diff --git a/WooCommerce/src/main/kotlin/com/woocommerce/android/ui/woopos/home/toolbar/WooPosToolbarViewModel.kt b/WooCommerce/src/main/kotlin/com/woocommerce/android/ui/woopos/home/toolbar/WooPosToolbarViewModel.kt
index 73782fcd6d1..cdd25daa5f2 100644
--- a/WooCommerce/src/main/kotlin/com/woocommerce/android/ui/woopos/home/toolbar/WooPosToolbarViewModel.kt
+++ b/WooCommerce/src/main/kotlin/com/woocommerce/android/ui/woopos/home/toolbar/WooPosToolbarViewModel.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import com.woocommerce.android.ui.woopos.home.toolbar.WooPosToolbarUIEvent.MenuI
 import com.woocommerce.android.ui.woopos.home.toolbar.WooPosToolbarUIEvent.OnOutsideOfToolbarMenuClicked
 import com.woocommerce.android.ui.woopos.home.toolbar.WooPosToolbarUIEvent.OnToolbarMenuClicked
 import dagger.hilt.android.lifecycle.HiltViewModel
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ class WooPosToolbarViewModel @Inject constructor(
     )
     val state: StateFlow<WooPosToolbarState> = _state
 
+    private var debounceJob: Job? = null
+
     init {
         viewModelScope.launch {
             cardReaderFacade.readerStatus.collect {
@@ -85,7 +89,9 @@ class WooPosToolbarViewModel @Inject constructor(
 
     private fun handleConnectToReaderButtonClicked() {
         if (_state.value.cardReaderStatus != WooPosToolbarState.WooPosCardReaderStatus.Connected) {
-            cardReaderFacade.connectToReader()
+            debounce {
+                cardReaderFacade.connectToReader()
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -96,6 +102,16 @@ class WooPosToolbarViewModel @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    private fun debounce(block: () -> Unit) {
+        if (debounceJob?.isActive == true) {
+            return
+        }
+        debounceJob = viewModelScope.launch {
+            block()
+            delay(DEBOUNCE_TIME_MS)
+        }
+    }
+
     private companion object {
         val toolbarMenuItems = listOf(
             WooPosToolbarState.Menu.MenuItem(
@@ -107,5 +123,11 @@ class WooPosToolbarViewModel @Inject constructor(
                 icon = R.drawable.woopos_ic_exit_pos,
             ),
         )
+
+        private const val DEBOUNCE_TIME_MS = 800L
+    }
+
+    override fun onCleared() {
+        debounceJob?.cancel()
     }
 }
diff --git a/WooCommerce/src/test/kotlin/com/woocommerce/android/ui/woopos/home/toolbar/WooPosToolbarViewModelTest.kt b/WooCommerce/src/test/kotlin/com/woocommerce/android/ui/woopos/home/toolbar/WooPosToolbarViewModelTest.kt
index 3c3fbc7cc2f..2942c4cbad9 100644
--- a/WooCommerce/src/test/kotlin/com/woocommerce/android/ui/woopos/home/toolbar/WooPosToolbarViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/WooCommerce/src/test/kotlin/com/woocommerce/android/ui/woopos/home/toolbar/WooPosToolbarViewModelTest.kt
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ import com.woocommerce.android.ui.woopos.home.WooPosChildrenToParentEventSender
 import com.woocommerce.android.ui.woopos.util.WooPosCoroutineTestRule
 import kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flowOf
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.advanceUntilIdle
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.junit.Rule
 import org.junit.Test
 import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
+import org.mockito.kotlin.times
 import org.mockito.kotlin.verify
 import org.mockito.kotlin.whenever
 
@@ -129,6 +131,40 @@ class WooPosToolbarViewModelTest {
         assertThat(viewModel.state.value.menu).isEqualTo(WooPosToolbarState.Menu.Hidden)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `when connect to card reader clicked multiple times, then debounce prevents multiple clicks`() = runTest {
+        // GIVEN
+        whenever(cardReaderFacade.readerStatus).thenReturn(flowOf(CardReaderStatus.NotConnected()))
+        val viewModel = createViewModel()
+
+        // WHEN
+        viewModel.onUiEvent(WooPosToolbarUIEvent.ConnectToAReaderClicked)
+        viewModel.onUiEvent(WooPosToolbarUIEvent.ConnectToAReaderClicked)
+        viewModel.onUiEvent(WooPosToolbarUIEvent.ConnectToAReaderClicked)
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+
+        // THEN
+        verify(cardReaderFacade, times(1)).connectToReader()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `when connect to card reader clicked multiple times after delay, then debounce handles all clicks`() = runTest {
+        // GIVEN
+        whenever(cardReaderFacade.readerStatus).thenReturn(flowOf(CardReaderStatus.NotConnected()))
+        val viewModel = createViewModel()
+
+        // WHEN
+        viewModel.onUiEvent(WooPosToolbarUIEvent.ConnectToAReaderClicked)
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+        viewModel.onUiEvent(WooPosToolbarUIEvent.ConnectToAReaderClicked)
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+        viewModel.onUiEvent(WooPosToolbarUIEvent.ConnectToAReaderClicked)
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+
+        // THEN
+        verify(cardReaderFacade, times(3)).connectToReader()
+    }
+
     private fun createViewModel() = WooPosToolbarViewModel(
         cardReaderFacade,
         childrenToParentEventSender