diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 028f156..9ffa464 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -240,10 +240,19 @@ require_both_branch_reviewers = false
 # Useful when you intentionally have files without codeowners
 suppress_unowned_warning = true
 
-# `allow_self_approval` (default false) treats the PR author as satisfying any OR ownership group they belong to
-# If the PR author is included an OR group (e.g. `*.py @alice @bob`), the group is auto-satisfied without requiring another member to approve
+# `allow_self_approval` (default false) treats the PR author as satisfying any OR ownership group they are listed in
+# If the PR author is included in an OR group (e.g. `*.py @alice @bob`), the group is auto-satisfied without requiring another member to approve
+# Note: this matches the author against individually listed logins only; see `self_approval_via_teams` for team membership
 allow_self_approval = false
 
+# `self_approval_via_teams` (default false) extends `allow_self_approval` to team membership:
+# OR groups containing a team the PR author is a member of (e.g. `*.py @org/backend`) are also auto-satisfied
+# Requires a token that can read org team members (same requirement as GitHub Teams support)
+self_approval_via_teams = false
+
+# Note: self-approval (both by login and via teams) never satisfies additional-reviewer ("&") rules —
+# those represent mandatory extra reviewers and always require an explicit approval from another member
+
 # `disable_review_status_comments` (default false) suppresses review status comments (required/unapproved reviewers).
 # Optional reviewers are still invited with a CC comment.
 disable_review_status_comments = false
diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index 642019d..90eac3c 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -168,10 +168,20 @@ func (a *App) Run() (*OutputData, error) {
 	// Set author
 	author := fmt.Sprintf("@%s", a.client.PR().User.GetLogin())
 	authorMode := codeowners.AuthorModeDefault
+	var authorTeams []codeowners.Slug
 	if conf.AllowSelfApproval {
 		authorMode = codeowners.AuthorModeSelfApproval
+		if conf.SelfApprovalViaTeams {
+			// Resolve the author's team memberships so ownership groups
+			// containing those teams are satisfied by the author, the same
+			// way approvals from team members satisfy them.
+			if err := a.client.InitUserReviewerMap(codeowners.OriginalStrings(codeOwners.AllRequired().Flatten())); err != nil {
+				return &OutputData{}, fmt.Errorf("InitUserReviewerMap Error: %v", err)
+			}
+			authorTeams = a.client.UserReviewers(author)
+		}
 	}
-	codeOwners.SetAuthor(author, authorMode)
+	codeOwners.SetAuthor(author, authorMode, authorTeams...)
 
 	// Warn about unowned files
 	if !conf.SuppressUnownedWarning {
diff --git a/internal/app/app_test.go b/internal/app/app_test.go
index 0399572..c457d47 100644
--- a/internal/app/app_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/app_test.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (m *mockCodeOwners) ApplyApprovals(approvers []codeowners.Slug) {
 	m.appliedApprovals = approvers
 }
 
-func (m *mockCodeOwners) SetAuthor(author string, mode codeowners.AuthorMode) {
+func (m *mockCodeOwners) SetAuthor(author string, mode codeowners.AuthorMode, authorTeams ...codeowners.Slug) {
 	m.author = author
 	for _, reviewers := range m.requiredOwners {
 		for i, name := range reviewers.Names {
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func (m *mockCodeOwners) UnownedFiles() []string {
 type mockGitHubClient struct {
 	pr                        *github.PullRequest
 	userReviewerMapError      error
+	userReviewers             []codeowners.Slug
 	currentApprovals          []*gh.CurrentApproval
 	currentApprovalsError     error
 	tokenUser                 string
@@ -145,6 +146,10 @@ func (m *mockGitHubClient) InitUserReviewerMap(owners []string) error {
 	return m.userReviewerMapError
 }
 
+func (m *mockGitHubClient) UserReviewers(user string) []codeowners.Slug {
+	return m.userReviewers
+}
+
 func (m *mockGitHubClient) GetCurrentReviewerApprovals() ([]*gh.CurrentApproval, error) {
 	return m.currentApprovals, m.currentApprovalsError
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index fd1b6e8..c3bcf7e 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	RequireBothBranchReviewers  bool         `toml:"require_both_branch_reviewers"`
 	SuppressUnownedWarning      bool         `toml:"suppress_unowned_warning"`
 	AllowSelfApproval           bool         `toml:"allow_self_approval"`
+	SelfApprovalViaTeams        bool         `toml:"self_approval_via_teams"`
 	DisableReviewStatusComments bool         `toml:"disable_review_status_comments"`
 }
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func ReadConfig(path string, fileReader codeowners.FileReader) (*Config, error)
 		HighPriorityLabels:          []string{},
 		AdminBypass:                 &AdminBypass{Enabled: false, AllowedUsers: []string{}},
 		DetailedReviewers:           false,
+		SelfApprovalViaTeams:        false,
 		DisableSmartDismissal:       false,
 		RequireBothBranchReviewers:  false,
 		DisableReviewStatusComments: false,
diff --git a/internal/github/gh.go b/internal/github/gh.go
index 112a112..96453ba 100644
--- a/internal/github/gh.go
+++ b/internal/github/gh.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type Client interface {
 	InitPR(pr_id int) error
 	PR() *github.PullRequest
 	InitUserReviewerMap(reviewers []string) error
+	UserReviewers(user string) []codeowners.Slug
 	GetTokenUser() (string, error)
 	InitReviews() error
 	AllApprovals() ([]*CurrentApproval, error)
@@ -131,6 +132,13 @@ func (gh *GHClient) InitUserReviewerMap(reviewers []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// UserReviewers returns the owner slugs (their own login and the teams they
+// are a member of) the given user satisfies, based on the map built by
+// InitUserReviewerMap. Returns nil if the map has not been initialized.
+func (gh *GHClient) UserReviewers(user string) []codeowners.Slug {
+	return gh.userReviewerMap[strings.ToLower(strings.TrimPrefix(user, "@"))]
+}
+
 func (gh *GHClient) GetTokenUser() (string, error) {
 	user, _, err := gh.client.Users.Get(gh.ctx, "")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/codeowners/codeowners.go b/pkg/codeowners/codeowners.go
index 95ec9a8..608eb7b 100644
--- a/pkg/codeowners/codeowners.go
+++ b/pkg/codeowners/codeowners.go
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ const (
 
 // CodeOwners represents a collection of owned files, with reverse lookups for owners and reviewers
 type CodeOwners interface {
-	SetAuthor(author string, mode AuthorMode)
+	// SetAuthor marks the PR author in the ownership map. In self-approval
+	// mode, OR groups containing the author (or, when provided, any of the
+	// author's teams) are treated as satisfied.
+	SetAuthor(author string, mode AuthorMode, authorTeams ...Slug)
 
 	// FileRequired returns a map of file names to their required reviewers
 	FileRequired() map[string]ReviewerGroups
@@ -60,16 +63,32 @@ type ownersMap struct {
 	unownedFiles    []string
 }
 
-func (om *ownersMap) SetAuthor(author string, mode AuthorMode) {
+func (om *ownersMap) SetAuthor(author string, mode AuthorMode, authorTeams ...Slug) {
 	authorSlug := NewSlug(author)
 	for _, reviewers := range om.nameReviewerMap[authorSlug.Normalized()] {
 		reviewers.Names = slices.DeleteFunc(reviewers.Names, func(name Slug) bool {
 			return name.Equals(authorSlug)
 		})
-		if len(reviewers.Names) == 0 || mode == AuthorModeSelfApproval {
+		// Additional ("&") groups represent mandatory extra reviewers and are
+		// never satisfied by authorship — only by emptiness (the author was
+		// the sole listed reviewer, so requiring them would deadlock the PR).
+		if len(reviewers.Names) == 0 || (mode == AuthorModeSelfApproval && !reviewers.Additional) {
 			reviewers.Approved = true
 		}
 	}
+	if mode == AuthorModeSelfApproval {
+		// The author also vouches for groups they belong to via team
+		// membership. Teams are not removed from the group so that other
+		// team members remain valid reviewers. Additional ("&") groups are
+		// excluded here as well.
+		for _, team := range authorTeams {
+			for _, reviewers := range om.nameReviewerMap[team.Normalized()] {
+				if !reviewers.Additional {
+					reviewers.Approved = true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	om.author = author
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/codeowners/codeowners_test.go b/pkg/codeowners/codeowners_test.go
index a25c3f6..b7cafcf 100644
--- a/pkg/codeowners/codeowners_test.go
+++ b/pkg/codeowners/codeowners_test.go
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ func TestInitOwnerTree(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	expectedAdditionalTests := FileTestCases{
-		&reviewerTest{Match: "models*", Reviewer: rgMan.ToReviewerGroup("@devops")},
-		&reviewerTest{Match: "**/*test*", Reviewer: rgMan.ToReviewerGroup("@core")},
+		&reviewerTest{Match: "models*", Reviewer: rgMan.ToAdditionalReviewerGroup("@devops")},
+		&reviewerTest{Match: "**/*test*", Reviewer: rgMan.ToAdditionalReviewerGroup("@core")},
 	}
 
 	for i, test := range tree.additionalReviewerTests {
@@ -333,6 +333,125 @@ func TestSetAuthorSelfApprovalMultipleORGroups(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// When self-approval is enabled and the author's team memberships are provided,
+// an OR group containing one of those teams (e.g. `*.py @org/backend @bob`) is
+// auto-satisfied: the author vouches for their own code as a member of the team.
+func TestSetAuthorSelfApprovalViaTeamMembership(t *testing.T) {
+	co := createMockCodeOwners(
+		map[string]ReviewerGroups{
+			"file.py": {{Names: NewSlugs([]string{"@org/backend", "@bob"}), Approved: false}},
+		},
+		map[string]ReviewerGroups{},
+		[]string{},
+	)
+	co.SetAuthor("@alice", AuthorModeSelfApproval, NewSlug("@org/backend"))
+
+	allRequired := co.AllRequired()
+	if len(allRequired) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected OR group containing the author's team to be auto-satisfied, got %d still required", len(allRequired))
+	}
+}
+
+// Team memberships must not satisfy groups in default mode — other members of
+// the team remain valid (and required) reviewers, and the team itself stays in
+// the group.
+func TestSetAuthorTeamsIgnoredInDefaultMode(t *testing.T) {
+	co := createMockCodeOwners(
+		map[string]ReviewerGroups{
+			"file.py": {{Names: NewSlugs([]string{"@org/backend", "@bob"}), Approved: false}},
+		},
+		map[string]ReviewerGroups{},
+		[]string{},
+	)
+	co.SetAuthor("@alice", AuthorModeDefault, NewSlug("@org/backend"))
+
+	allRequired := co.AllRequired()
+	if len(allRequired) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 1 still-required group in default mode, got %d", len(allRequired))
+	}
+	if len(allRequired[0].Names) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected the team to remain in the group, got %v", OriginalStrings(allRequired[0].Names))
+	}
+}
+
+// Team memberships only satisfy groups that actually contain one of the teams.
+func TestSetAuthorTeamsDoNotAffectUnrelatedGroups(t *testing.T) {
+	co := createMockCodeOwners(
+		map[string]ReviewerGroups{
+			"file.py": {{Names: NewSlugs([]string{"@bob", "@charlie"}), Approved: false}},
+		},
+		map[string]ReviewerGroups{},
+		[]string{},
+	)
+	co.SetAuthor("@alice", AuthorModeSelfApproval, NewSlug("@org/backend"))
+
+	allRequired := co.AllRequired()
+	if len(allRequired) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected group without the author or their teams to remain required, got %d", len(allRequired))
+	}
+}
+
+// Additional ("&") groups are mandatory extra reviewers: even when the author
+// is listed in one directly, self-approval must not satisfy it — only another
+// listed reviewer can.
+func TestSetAuthorSelfApprovalDoesNotSatisfyAdditionalGroupWithAuthor(t *testing.T) {
+	andGroup := &ReviewerGroup{Names: NewSlugs([]string{"@alice", "@bob"}), Approved: false, Additional: true}
+	co := createMockCodeOwners(
+		map[string]ReviewerGroups{
+			"file.py": {andGroup},
+		},
+		map[string]ReviewerGroups{},
+		[]string{},
+	)
+	co.SetAuthor("@alice", AuthorModeSelfApproval)
+
+	allRequired := co.AllRequired()
+	if len(allRequired) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected additional group to remain required despite self-approval, got %d", len(allRequired))
+	}
+	if len(allRequired[0].Names) != 1 || allRequired[0].Names[0].Normalized() != "@bob" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected remaining required reviewer to be @bob, got %v", OriginalStrings(allRequired[0].Names))
+	}
+}
+
+// Same for team membership: an additional group containing the author's team
+// must not be satisfied by authorship.
+func TestSetAuthorTeamsDoNotSatisfyAdditionalGroups(t *testing.T) {
+	andGroup := &ReviewerGroup{Names: NewSlugs([]string{"@org/security"}), Approved: false, Additional: true}
+	co := createMockCodeOwners(
+		map[string]ReviewerGroups{
+			"file.py": {andGroup},
+		},
+		map[string]ReviewerGroups{},
+		[]string{},
+	)
+	co.SetAuthor("@alice", AuthorModeSelfApproval, NewSlug("@org/security"))
+
+	allRequired := co.AllRequired()
+	if len(allRequired) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected additional group containing the author's team to remain required, got %d", len(allRequired))
+	}
+}
+
+// Deadlock prevention is unchanged: if the author was the only listed
+// additional reviewer, the group becomes empty and is satisfied.
+func TestSetAuthorEmptyAdditionalGroupStillSatisfied(t *testing.T) {
+	andGroup := &ReviewerGroup{Names: NewSlugs([]string{"@alice"}), Approved: false, Additional: true}
+	co := createMockCodeOwners(
+		map[string]ReviewerGroups{
+			"file.py": {andGroup},
+		},
+		map[string]ReviewerGroups{},
+		[]string{},
+	)
+	co.SetAuthor("@alice", AuthorModeSelfApproval)
+
+	allRequired := co.AllRequired()
+	if len(allRequired) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected emptied additional group to be satisfied (deadlock prevention), got %d still required", len(allRequired))
+	}
+}
+
 // Self-approval only applies to OR groups the author belongs to. If a file also has a separate
 // AND group (e.g. `&*.py @security`), that group must still be independently satisfied —
 // the author being in one OR group doesn't grant them approval power over unrelated AND groups.
diff --git a/pkg/codeowners/merger.go b/pkg/codeowners/merger.go
index a63542c..8b48e34 100644
--- a/pkg/codeowners/merger.go
+++ b/pkg/codeowners/merger.go
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ func mergeReviewerGroups(base ReviewerGroups, head ReviewerGroups) ReviewerGroup
 func createReviewerGroupKey(rg *ReviewerGroup) string {
 	normalizedNames := f.Map(rg.Names, func(s Slug) string { return s.Normalized() })
 	slices.Sort(normalizedNames)
-	return strings.Join(normalizedNames, ",")
+	key := strings.Join(normalizedNames, ",")
+	if rg.Additional {
+		key = "&|" + key
+	}
+	return key
 }
 
 // mergeUnownedFiles combines unowned files from both branches, excluding files that have owners
diff --git a/pkg/codeowners/reader.go b/pkg/codeowners/reader.go
index 2e94319..3c2746a 100644
--- a/pkg/codeowners/reader.go
+++ b/pkg/codeowners/reader.go
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ func Read(path string, reviewerGroupManager ReviewerGroupManager, fileReader Fil
 				match = "**/*"
 			}
 		}
-		test := &reviewerTest{Match: match, Reviewer: reviewerGroupManager.ToReviewerGroup(owner...)}
+		reviewer := reviewerGroupManager.ToReviewerGroup(owner...)
+		if additional {
+			reviewer = reviewerGroupManager.ToAdditionalReviewerGroup(owner...)
+		}
+		test := &reviewerTest{Match: match, Reviewer: reviewer}
 		if additional {
 			rules.AdditionalReviewerTests = append(rules.AdditionalReviewerTests, test)
 		} else if optional {
diff --git a/pkg/codeowners/reviewers.go b/pkg/codeowners/reviewers.go
index 9ba8804..ddfb123 100644
--- a/pkg/codeowners/reviewers.go
+++ b/pkg/codeowners/reviewers.go
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import (
 
 type ReviewerGroupManager interface {
 	ToReviewerGroup(names ...string) *ReviewerGroup
+	// ToAdditionalReviewerGroup creates a group for an additional-reviewer
+	// ("&") rule. Additional groups are never satisfied by authorship.
+	ToAdditionalReviewerGroup(names ...string) *ReviewerGroup
 }
 
 func NewReviewerGroupMemo() ReviewerGroupManager {
@@ -22,19 +25,35 @@ type ReviewerGroupMemo map[string]*ReviewerGroup
 
 // Create a new Reviewers, memoizing the Reviewers so it is only created once
 func (rgm ReviewerGroupMemo) ToReviewerGroup(names ...string) *ReviewerGroup {
+	return rgm.toGroup(false, names)
+}
+
+// Create a new additional-reviewer ("&") group, memoized separately from
+// owner groups so the Additional flag never leaks between the two roles.
+func (rgm ReviewerGroupMemo) ToAdditionalReviewerGroup(names ...string) *ReviewerGroup {
+	return rgm.toGroup(true, names)
+}
+
+func (rgm ReviewerGroupMemo) toGroup(additional bool, names []string) *ReviewerGroup {
 	key := strings.Join(names, ",")
+	if additional {
+		key = "&|" + key
+	}
 	if item, found := rgm[key]; found {
 		return item
 	}
-	newReviewers := &ReviewerGroup{NewSlugs(names), false}
+	newReviewers := &ReviewerGroup{Names: NewSlugs(names), Approved: false, Additional: additional}
 	rgm[key] = newReviewers
 	return newReviewers
 }
 
-// Represents a group of ReviewerGroup, with a list of names and an approved status
+// Represents a group of ReviewerGroup, with a list of names and an approved status.
+// Additional marks groups created from "&" rules: they represent mandatory
+// extra reviewers and are never satisfied by PR authorship (self-approval).
 type ReviewerGroup struct {
-	Names    []Slug
-	Approved bool
+	Names      []Slug
+	Approved   bool
+	Additional bool
 }
 
 type ReviewerGroups []*ReviewerGroup
diff --git a/tools/cli/main_test.go b/tools/cli/main_test.go
index fdd7766..4332aea 100644
--- a/tools/cli/main_test.go
+++ b/tools/cli/main_test.go
@@ -416,11 +416,12 @@ func (f *fakeCodeOwners) FileRequired() map[string]codeowners.ReviewerGroups {
 func (f *fakeCodeOwners) FileOptional() map[string]codeowners.ReviewerGroups {
 	return f.optional
 }
-func (f *fakeCodeOwners) SetAuthor(author string, mode codeowners.AuthorMode) {}
-func (f *fakeCodeOwners) AllRequired() codeowners.ReviewerGroups              { return nil }
-func (f *fakeCodeOwners) AllOptional() codeowners.ReviewerGroups              { return nil }
-func (f *fakeCodeOwners) UnownedFiles() []string                              { return nil }
-func (f *fakeCodeOwners) ApplyApprovals(approvers []codeowners.Slug)          {}
+func (f *fakeCodeOwners) SetAuthor(author string, mode codeowners.AuthorMode, authorTeams ...codeowners.Slug) {
+}
+func (f *fakeCodeOwners) AllRequired() codeowners.ReviewerGroups     { return nil }
+func (f *fakeCodeOwners) AllOptional() codeowners.ReviewerGroups     { return nil }
+func (f *fakeCodeOwners) UnownedFiles() []string                     { return nil }
+func (f *fakeCodeOwners) ApplyApprovals(approvers []codeowners.Slug) {}
 
 func TestJsonTargets(t *testing.T) {
 	owners := &fakeCodeOwners{