diff --git a/src/test/groovy/HasCommentAuthorWritePermissionsTests.groovy b/src/test/groovy/HasCommentAuthorWritePermissionsTests.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ccbf530f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/groovy/HasCommentAuthorWritePermissionsTests.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+
+class HasCommentAuthorWritePermissionsTests extends ApmBasePipelineTest {
+
+  @Override
+  @Before
+  void setUp() throws Exception {
+    super.setUp()
+    script = loadScript('vars/hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions.groovy')
+    helper.registerAllowedMethod('githubRepoGetUserPermission', [Map.class], { m -> [ permission: "write" ] })
+    helper.registerAllowedMethod('githubApiCall', [Map.class], { m -> [ user: [ login: "foo" ] ] })
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void test() throws Exception {
+    def ret = script.call(repoName: "owner/repo", commentId: "1")
+    printCallStack()
+    assertTrue(ret)
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('githubApiCall', 'url=https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/issues/comments/1'))
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('githubRepoGetUserPermission', 'repo=owner/repo'))
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('githubRepoGetUserPermission', 'user=foo'))
+    assertJobStatusSuccess()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testNoRepo() throws Exception {
+    testError("hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions: repoName params is required"){
+      script.call(commentId: "1")
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testNoCommentID() throws Exception {
+    testError("hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions: commentId params is required"){
+      script.call(repoName: "owner/repo")
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/vars/README.md b/vars/README.md
index fbcef0838..6594dd9e0 100644
--- a/vars/README.md
+++ b/vars/README.md
@@ -1310,6 +1310,19 @@ Wrapper to interact with the gsutil command line. It returns the stdout output.
 * command: The gsutil command to be executed. Mandatory
 * credentialsId: The credentials to access the repo (repo permissions). Mandatory.
 
+## hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions
+
+Check if the author of a GitHub comment has admin or write permissions in the repository.
+
+```
+if(!hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions(repoName: "elastic/beats", commentId: env.GT_COMMENT_ID)){
+  error("Only Elasticians can do this action.")
+}
+```
+
+* *repoName:* organization and name of the repository (Organization/Repository)
+* *commentId:* ID of the comment we want to check.
+
 ## httpRequest
 Step to make HTTP request and get the result.
 If the return code is >= 400, it would throw an error.
@@ -2966,4 +2979,3 @@ writeVaultSecret(secret: 'secret/apm-team/ci/temp/github-comment', data: ['secre
 
 * secret: Name of the secret on the the vault root path. Mandatory
 * data: What's the data to be written. Mandatory
-
diff --git a/vars/hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions.groovy b/vars/hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..889d44cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+/**
+  Check if the author of a GitHub comment has admin or write permissions in the repository.
+*/
+def call(Map args = [:]){
+  def repoName = args.containsKey('repoName') ? args.repoName : error('hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions: repoName params is required')
+  def commentId = args.containsKey('commentId') ? args.commentId : error('hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions: commentId params is required')
+  def token = getGithubToken()
+  def url = "https://api.github.com/repos/${repoName}/issues/comments/${commentId}"
+  def comment = githubApiCall(token: token, url: url, noCache: true)
+  def json = githubRepoGetUserPermission(token: token, repo: repoName, user: comment?.user?.login)
+  return json?.permission == 'admin' || json?.permission == 'write'
+}
diff --git a/vars/hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions.txt b/vars/hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..765c7d102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+Check if the author of a GitHub comment has admin or write permissions in the repository.
+
+```
+if(!hasCommentAuthorWritePermissions(repoName: "elastic/kibana", commentId: env.GT_COMMENT_ID)){
+  error("Only Elasticians can deploy Docker images")
+}
+```
+
+* *repoName:* organization and name of the repository (Organization/Repository)
+* *commentId:* ID of the comment we want to check.