diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1c226fe..c8abae7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "@octokit/request-error": "^2.1.0",
         "ansi-styles": "^6.2.1",
         "got": "^12.6.0",
+        "nodemon": "^2.0.21",
         "octokit": "^2.0.14",
         "spdx-expression-parse": "^3.0.1",
         "spdx-satisfies": "^5.0.1",
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 1c3db9d..7082f98 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ function parseConfigFile(configData: string): ConfigurationOptionsPartial {
       'allow-licenses',
       'deny-licenses',
       'fail-on-scopes',
-      'allow-ghsas'
+      'allow-ghsas',
+      'allow-dependencies-licenses'
     ]
 
     for (const key of Object.keys(data)) {
@@ -149,6 +150,19 @@ function parseConfigFile(configData: string): ConfigurationOptionsPartial {
         validateLicenses(key, data[key])
       }
 
+      // parse the allow-dependencies-licenses configs value
+      // per-ecosystem: ['pkg1', 'pkg2']
+      if (key === 'allow-dependencies-licenses') {
+        const val = data[key]
+        for (const ecosystem of Object.keys(val)) {
+          const pkgs = val[ecosystem]
+          if (typeof pkgs === 'string') {
+            val[ecosystem] = pkgs.split(',').map(x => x.trim())
+          }
+        }
+        data[key] = val
+      }
+
       // get rid of the ugly dashes from the actions conventions
       if (key.includes('-')) {
         data[key.replace(/-/g, '_')] = data[key]
diff --git a/src/licenses.ts b/src/licenses.ts
index ccd26ad..59b4459 100644
--- a/src/licenses.ts
+++ b/src/licenses.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import spdxSatisfies from 'spdx-satisfies'
 import {Change, Changes} from './schemas'
-import {isSPDXValid, octokitClient} from './utils'
+import {isSPDXValid, octokitClient, isDefined} from './utils'
+import * as core from '@actions/core'
 
 /**
  * Loops through a list of changes, filtering and returning the
@@ -24,11 +25,22 @@ export async function getInvalidLicenseChanges(
   licenses: {
     allow?: string[]
     deny?: string[]
+    exception?: Record<string, string[]>
   }
 ): Promise<InvalidLicenseChanges> {
-  const {allow, deny} = licenses
+  const {allow, deny, exception} = licenses
 
   const groupedChanges = await groupChanges(changes)
+  // filter out changes that are part of exclusions list - config.allow_license_exceptions
+  groupedChanges.licensed = groupedChanges.licensed.filter(change => {
+    if (
+      isDefined(exception) &&
+      exception[change.ecosystem].includes(change.name)
+    ) {
+      return false
+    }
+    return true
+  })
   const licensedChanges: Changes = groupedChanges.licensed
 
   const invalidLicenseChanges: InvalidLicenseChanges = {
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 39a2754..17a1863 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
       filteredChanges,
       {
         allow: config.allow_licenses,
-        deny: config.deny_licenses
+        deny: config.deny_licenses,
+        exception: config.allow_dependencies_licenses
       }
     )
 
diff --git a/src/schemas.ts b/src/schemas.ts
index 523418a..2caa4dc 100644
--- a/src/schemas.ts
+++ b/src/schemas.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ export const ConfigurationOptionsSchema = z
     fail_on_scopes: z.array(z.enum(SCOPES)).default(['runtime']),
     allow_licenses: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
     deny_licenses: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+    allow_dependencies_licenses: z
+      .record(z.string(), z.array(z.string()))
+      .optional(),
     allow_ghsas: z.array(z.string()).default([]),
     license_check: z.boolean().default(true),
     vulnerability_check: z.boolean().default(true),
diff --git a/src/summary.ts b/src/summary.ts
index e73ce56..05c1fe2 100644
--- a/src/summary.ts
+++ b/src/summary.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,16 @@ export function addLicensesToSummary(
       `<strong>Denied Licenses</strong>: ${config.deny_licenses.join(', ')}`
     )
   }
+  if (config.allow_dependencies_licenses) {
+    core.summary.addRaw(
+      "<strong>Allow Dependencies (Exceptions)' Licenses</strong>: true"
+    )
+    for (const [ecosystem, dependencies] of Object.entries(
+      config.allow_dependencies_licenses
+    )) {
+      core.summary.addRaw(`- ${ecosystem}</strong>: ${dependencies.join(', ')}`)
+    }
+  }
 
   core.debug(
     `found ${invalidLicenseChanges.unlicensed.length} unknown licenses`
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 81af13d..3db4ad4 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ export function isSPDXValid(license: string): boolean {
   }
 }
 
+// function to check if a value is not null or undefined
+export function isDefined<T>(value: T | null | undefined): value is T {
+  return value !== null && value !== undefined
+}
+
 function isEnterprise(): boolean {
   const serverUrl = new URL(
     process.env['GITHUB_SERVER_URL'] ?? 'https://github.com'