--- a/hghooks/mozhghooks/prevent_webidl_changes.py
+++ b/hghooks/mozhghooks/prevent_webidl_changes.py
@@ -15,16 +15,17 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 """
 This hook is to prevent changes to .webidl files in pushes without proper DOM peer review.
 """
 
 import re
 from mercurial.node import short
+from mercurial import util
 
 backoutMessage = [re.compile(x) for x in [
     r'^(back(ing|ed)?\s+out|backout)',
     r'^(revert(ed|ing)?)'
 ]]
 
 def isBackout(message):
     for r in backoutMessage:
@@ -42,16 +43,29 @@ def hook(ui, repo, hooktype, node, **kwa
         'bent',             # Ben Turner
         'mounir',           # Mounir Lamouri
         'khuey',            # Kyle Huey
         'jlebar',           # Justin Lebar
         'hsivonen',         # Henri Sivonen
         'mrbkap',           # Blake Kaplan
         'bholley',          # Bobby Holley
     ]
+    DOM_authors = [
+        'jst@mozilla.com',         # Johnny Stenback
+        'peterv@propagandism.org', # Peter Van der Beken
+        'bzbarsky@mit.edu',        # Boris Zbarsky
+        'jonas@sicking.cc',        # Jonas Sicking
+        'olli.pettay@helsinki.fi', # Olli Pettay
+        'bent.mozilla@gmail.com',  # Ben Turner
+        'mounir@lamouri.fr',       # Mounir Lamouri
+        'khuey@kylehuey.com',      # Kyle Huey
+        'justin.lebar@gmail.com',  # Justin Lebar
+        'hsivonen@hsivonen.fi',    # Henri Sivonen
+        'mrbkap@gmail.com',        # Blake Kaplan
+    ]
     error = ""
     webidlReviewed = False
     changesets = list(repo.changelog.revs(repo[node].rev()))
     if 'a=release' in repo.changectx(changesets[-1]).description().lower():
         # Accept the entire push for code uplifts.
         return 0
     # Loop through each changeset being added to the repository
     for i in reversed(changesets):
@@ -61,22 +75,28 @@ def hook(ui, repo, hooktype, node, **kwa
             # Skip merge changesets
             continue
 
         # Loop through each file for the current changeset
         for file in c.files():
             # Only Check WebIDL Files
             if file.endswith('.webidl'):
                 message = c.description().lower()
+                email = util.email(c.user())
                 def search():
                   matches = re.findall('\Ws?r\s*=\s*(\w+(?:,\w+)*)', message)
                   for match in matches:
                       for reviewer in match.split(','):
                           if reviewer in DOM_peers:
                               return True
+                  # We allow DOM peers to commit changes to WebIDL files without any review
+                  # requirements assuming that they have looked at the changes they're committing.
+                  for peer in DOM_authors:
+                      if peer == email:
+                          return True
                   return False
                 webidlReviewed = search()
                 if not webidlReviewed and not isBackout(message):
                         error += "WebIDL file %s altered in changeset %s without DOM peer review\n" % (file, short(c.node()))
     # Check if an error occured in any of the files that were changed
     if error != "":
         print "\n\n************************** ERROR ****************************"
         ui.warn("\n" + error + "\n")

--- a/hghooks/runtests.py
+++ b/hghooks/runtests.py
@@ -903,16 +903,24 @@ class TestPreventWebIDLHook(unittest.Tes
 
   def testWebIDLEditWithoutProperReviewShouldFail(self):
     """ Test that editing .webidl file without proper DOM peer review should fail """
     u = self.ui
     editFile(join(self.clonedir, "original.webidl"), "interface Foo{};", "interface Bar{};")
     commit(u, self.clonerepo, message="checkin 1 bug 12345; r=foobar")
     self.assertRaises(util.Abort, push, u, self.clonerepo, dest=self.repodir)
 
+  def testWebIDLEditWithoutReviewFromDOMPeerShouldPass(self):
+    """ Test that editing .webidl file by DOM peers without review should pass """
+    u = self.ui
+    editFile(join(self.clonedir, "original.webidl"), "interface Foo{};", "interface Bar{};")
+    commit(u, self.clonerepo, message="checkin 1 bug 12345", user="Johnny Stenback <jst@mozilla.com>")
+    result = push(u, self.clonerepo, dest=self.repodir)
+    self.assertEqual(result, 0)
+
   def testWebIDLEditWithoutProperReviewInReleaseMergeShouldPass(self):
     """ Test that editing .webidl file without proper DOM peer review when doing a code uplift should pass """
     u = self.ui
     editFile(join(self.clonedir, "original.webidl"), "interface Foo{};", "interface Bar{};")
     commit(u, self.clonerepo, message="checkin 1 bug 12345; r=foobar")
     appendFile(join(self.clonedir, "dummy"), "foo")
     add(u, self.clonerepo, join(self.clonedir, "dummy"))
     commit(u, self.clonerepo, message="Doing the code uplift, a=release")