diff --git a/Model/Config.php b/Model/Config.php
index 595484ff..ebda91a4 100644
--- a/Model/Config.php
+++ b/Model/Config.php
@@ -526,6 +526,8 @@ class Config extends \Magento\PageCache\Model\Config
     const XML_FASTLY_EXEMPT_GOOD_BOTS
         = 'system/full_page_cache/fastly/fastly_rate_limiting_settings/crawler_protection/exempt_good_bots';
 
+    const XML_FASTLY_EXCLUDED_COUNTRIES
+        = 'system/full_page_cache/fastly/fastly_rate_limiting_settings/crawler_protection/excluded_countries';
     /**
      * Request Header for VCL comparison
      */
@@ -1133,7 +1135,27 @@ public function isExemptGoodBotsEnabled()
     {
         return $this->_scopeConfig->getValue(self::XML_FASTLY_EXEMPT_GOOD_BOTS);
     }
-
+    
+    /**
+     * Get the list of countries to be excluded from the rate limiting
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getExcludedCountries()
+    {
+        $excludedCountries = $this->_scopeConfig->getValue(self::XML_FASTLY_EXCLUDED_COUNTRIES);
+        if (!empty($excludedCountries)) {
+            try {
+                $excludedCountries = json_decode($excludedCountries, true);
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                $excludedCountries = []; // Return empty array on failure
+            }
+        } else {
+            $excludedCountries = [];
+        }
+        return $excludedCountries;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Get store ID for country.
      *
diff --git a/Model/FrontControllerPlugin.php b/Model/FrontControllerPlugin.php
index ae3f1aba..57daf954 100644
--- a/Model/FrontControllerPlugin.php
+++ b/Model/FrontControllerPlugin.php
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ class FrontControllerPlugin
      */
     private $logger;
 
+    /**
+     * @var ExcludeCountries
+    */
+    private $excludedCountries;
+
     /**
      * FrontControllerPlugin constructor.
      * @param Request $request
@@ -113,6 +118,7 @@ public function __construct(
         $this->coreDate = $coreDate;
         $this->filesystem = $filesystem;
         $this->logger = $logger;
+        $this->excludedCountries = $this->config->getExcludedCountries();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -156,6 +162,13 @@ private function sensitivePathProtection($path)
     {
         $ip = $this->request->getServerValue('HTTP_FASTLY_CLIENT_IP') ?? $this->request->getClientIp();
 
+        $countryCode = $this->request->getServerValue('HTTP_CLIENT_GEO_COUNTRY');
+
+        if (in_array($countryCode, $this->excludedCountries)) {
+            $this->log('Request from ' . $countryCode . ' bypassed crawler protection for IP: ' . $ip);
+            return false;
+        }
+
         if ($this->readMaintenanceIp($ip)) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -194,6 +207,13 @@ private function crawlerProtection($path)
     {
         $ip = $this->request->getServerValue('HTTP_FASTLY_CLIENT_IP') ?? $this->request->getClientIp();
 
+        $countryCode = $this->request->getServerValue('HTTP_CLIENT_GEO_COUNTRY');
+
+        if (in_array($countryCode, $this->excludedCountries)) {
+            $this->log('Request from ' . $countryCode . ' bypassed crawler protection for IP: ' . $ip);
+            return false;
+        }
+
         if ($this->config->isExemptGoodBotsEnabled()) {
             if ($this->verifyBots($ip)) {
                 return false;
diff --git a/etc/adminhtml/system.xml b/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
index 4cf09340..4c37a182 100644
--- a/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
+++ b/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
@@ -780,6 +780,15 @@
                             <depends>
                                 <field id="enable_rate_limiting_master">1</field>
                             </depends>
+                            <!-- =================================
+                                Exclude countries from rate limiting
+                            ================================== -->                            
+                            <field id="excluded_countries" translate="label comment" type="multiselect" sortOrder="150" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="0">
+                                <label>Excluded Countries for Rate Limiting</label>
+                                <comment>Select countries to exclude from rate limiting.</comment>
+                                <source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Locale\Country</source_model>
+                                <backend_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Backend\Serialized\ArraySerialized</backend_model>
+                            </field>
                         </group>
                     </group>
                     <!-- ========================
diff --git a/etc/vcl_snippets_rate_limiting/recv.vcl b/etc/vcl_snippets_rate_limiting/recv.vcl
index 79580afd..db9fddd5 100644
--- a/etc/vcl_snippets_rate_limiting/recv.vcl
+++ b/etc/vcl_snippets_rate_limiting/recv.vcl
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ if (####RATE_LIMITED_PATHS####) {
       }
   }
 }
+if (client.geo.country_code) {
+    set req.http.client-geo-country = client.geo.country_code;
+}
+