diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/query/lookup/LookupReferencesManager.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/query/lookup/LookupReferencesManager.java
index 80dd522b0104..ae8a2f41acd8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/query/lookup/LookupReferencesManager.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/query/lookup/LookupReferencesManager.java
@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ public void stop()
   public void add(String lookupName, LookupExtractorFactoryContainer lookupExtractorFactoryContainer)
   {
     Preconditions.checkState(lifecycleLock.awaitStarted(1, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+    final LookupLoadingSpec lookupLoadingSpec = lookupListeningAnnouncerConfig.getLookupLoadingSpec();
+    if (lookupLoadingSpec.getMode() == LookupLoadingSpec.Mode.NONE ||
+        (lookupLoadingSpec.getMode() == LookupLoadingSpec.Mode.ONLY_REQUIRED
+         && !lookupLoadingSpec.getLookupsToLoad().contains(lookupName))) {
+      LOG.info("Skipping notice to add lookup [%s] since current lookup loading mode [%s] does not allow it.", lookupName, lookupLoadingSpec.getMode());
+      return;
+    }
     addNotice(new LoadNotice(lookupName, lookupExtractorFactoryContainer, lookupConfig.getLookupStartRetries()));
   }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/query/lookup/LookupReferencesManagerTest.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/query/lookup/LookupReferencesManagerTest.java
index 992c82022091..d5b179176c67 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/query/lookup/LookupReferencesManagerTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/query/lookup/LookupReferencesManagerTest.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
@@ -849,6 +850,45 @@ public void testCoordinatorLoadSubsetOfLookups() throws Exception
     Assert.assertFalse(lookupReferencesManager.get("testLookup3").isPresent());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testAddWithRequiredLoadingSpec() throws Exception
+  {
+    LookupLoadingSpec loadingSpec = LookupLoadingSpec.loadOnly(ImmutableSet.of("testLookup1"));
+    getLookupMapForSelectiveLoadingOfLookups(loadingSpec);
+
+    LookupExtractorFactoryContainer container2 = new LookupExtractorFactoryContainer(
+        "0",
+        new MapLookupExtractorFactory(Map.of("key2", "value2"), true
+        )
+    );
+    EasyMock.reset(config);
+    EasyMock.expect(config.getLookupLoadingSpec()).andReturn(loadingSpec);
+    EasyMock.replay(config);
+    lookupReferencesManager.add("testLookup2", container2);
+    lookupReferencesManager.handlePendingNotices();
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(Set.of("testLookup1"), lookupReferencesManager.getAllLookupNames());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAddWithNoneLoadingSpec() throws Exception
+  {
+    getLookupMapForSelectiveLoadingOfLookups(LookupLoadingSpec.NONE);
+
+    LookupExtractorFactoryContainer container = new LookupExtractorFactoryContainer(
+        "0",
+        new MapLookupExtractorFactory(Map.of("key2", "value2"), true
+        )
+    );
+    EasyMock.reset(config);
+    EasyMock.expect(config.getLookupLoadingSpec()).andReturn(LookupLoadingSpec.NONE);
+    EasyMock.replay(config);
+    lookupReferencesManager.add("testLookup", container);
+    lookupReferencesManager.handlePendingNotices();
+
+    Assert.assertTrue(lookupReferencesManager.getAllLookupNames().isEmpty());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testLoadLookupOnCoordinatorFailure() throws Exception
   {