diff --git a/src/Approve.Checker/App.cs b/src/Approve.Checker/App.cs
index 321413a..46ecfcd 100644
--- a/src/Approve.Checker/App.cs
+++ b/src/Approve.Checker/App.cs
@@ -39,11 +39,23 @@ public class App : IApp
             Console.WriteLine("Not in MergeRequest. Exiting.");
             return 0;
         }
+        var approversDict = ParseApprovers();
+        if (approversDict is null)
+        {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
         var mrId = int.Parse(_settings.MrPath.Split('!')[1]);
         
         var mergeRequest = await _client.MergeRequests.GetAsync(_settings.ProjectId, mrId);
         var commit = await _client.Commits.GetAsync(_settings.ProjectId, mergeRequest.Sha);
-        if (!await IsApproved(mergeRequest, commit))
+
+        var isCodeFreezePeriod = _settings.ReleaseCodeFreeze != "true";
+        var periodDescription = isCodeFreezePeriod ? "Code-Freeze. Restrictions may apply" : "Normal";
+        Console.WriteLine($"Current period is {periodDescription}.");
+
+        approversDict = FilterApprovers(approversDict, isCodeFreezePeriod);
+        if (!await IsApproved(mergeRequest, commit, approversDict))
         {
             return -1;
         }
@@ -51,13 +63,8 @@ public class App : IApp
         return 0;
     }
 
-    private async Task<bool> IsApproved(MergeRequest mergeRequest, Commit commit)
+    private async Task<bool> IsApproved(MergeRequest mergeRequest, Commit commit, Dictionary<string, ApproversDto> approversDict)
     {
-        var approversDict = ParseApprovers();
-        if (approversDict is null)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
         var emojis = await _client.MergeRequests.GetAwardEmojisAsync(_settings.ProjectId, mergeRequest.Iid);
 
         var sb = new StringBuilder();
@@ -125,4 +132,17 @@ public class App : IApp
             return null;
         }
     }
+
+    private Dictionary<string, ApproversDto> FilterApprovers(Dictionary<string, ApproversDto> approvers, bool isCodeFreezePeriod)
+    {
+        var result = new Dictionary<string, ApproversDto>();
+        foreach (var approversDto in approvers)
+        {
+            if (approversDto.Value.ForCodeFreeze == isCodeFreezePeriod)
+            {
+                result.Add(approversDto.Key, approversDto.Value);
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Approve.Checker/Gitlab/ApproversDto.cs b/src/Approve.Checker/Gitlab/ApproversDto.cs
index e407c97..bb5b859 100644
--- a/src/Approve.Checker/Gitlab/ApproversDto.cs
+++ b/src/Approve.Checker/Gitlab/ApproversDto.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace Approve.Checker.Gitlab;
 
 public class ApproversDto
 {
+    public bool ForCodeFreeze { get; set; }
     public int CountApprovers { get; set; } = 1;
     public List<string> Users { get; set; } = new();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Approve.Checker/Gitlab/Settings.cs b/src/Approve.Checker/Gitlab/Settings.cs
index 34f89e5..71decf3 100644
--- a/src/Approve.Checker/Gitlab/Settings.cs
+++ b/src/Approve.Checker/Gitlab/Settings.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-namespace Approve.Checker.Gitlab
+namespace Approve.Checker.Gitlab
 {
     public class Settings
     {
@@ -13,6 +7,7 @@ namespace Approve.Checker.Gitlab
         public string MrPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CI_OPEN_MERGE_REQUESTS")!;
         public string ProjectId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CI_PROJECT_ID") ?? CheckAndThrow("CI_PROJECT_ID");
         public string Approvers = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("APPROVERS_FILEPATH") ?? CheckAndThrow("APPROVERS_FILEPATH");
+        public string ReleaseCodeFreeze = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("RELEASE_CODEFREEZE") ?? "false";
 
         private static string CheckAndThrow(string name)
         {