diff --git a/conf/default.php b/conf/default.php
index 8d52fae..723ad09 100644
--- a/conf/default.php
+++ b/conf/default.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 $conf['apr_namespaces'] = '';
 $conf['no_apr_namespaces'] = '';
 $conf['number_of_approved'] = 1;
+$conf['approving_weights'] = '';
 $conf['hidereaderbanner'] = 0;
 $conf['hide drafts'] = 0;
 $conf['hide_approved_banner'] = 0;
diff --git a/conf/metadata.php b/conf/metadata.php
index cb9ea4b..e475937 100644
--- a/conf/metadata.php
+++ b/conf/metadata.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 $meta['apr_namespaces'] = array('string');
 $meta['no_apr_namespaces'] = array('string');
 $meta['number_of_approved'] = array('numeric', '_min' => 1);
+$meta['approving_weights'] = array('string', '_pattern' => '#^(\w+=\d+&?)*$#');
 $meta['hide drafts'] = array('onoff');
 $meta['hidereaderbanner'] = array('onoff');
 $meta['hide_approved_banner'] = array('onoff');
diff --git a/helper.php b/helper.php
index ea8ba15..59c5354 100644
--- a/helper.php
+++ b/helper.php
@@ -99,7 +99,21 @@ function canApprove() {
             return false;
         }
 
-        return ($INFO['perm'] >= AUTH_DELETE);
+        if ($INFO['perm'] >= AUTH_DELETE) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (empty($INFO['userinfo']['grps'])) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $approving_weights = $this->getApprovingWeights();
+        if ($approving_weights) {
+            $approving_groups = array_keys($approving_weights);
+            return !!array_intersect($approving_groups, $INFO['userinfo']['grps']);
+        }
+
+        return false;
     }
 
     function getRevision($id = null) {
@@ -207,7 +221,52 @@ function isRevisionApproved($revision, $id = null) {
         if (!isset($approvals[$revision])) {
             return false;
         }
-        return (count($approvals[$revision]) >= $this->getConf('number_of_approved'));
+
+        $number_of_approved = $this->getConf('number_of_approved');
+        if (count($approvals[$revision]) >= $number_of_approved) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $approving_weights = $this->getApprovingWeights();
+        if (!$approving_weights) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        global $auth;
+        foreach ($approvals[$revision] as $username => $approver) {
+            $userdata = $auth->getUserData($username);
+            if (empty($userdata['grps'])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            foreach ($approving_weights as $approving_group => $approving_weight) {
+                if (in_array($approving_group, $userdata['grps'], true)) {
+                    $number_of_approved -= $approving_weight;
+                    if ($number_of_approved <= 0) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @staticvar array $weights
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function getApprovingWeights() {
+        static $weights = null;
+        if ($weights === null) {
+            $qs = $this->getConf('approving_weights');
+            if ($qs) {
+                parse_str($qs, $weights);
+                $weights = array_filter(array_map('intval', $weights));
+            } else {
+                $weights = [];
+            }
+        }
+        return $weights;
     }
 
     function isCurrentRevisionApproved($id = null) {
diff --git a/lang/en/settings.php b/lang/en/settings.php
index 9f25083..9f31ed6 100644
--- a/lang/en/settings.php
+++ b/lang/en/settings.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 $lang['apr_namespaces'] = 'Namespaces this plugin applies to (space separated list).';
 $lang['no_apr_namespaces'] = 'Namespaces this plugin <strong>does not</strong> apply to (space separated list).';
 $lang['number_of_approved'] = 'Number of users needed to approve a page.';
+$lang['approving_weights'] = 'Groups and the number of approvals required to approve a page (for example, if <i>number_of_approved=10</i> and this option is defined as <i>admin=10&moderator=5&user=1</i>, then a page can be approved by one admin, two moderators, ten users, or one moderator and five users)';
 $lang['hidereaderbanner'] = 'Hide banner to read only users';
 $lang['hide drafts'] = 'Hide drafts to read only users';
 $lang['hide_approved_banner']  = 'Hide banner on approved pages';