diff --git a/lib/sql.js b/lib/sql.js
index ae0515e..69aa88d 100644
--- a/lib/sql.js
+++ b/lib/sql.js
@@ -623,9 +623,22 @@ SQLConnector.prototype.execute = function(sql, params, options, callback) {
 
   const self = this;
   if (!this.dataSource.connected) {
-    return this.dataSource.once('connected', function() {
-      self.execute(sql, params, options, callback);
-    });
+    // Prevent adding too many listeners to the 'connected' event on the datasource.
+    if (this.dataSource.listenerCount('connected') <
+        this.dataSource.getMaxOfflineRequests()) {
+      // allow this listener to be added to this event
+      return this.dataSource.once('connected', function() {
+        self.execute(sql, params, options, callback);
+      });
+    } else {
+      const limitReachedError = new Error(
+        g.f(
+          'Event listener limit reached. ' +
+            'Increase maxOfflineRequests value in datasources.json.',
+        ),
+      );
+      callback(limitReachedError);
+    }
   }
   const context = {
     req: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a452d60..bb19507 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "eslint": "^6.1.0",
     "eslint-config-loopback": "^13.1.0",
-    "loopback-datasource-juggler": "^3.12.0",
+    "loopback-datasource-juggler": "^3.32.0",
     "mocha": "^6.2.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/sql.test.js b/test/sql.test.js
index a3119a3..a05dbd9 100644
--- a/test/sql.test.js
+++ b/test/sql.test.js
@@ -459,4 +459,40 @@ describe('sql connector', function() {
       done(err, results);
     });
   });
+
+  it('should throw if the event listener limit is reached', function() {
+    ds.connected = false;
+    function runExecute() {
+      return connector.execute('SELECT * FROM `CUSTOMER`', function(err) {
+        throw err;
+      });
+    }
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+      runExecute();
+    }
+
+    expect(function() { runExecute(); }).to.throw(
+      'Event listener limit reached. ' +
+        'Increase maxOfflineRequests value in datasources.json.',
+    );
+    ds.connected = true;
+    ds.removeAllListeners(['connected']);
+  });
+
+  it('should not throw if the event listener limit is not reached', function() {
+    ds.connected = false;
+    function runExecute() {
+      return connector.execute('SELECT * FROM `CUSTOMER`', function(err) {
+        throw err;
+      });
+    }
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 15; i++) {
+      runExecute();
+    }
+
+    expect(function() { runExecute(); }).to.not.throw();
+    ds.connected = true;
+  });
 });