diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/nijie.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/nijie.py
index b902404c..76c5404e 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/nijie.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/nijie.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class NijieExtractor(AsynchronousMixin, BaseExtractor):
     directory_fmt = ("{category}", "{user_id}")
     filename_fmt = "{image_id}_p{num}.{extension}"
     archive_fmt = "{image_id}_{num}"
+    request_interval = (1.0, 2.0)
 
     def __init__(self, match):
         BaseExtractor.__init__(self, match)