diff --git a/ratelimit.go b/ratelimit.go
index 504d03d..325f2a2 100644
--- a/ratelimit.go
+++ b/ratelimit.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (r *RateLimiter) RateLimit(fn RateLimiterFn) error {
 		cancel context.CancelFunc
 	)
 
-	ctx = context.WithValue(context.Background(), rateLimitCtxKey, rateLimitCtxVal)
+	ctx = r.makeCtx()
 
 	ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), r.bucketTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ func (r *RateLimiter) RateLimit(fn RateLimiterFn) error {
 	return r.RateLimitContext(ctx, fn)
 }
 
+func (r *RateLimiter) RateLimitSync(fn RateLimiterFn) error {
+	ctx := r.makeCtx()
+
+	return r.RateLimitContextSync(ctx, fn)
+}
+
 // RateLimitContext calls the passed function fn using the passed context.Context.
 // If the passed context's deadline is exceeded while waiting to acquire bucket space, a wrapped error is returned.
 // Otherwise, the result of calling fn() is returned.
@@ -103,6 +109,10 @@ func (r *RateLimiter) RateLimitContext(ctx context.Context, fn RateLimiterFn) er
 	return err
 }
 
+func (r *RateLimiter) RateLimitContextSync(ctx context.Context, fn RateLimiterFn) error {
+	return fn()
+}
+
 // Wrap wraps the passed function within another function, which no parameters
 // and calls RateLimit using fn(). Helpful for building functions which are "preloaded" with
 // a rate limiter, rather than calling RateLimit around every function call.
@@ -224,6 +234,10 @@ func (r *RateLimiter) withWriteLock(f func()) {
 	f()
 }
 
+func (r RateLimiter) makeCtx() context.Context {
+	return context.WithValue(context.Background(), rateLimitCtxKey, rateLimitCtxVal)
+}
+
 func (r RateLimiter) checkRateLimiterCtx(ctx context.Context) bool {
 	// check if context was created by r.RateLimit instead of
 	// a context which was passed from elsewhere