diff --git a/DuckDuckGo/Autoconsent/AutoconsentUserScript.swift b/DuckDuckGo/Autoconsent/AutoconsentUserScript.swift
index 97c1370bca..e48490cc23 100644
--- a/DuckDuckGo/Autoconsent/AutoconsentUserScript.swift
+++ b/DuckDuckGo/Autoconsent/AutoconsentUserScript.swift
@@ -195,6 +195,24 @@ extension AutoconsentUserScript {
         }
     }
 
+    func matchDomainList(domain: String?, domainsList: [String]) -> Bool {
+        guard let domain = domain else { return false }
+        let trimmedDomains = domainsList.filter { !$0.trimmingWhitespace().isEmpty }
+
+        // Break domain apart to handle www.*
+        var tempDomain = domain
+        while tempDomain.contains(".") {
+            if trimmedDomains.contains(tempDomain) {
+                return true
+            }
+
+            let comps = tempDomain.split(separator: ".")
+            tempDomain = comps.dropFirst().joined(separator: ".")
+        }
+
+        return false
+    }
+
     @MainActor
     func handleInit(message: WKScriptMessage, replyHandler: @escaping (Any?, String?) -> Void) {
         guard let messageData: InitMessage = decodeMessageBody(from: message.body),
@@ -236,9 +254,10 @@ extension AutoconsentUserScript {
         }
         let remoteConfig = self.config.settings(for: .autoconsent)
         let disabledCMPs = remoteConfig["disabledCMPs"] as? [String] ?? []
-        let enableFilterList = config.isSubfeatureEnabled(AutoconsentSubfeature.filterlist)
+        let filterlistExceptions = remoteConfig["filterlistExceptions"] as? [String] ?? []
+        let enableFilterList = config.isSubfeatureEnabled(AutoconsentSubfeature.filterlist) && !self.matchDomainList(domain: topURLDomain, domainsList: filterlistExceptions)
 
-        replyHandler([
+        let autoconsentConfig = [
             "type": "initResp",
             "rules": nil, // rules are bundled with the content script atm
             "config": [
@@ -251,7 +270,10 @@ extension AutoconsentUserScript {
                 "isMainWorld": false,
                 "enableFilterList": enableFilterList
             ] as [String: Any?]
-        ] as [String: Any?], nil)
+        ] as [String: Any?]
+        Logger.autoconsent.debug("autoconsent config: \(String(describing: autoconsentConfig))")
+
+        replyHandler(autoconsentConfig, nil)
     }
 
     @MainActor
diff --git a/IntegrationTests/AutoconsentIntegrationTests.swift b/IntegrationTests/AutoconsentIntegrationTests.swift
index ce5be346e4..aa5fef0b1a 100644
--- a/IntegrationTests/AutoconsentIntegrationTests.swift
+++ b/IntegrationTests/AutoconsentIntegrationTests.swift
@@ -173,6 +173,56 @@ class AutoconsentIntegrationTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertTrue(isBannerHidden == true)
     }
 
+    @MainActor
+    func testFilterlistRule_whenFakeCookieBannerIsDisplayed_bannerIsHidden() async throws {
+        // enable the feature
+        CookiePopupProtectionPreferences.shared.isAutoconsentEnabled = true
+        let url = URL(string: "http://privacy-test-pages.site/features/autoconsent/filterlist.html")!
+        let tab = self.tabViewModel.tab
+        // expect `cosmetic` to be published
+        let cookieConsentManagedPromise = tab.privacyInfoPublisher
+            .compactMap {
+                return $0?.$cookieConsentManaged
+            }
+            .switchToLatest()
+            .compactMap {
+                return $0?.isCosmeticRuleApplied == true ? true : nil
+            }
+            .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main)
+            .timeout(10)
+            .first()
+            .promise()
+
+        _=await tab.setUrl(url, source: .link)?.result
+
+        do {
+            let cookieConsentManaged = try await cookieConsentManagedPromise.value
+            XCTAssertTrue(cookieConsentManaged == true)
+        } catch {
+            struct ErrorWithHTML: Error, LocalizedError, CustomDebugStringConvertible {
+                let originalError: Error
+                let html: String
+
+                var errorDescription: String? {
+                    (originalError as CustomDebugStringConvertible).debugDescription + "\nHTML:\n\(html)"
+                }
+                var debugDescription: String {
+                    errorDescription!
+                }
+            }
+            let html = try await tab.webView.evaluateJavaScript("document.documentElement.outerHTML") as String?
+
+            if let html {
+                throw ErrorWithHTML(originalError: error, html: html)
+            } else {
+                throw error
+            }
+        }
+
+        let isBannerHidden = try await tab.webView.evaluateJavaScript("window.getComputedStyle(banner).opacity === '0'") as Bool?
+        XCTAssertTrue(isBannerHidden == true)
+    }
+
 }
 
 private extension CookieConsentInfo {