[kOrigins] = new Set()
 
     this[kOnDrain] = (origin, targets) => {
       this.emit('drain', origin, [this, ...targets])
@@ -73,6 +79,10 @@ class Agent extends DispatcherBase {
       throw new InvalidArgumentError('opts.origin must be a non-empty string or URL.')
     }
 
+    if (this[kOrigins].size >= this[kOptions].maxOrigins && !this[kOrigins].has(key)) {
+      throw new MaxOriginsReachedError()
+    }
+
     const result = this[kClients].get(key)
     let dispatcher = result && result.dispatcher
     if (!dispatcher) {
@@ -84,6 +94,7 @@ class Agent extends DispatcherBase {
             this[kClients].delete(key)
             result.dispatcher.close()
           }
+          this[kOrigins].delete(key)
         }
       }
       dispatcher = this[kFactory](opts.origin, this[kOptions])
@@ -105,6 +116,7 @@ class Agent extends DispatcherBase {
         })
 
       this[kClients].set(key, { count: 0, dispatcher })
+      this[kOrigins].add(key)
     }
 
     return dispatcher.dispatch(opts, handler)
diff --git a/test/node-test/agent.js b/test/node-test/agent.js
index 32977df5989..d9aee46b597 100644
--- a/test/node-test/agent.js
+++ b/test/node-test/agent.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const { describe, test, after } = require('node:test')
 const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
+const { once } = require('node:events')
 const http = require('node:http')
 const { PassThrough } = require('node:stream')
 const { kRunning } = require('../../lib/core/symbols')
@@ -40,6 +41,42 @@ test('Agent', t => {
   p.doesNotThrow(() => new Agent())
 })
 
+test('Agent enforces maxOrigins', async (t) => {
+  const p = tspl(t, { plan: 1 })
+
+  const dispatcher = new Agent({
+    maxOrigins: 1,
+    keepAliveMaxTimeout: 100,
+    keepAliveTimeout: 100
+  })
+  t.after(() => dispatcher.close())
+
+  const handler = (_req, res) => {
+    setTimeout(() => res.end('ok'), 50)
+  }
+
+  const server1 = http.createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true }, handler)
+  server1.listen(0)
+  await once(server1, 'listening')
+  t.after(closeServerAsPromise(server1))
+
+  const server2 = http.createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true }, handler)
+  server2.listen(0)
+  await once(server2, 'listening')
+  t.after(closeServerAsPromise(server2))
+
+  try {
+    await Promise.all([
+      request(`http://localhost:${server1.address().port}`, { dispatcher }),
+      request(`http://localhost:${server2.address().port}`, { dispatcher })
+    ])
+  } catch (err) {
+    p.ok(err instanceof errors.MaxOriginsReachedError)
+  }
+
+  await p.completed
+})
+
 test('agent should call callback after closing internal pools', async (t) => {
   const p = tspl(t, { plan: 2 })
 
@@ -662,8 +699,10 @@ test('stream: fails with invalid onInfo', async (t) => {
 })
 
 test('constructor validations', t => {
-  const p = tspl(t, { plan: 1 })
+  const p = tspl(t, { plan: 3 })
   p.throws(() => new Agent({ factory: 'ASD' }), errors.InvalidArgumentError, 'throws on invalid opts argument')
+  p.throws(() => new Agent({ maxOrigins: -1 }), errors.InvalidArgumentError, 'maxOrigins must be a number greater than 0')
+  p.throws(() => new Agent({ maxOrigins: 'foo' }), errors.InvalidArgumentError, 'maxOrigins must be a number greater than 0')
 })
 
 test('dispatch validations', async t => {
diff --git a/test/types/errors.test-d.ts b/test/types/errors.test-d.ts
index bdaa4c69204..794d0a5e559 100644
--- a/test/types/errors.test-d.ts
+++ b/test/types/errors.test-d.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ expectAssignable<errors.SecureProxyConnectionError>(new errors.SecureProxyConnec
 expectAssignable<'SecureProxyConnectionError'>(new errors.SecureProxyConnectionError().name)
 expectAssignable<'UND_ERR_PRX_TLS'>(new errors.SecureProxyConnectionError().code)
 
+expectAssignable<errors.UndiciError>(new errors.MaxOriginsReachedError())
+expectAssignable<errors.MaxOriginsReachedError>(new errors.MaxOriginsReachedError())
+expectAssignable<'MaxOriginsReachedError'>(new errors.MaxOriginsReachedError().name)
+expectAssignable<'UND_ERR_MAX_ORIGINS_REACHED'>(new errors.MaxOriginsReachedError().code)
+
 {
   // @ts-ignore
   function f (): errors.HeadersTimeoutError | errors.ConnectTimeoutError { }
diff --git a/types/agent.d.ts b/types/agent.d.ts
index 8c881481a46..4bb3512c77b 100644
--- a/types/agent.d.ts
+++ b/types/agent.d.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ declare namespace Agent {
     factory?(origin: string | URL, opts: Object): Dispatcher;
 
     interceptors?: { Agent?: readonly Dispatcher.DispatchInterceptor[] } & Pool.Options['interceptors']
+    maxOrigins?: number
   }
 
   export interface DispatchOptions extends Dispatcher.DispatchOptions {
diff --git a/types/errors.d.ts b/types/errors.d.ts
index 0de05787a37..fbf31955611 100644
--- a/types/errors.d.ts
+++ b/types/errors.d.ts
@@ -153,4 +153,9 @@ declare namespace Errors {
     name: 'SecureProxyConnectionError'
     code: 'UND_ERR_PRX_TLS'
   }
+
+  class MaxOriginsReachedError extends UndiciError {
+    name: 'MaxOriginsReachedError'
+    code: 'UND_ERR_MAX_ORIGINS_REACHED'
+  }
 }