diff --git a/src/store/account/types.ts b/src/store/account/types.ts
index aa0d007c..b2a71615 100644
--- a/src/store/account/types.ts
+++ b/src/store/account/types.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ export interface Account {
     jwt_groups_enabled: boolean;
     groups_propagation_enabled: boolean;
     jwt_groups_claim_name: string;
+    extra: {
+      peer_approval_enabled: boolean;
+    }
   };
 }
 
@@ -17,4 +20,5 @@ export interface FormAccount extends Account {
   groups_propagation_enabled: boolean;
   jwt_groups_claim_name: string;
   peer_login_expiration_formatted: ExpiresInValue;
+  peer_approval_enabled: boolean;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/store/peer/types.ts b/src/store/peer/types.ts
index af48b46f..3f26b3d6 100644
--- a/src/store/peer/types.ts
+++ b/src/store/peer/types.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ export interface Peer {
   dns_label: string,
   last_login: string,
   login_expired: boolean,
-  login_expiration_enabled: boolean
+  login_expiration_enabled: boolean,
+  approval_required: boolean
 }
 
 export interface FormPeer extends Peer {
diff --git a/src/views/Activity.tsx b/src/views/Activity.tsx
index 3fc8af6d..15bedda6 100644
--- a/src/views/Activity.tsx
+++ b/src/views/Activity.tsx
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ export const Activity = () => {
       case "peer.login.expiration.enable":
       case "user.peer.login":
       case "peer.login.expire":
+      case "peer.approve":
+      case "peer.approval.revoke":
         return renderMultiRowSpan(event.meta.fqdn, event.meta.ip);
       case "route.add":
       case "route.delete":
@@ -387,6 +389,8 @@ export const Activity = () => {
       case "account.setting.peer.login.expiration.enable":
       case "account.setting.peer.login.expiration.disable":
       case "account.setting.peer.login.expiration.update":
+      case "account.setting.peer.approval.enable":
+      case "account.setting.peer.approval.disable":
       case "integration.create":
       case "integration.update":
       case "integration.delete":
diff --git a/src/views/Peers.tsx b/src/views/Peers.tsx
index b6ca5980..a9aebaa4 100644
--- a/src/views/Peers.tsx
+++ b/src/views/Peers.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { capitalize, formatOS, timeAgo } from "../utils/common";
+import {capitalize, formatOS, isLocalDev, isNetBirdHosted, timeAgo} from "../utils/common";
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
 import { RootState } from "typesafe-actions";
 import { actions as peerActions } from "../store/peer";
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export const Peers = () => {
     (state: RootState) => state.peer.updateGroupsVisible
   );
   const users = useSelector((state: RootState) => state.user.data);
+  const account = useSelector((state: RootState) => state.account.data);
   const [addPeerModalOpen, setAddPeerModalOpen] = useState(false);
   const { oidcUser } = useOidcUser();
   const [isAdmin, setIsAdmin] = useState(false);
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ export const Peers = () => {
   const optionsOnOff = [
     { label: "Online", value: "on" },
     { label: "All", value: "all" },
+    // ...((isNetBirdHosted() || isLocalDev()) && account[0].settings.extra.peer_approval_enabled ?  [{ label: "Needs approval", value: "approval" }] : []),
   ];
 
   const transformDataTable = (d: Peer[]): PeerDataTable[] => {
@@ -291,6 +293,16 @@ export const Peers = () => {
       );
     }) as Peer[];
 
+    // switch (optionOnOff) {
+    //     case "on":
+    //         f = filter(f, (f: Peer) => f.connected);
+    //         break;
+    //     case "approval":
+    //         f = filter(f, (f: Peer) => f.approval_required);
+    //         break;
+    //     default:
+    //         break;
+    // }
     if (optionOnOff === "on") {
       f = filter(f, (f: Peer) => f.connected);
     }
@@ -410,6 +422,36 @@ export const Peers = () => {
     });
   };
 
+  const showConfirmApprove = (record: PeerDataTable) => {
+    setPeerToAction(record);
+
+    let content = (
+      <Paragraph>
+        Are you sure you want to approve this peer?
+      </Paragraph>
+    );
+
+    let name = record ? record.name : "";
+    confirmModal.confirm({
+      icon: <ExclamationCircleOutlined />,
+      title: <span className="font-500">Approve peer {name}</span>,
+      width: 600,
+      content: content,
+      onOk() {
+        record.approval_required = false
+        dispatch(
+            peerActions.updatePeer.request({
+              getAccessTokenSilently: getTokenSilently,
+              payload: record,
+            })
+        );
+      },
+      onCancel() {
+        setPeerToAction(null);
+      },
+    });
+  };
+
   const showConfirmEnableSSH = (record: PeerDataTable) => {
     confirmModal.confirm({
       icon: <ExclamationCircleOutlined />,
@@ -601,6 +643,19 @@ export const Peers = () => {
       ""
     );
 
+    let approval = peer.approval_required ? (
+        <Tooltip title="The peer needs to be approved by an administrator before it can connect to other peers">
+          <Tag color="gold">
+            <Text
+                style={{ fontSize: "10px", color: "rgba(212, 136, 6, 1)" }}
+                type={"secondary"}
+            >needs approval</Text>
+          </Tag>
+        </Tooltip>
+    ) : (
+        ""
+    );
+
     const userEmail = users?.find((u) => u.id === peer.user_id)?.email;
     let expiry = !peer.login_expiration_enabled ? (
       <Tag>
@@ -622,9 +677,9 @@ export const Peers = () => {
               <Row>
                 <Text className="font-500"> {status}</Text>
               </Row>
-              <Row>{loginExpire}</Row>
             </span>
           </Button>
+          <Row>{loginExpire}</Row>
         </>
       );
     }
@@ -643,11 +698,18 @@ export const Peers = () => {
             <Row>
               <Text type="secondary">{userEmail}</Text>
             </Row>
-            <Row style={{ minWidth: "195px" }}>
-              {expiry} {loginExpire}
-            </Row>
           </span>
         </Button>
+        <Row style={{ minWidth: "195px", paddingLeft: "15px" }}>
+          {expiry} {loginExpire} <Button
+            type="text"
+            style={{ height: "auto", whiteSpace: "normal", textAlign: "center", padding: "0px", margin: "0px" }}
+            onClick={() => showConfirmApprove(peer)}
+            className={!isAdmin ? "nohover" : ""}
+        >
+            {approval}
+        </Button>
+        </Row>
       </div>
     );
   };
diff --git a/src/views/Settings.tsx b/src/views/Settings.tsx
index c8dd1f83..efa9e98f 100644
--- a/src/views/Settings.tsx
+++ b/src/views/Settings.tsx
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ export const Settings = () => {
 
   const [formPeerExpirationEnabled, setFormPeerExpirationEnabled] =
     useState(true);
+  const [formPeerApprovalEnabled, setFormPeerApprovalEnabled] =
+    useState(false);
   const [jwtGroupsEnabled, setJwtGroupsEnabled] = useState(true);
   const [groupsPropagationEnabled, setGroupsPropagationEnabled] =
     useState(true);
@@ -221,9 +223,11 @@ export const Settings = () => {
       jwt_groups_enabled: account.settings.jwt_groups_enabled,
       jwt_groups_claim_name: account.settings.jwt_groups_claim_name,
       groups_propagation_enabled: account.settings.groups_propagation_enabled,
+      peer_approval_enabled: account.settings.extra ? account.settings.extra.peer_approval_enabled : false,
     } as FormAccount;
     setFormAccount(fAccount);
     setFormPeerExpirationEnabled(fAccount.peer_login_expiration_enabled);
+    setFormPeerApprovalEnabled(fAccount.peer_approval_enabled);
     setJwtGroupsEnabled(fAccount.jwt_groups_enabled);
     setGroupsPropagationEnabled(fAccount.groups_propagation_enabled);
     setJwtGroupsClaimName(fAccount.jwt_groups_claim_name);
@@ -394,6 +398,7 @@ export const Settings = () => {
           updatedAccount.data.settings.jwt_groups_claim_name,
         groups_propagation_enabled:
           updatedAccount.data.settings.groups_propagation_enabled,
+        peer_approval_enabled: updatedAccount.data.settings.extra.peer_approval_enabled
       } as FormAccount;
       setFormAccount(fAccount);
     } else if (updatedAccount.error) {
@@ -428,6 +433,7 @@ export const Settings = () => {
           jwt_groups_enabled: jwtGroupsEnabled,
           jwt_groups_claim_name: jwtGroupsClaimName,
           groups_propagation_enabled: groupsPropagationEnabled,
+          peer_approval_enabled: formPeerApprovalEnabled,
         });
       })
       .catch((errorInfo) => {
@@ -453,6 +459,9 @@ export const Settings = () => {
         jwt_groups_enabled: jwtGroupsEnabled,
         jwt_groups_claim_name: jwtGroupsClaimName,
         groups_propagation_enabled: groupsPropagationEnabled,
+        extra: {
+          peer_approval_enabled: values.peer_approval_enabled
+        }
       },
     } as Account;
   };
@@ -624,6 +633,59 @@ export const Settings = () => {
           <div className={groupsClicked ? "d-none" : ""}>
             <Row>
               <Col span={12}>
+                {(isNetBirdHosted() || isLocalDev()) && <Form.Item name="peer_approval_enabled" label="">
+                  <div
+                    style={{
+                      display: "flex",
+                      gap: "15px",
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    <Switch
+                      onChange={(checked) => {
+                        setFormPeerApprovalEnabled(checked);
+                      }}
+                      size="small"
+                      checked={formPeerApprovalEnabled}
+                    />
+                    <div>
+                      <label
+                        style={{
+                          color: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.88)",
+                          fontSize: "14px",
+                          fontWeight: "500",
+                        }}
+                      >
+                        Peer approval{" "}
+                        <Tooltip
+                          title="Peer approval requires that every newly added peer
+                          will require approval by an administrator before it can connect to other peers.
+                          You can approve peers in the peers tab."
+                        >
+                          <Text
+                            style={{
+                              marginLeft: "5px",
+                              fontSize: "14px",
+                              color: "#bdbdbe",
+                            }}
+                            type={"secondary"}
+                          >
+                            <QuestionCircleFilled />
+                          </Text>
+                        </Tooltip>
+                      </label>
+                      <Paragraph
+                        type={"secondary"}
+                        style={{
+                          marginTop: "-2",
+                          fontWeight: "400",
+                          marginBottom: "0",
+                        }}
+                      >
+                        Require peers to be approved by an administrator
+                      </Paragraph>
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                </Form.Item>}
                 <Form.Item name="peer_login_expiration_enabled" label="">
                   <div
                     style={{