diff --git a/src/main/rb/eca.rb b/src/main/rb/eca.rb
index 7fa953ba997deef79b81798b33b0b3a8c638e275..d39dd2967bc8d0987b9b54cbd56ab78c20a33fd6 100644
--- a/src/main/rb/eca.rb
+++ b/src/main/rb/eca.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ALLOW_LIST_PROJECTS = ['/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-ts',
 '/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-seco-intel',
 '/eclipse/oniro-core/meta-zephyr'
 ]
+ALLOW_LIST_GROUPS = ['eclipsefdn/it/webdev/eclipse.org-php-archives/']
 STRICT_MODE_ROOT_GROUPS = ['eclipse-research-labs/']
 
 ## Track whether forked project for error reporting (failing vs non-failing)
@@ -118,6 +119,9 @@ if (nil_or_empty(project_url)) then
 elsif (ALLOW_LIST_PROJECTS.any? {|repo_namespace| "#{HOST_URL}#{repo_namespace}" == project_url}) then
   puts "Found allow listed project, skipping validation"
   exit 0
+elsif (ALLOW_LIST_GROUPS.any? {|group_namespace| project_json_data['path_with_namespace'].start_with?(group_namespace)}) then
+  puts "Found allow listed group, skipping validation"
+  exit 0
 end
 
 ## Get all new commits for branch, relative to itself for existing branch, relative to tree for new