diff --git a/pkg/server/server.go b/pkg/server/server.go
index 045f948c2..f7fdec0df 100644
--- a/pkg/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -333,9 +333,9 @@ func (h *handler) authenticateEndpoint(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)
 	// if the token is invalid, reject with a 403
 	identity, err := h.verifier.Verify(tokenReview.Spec.Token)
 	if err != nil {
-		if _, ok := err.(token.STSThrottling); ok {
+		if throttleErr, ok := err.(token.STSThrottling); ok {
 			metrics.Get().Latency.WithLabelValues(metrics.STSThrottling).Observe(duration(start))
-			log.WithError(err).Warn("access denied")
+			log.WithError(throttleErr).WithField("accountID", throttleErr.AccountID()).Warn("access denied")
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusTooManyRequests)
 			w.Write(tokenReviewDenyJSON)
 			return
diff --git a/pkg/token/akid.go b/pkg/token/akid.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..beac55d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/token/akid.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package token
+
+import (
+	"encoding/base32"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// accountForAKID is a best-effort method to extract the account ID from an AKID for
+// logging on throttled requests. This should not be called on untrusted input (i.e.
+// AKID from the request before validating the request from STS).
+//
+// This is not foolproof, but avoids an `sts:GetAccessKeyInfo` call per AKID.
+// adapted from https://hackingthe.cloud/aws/enumeration/get-account-id-from-keys/
+func accountForAKID(akid string) string {
+	if len(akid) < 20 {
+		// too short
+		return ""
+	}
+	decoded, err := base32.StdEncoding.DecodeString(akid[4:])
+	if err != nil {
+		// decoding error
+		return ""
+	}
+	y := decoded[:6]
+	z := uint64(0)
+	for i := 0; i < len(y); i++ {
+		z = (z << 8) | uint64(y[i])
+	}
+	// this mask bytestring is always valid
+	maskBytes, _ := hex.DecodeString("7fffffffff80")
+	mask := uint64(0)
+	for i := 0; i < len(maskBytes); i++ {
+		mask = (mask << 8) | uint64(maskBytes[i])
+	}
+	// Apply mask and shift right by 7 bits
+	e := (z & mask) >> 7
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%012d", e)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/token/akid_test.go b/pkg/token/akid_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26861914d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/token/akid_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package token
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestAccountForAKID(t *testing.T) {
+	testcases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		akid     string
+		expected string
+		wantErr  error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "empty akid",
+			akid:     "",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "akid with account",
+			akid:     "ASIAR2TG44V5PDTTBZRR",
+			expected: "125843596666",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "account starting with a 0",
+			akid:     "ASIAQNZGKIQY56JQ7WML",
+			expected: "029608264753",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "non base32 encoded akid",
+			akid:     "ASIAc29tZXRoaW5nCg==",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testcases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			actual := accountForAKID(tc.akid)
+			if actual != tc.expected {
+				t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", tc.expected, actual)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/token/token.go b/pkg/token/token.go
index 716a8cb12..721e8302a 100644
--- a/pkg/token/token.go
+++ b/pkg/token/token.go
@@ -142,16 +142,21 @@ func NewSTSError(m string) STSError {
 
 // STSThrottling is returned when there was STS Throttling.
 type STSThrottling struct {
-	message string
+	message   string
+	accountID string
+}
+
+func (e STSThrottling) AccountID() string {
+	return e.accountID
 }
 
 func (e STSThrottling) Error() string {
-	return "sts getCallerIdentity was throttled: " + e.message
+	return "sts getCallerIdentity for account " + e.accountID + " was throttled: " + e.message
 }
 
 // NewSTSError creates a error of type STS.
-func NewSTSThrottling(m string) STSThrottling {
-	return STSThrottling{message: m}
+func NewSTSThrottling(m, accountID string) STSThrottling {
+	return STSThrottling{message: m, accountID: accountID}
 }
 
 var parameterWhitelist = map[string]bool{
@@ -586,8 +591,9 @@ func (v tokenVerifier) Verify(token string) (*Identity, error) {
 		// refer to https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/CommonErrors.html and log
 		// response body for STS Throttling is {"Error":{"Code":"Throttling","Message":"Rate exceeded","Type":"Sender"},"RequestId":"xxx"}
 		if strings.Contains(responseStr, "Throttling") {
+			// STS validated the request, but throttled it: we can trust that enough to report the accountID
 			metrics.Get().StsThrottling.Inc()
-			return nil, NewSTSThrottling(responseStr)
+			return nil, NewSTSThrottling(responseStr, accountForAKID(accessKeyID))
 		}
 		return nil, NewSTSError(fmt.Sprintf("error from AWS (expected 200, got %d). Body: %s", response.StatusCode, responseStr))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/token/token_test.go b/pkg/token/token_test.go
index a8e997c86..d5eb1dd11 100644
--- a/pkg/token/token_test.go
+++ b/pkg/token/token_test.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func TestVerifyTokenPreSTSValidations(t *testing.T) {
 func TestVerifyHTTPThrottling(t *testing.T) {
 	testVerifier := newVerifier("aws", 400, "{\\\"Error\\\":{\\\"Code\\\":\\\"Throttling\\\",\\\"Message\\\":\\\"Rate exceeded\\\",\\\"Type\\\":\\\"Sender\\\"},\\\"RequestId\\\":\\\"8c2d3520-24e1-4d5c-ac55-7e226335f447\\\"}", nil)
 	_, err := testVerifier.Verify(validToken)
-	errorContains(t, err, "sts getCallerIdentity was throttled")
+	errorContains(t, err, "sts getCallerIdentity for account 073224499664 was throttled")
 	assertSTSThrottling(t, err)
 }