diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-ChangeLogs.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-ChangeLogs.ps1
index fbf117d5b..1aeb33a52 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-ChangeLogs.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-ChangeLogs.ps1
@@ -7,6 +7,32 @@ Set-StrictMode -Version 3
 
 . (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot common.ps1)
 
+function ShouldVerifyChangeLog ($ServiceDirectory, $PackageName) {
+    $jsonCiYmlPath = Join-Path $ServiceDirectory "ci.yml"
+
+    if (Test-Path $jsonCiYmlPath)
+    {
+        $ciYml = Get-Content $jsonCiYmlPath -Raw | yq -o=json | ConvertFrom-Json -AsHashTable
+
+        if ($ciYml.extends -and $ciYml.extends.parameters -and $ciYml.extends.parameters.Artifacts) {
+            $packagesCheckingChangeLog = $ciYml.extends.parameters.Artifacts `
+                | Where-Object { -not ($_["skipVerifyChangelog"] -eq $true) } `
+                | Select-Object -ExpandProperty name
+            if ($packagesCheckingChangeLog -contains $PackageName)
+            {
+                return $true
+            } else {
+                return $false
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+if (-not (Get-Command 'yq' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+    Write-Host "Error: 'yq' is not installed or not found in PATH. Please remedy this before running this script."
+    exit 1
+}
+
 # find which packages we need to confirm the changelog for
 $packageProperties = Get-ChildItem -Recurse "$PackagePropertiesFolder" *.json
 
@@ -15,6 +41,11 @@ $allPassing = $true
 foreach($propertiesFile in $packageProperties) {
   $PackageProp = Get-Content -Path $propertiesFile | ConvertFrom-Json
 
+  if (-not (ShouldVerifyChangeLog -ServiceDirectory (Join-Path $RepoRoot "sdk" $PackageProp.ServiceDirectory) -PackageName $PackageProp.Name)) {
+        Write-Host "Skipping changelog verification for $($PackageProp.Name)"
+        continue
+  }
+
   $validChangeLog =  Confirm-ChangeLogEntry -ChangeLogLocation $PackageProp.ChangeLogPath -VersionString $PackageProp.Version -ForRelease $false
 
   if (-not $validChangeLog) {
@@ -22,7 +53,6 @@ foreach($propertiesFile in $packageProperties) {
   }
 }
 
-
 if (!$allPassing)
 {
   exit 1