diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 8308b76..b83937e 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 load("//:bazlets.bzl", "load_bazlets")
 
 load_bazlets(
-    commit = "d826d85285bb22d3fe817fe165a7e1d3472f65fa",
+    commit = "4a27255dff75eadc98b86391806be13e030e6ff3",
     # local_path = "/home/<user>/projects/bazlets",
 )
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/base/its/ItsConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/base/its/ItsConfig.java
index af5e9a9..3429ba4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/base/its/ItsConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/base/its/ItsConfig.java
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
 
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
+import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.AccessSection;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project.NameKey;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginName;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.api.projects.CommentLinkInfo;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritInstanceId;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.PluginConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.PluginConfigFactory;
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@
   private final ProjectCache projectCache;
   private final PluginConfigFactory pluginCfgFactory;
   private final Config gerritConfig;
+  private String instanceId;
 
   private static final ThreadLocal<Project.NameKey> currentProjectName =
       ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> null);
@@ -68,16 +71,25 @@
       @PluginName String pluginName,
       ProjectCache projectCache,
       PluginConfigFactory pluginCfgFactory,
-      @GerritServerConfig Config gerritConfig) {
+      @GerritServerConfig Config gerritConfig,
+      @Nullable @GerritInstanceId String instanceId) {
     this.pluginName = pluginName;
     this.projectCache = projectCache;
     this.pluginCfgFactory = pluginCfgFactory;
     this.gerritConfig = gerritConfig;
+    this.instanceId = instanceId;
   }
 
   // Plugin enablement --------------------------------------------------------
 
   public boolean isEnabled(RefEvent event) {
+    if ((instanceId == null && event.instanceId != null)
+        || (instanceId != null && !instanceId.equals(event.instanceId))) {
+      logger.atFine().log(
+          "Event %s is coming from a remote Gerrit instance-id (%s)", event, event.instanceId);
+      return false;
+    }
+
     if (event instanceof PatchSetCreatedEvent
         || event instanceof CommentAddedEvent
         || event instanceof ChangeMergedEvent
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/base/its/ItsConfigTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/base/its/ItsConfigTest.java
index 34068bb..56f8ba4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/base/its/ItsConfigTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/base/its/ItsConfigTest.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.its.base.its;
 
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.atLeastOnce;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations.PluginName;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.config.FactoryModule;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritInstanceId;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.PluginConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.PluginConfigFactory;
@@ -39,8 +41,13 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectState;
 import com.google.inject.Guice;
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
+import com.google.inject.util.Providers;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.its.base.testutil.LoggingMockingTestCase;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.its.base.validation.ItsAssociationPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
@@ -52,6 +59,17 @@
   private PluginConfigFactory pluginConfigFactory;
   private Config serverConfig;
 
+  @Retention(RUNTIME)
+  @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
+  static @interface GerritInstanceIdTest {}
+
+  static final String LOCAL_INSTANCE_ID = "local-gerrit-instance-id";
+  static final String FOREIGN_INSTANCE_ID = "foreign-gerrit-instance-id";
+
+  public void enableItsConfig() {
+    setupIsEnabled("true", null, null, new String[] {});
+  }
+
   public void setupIsEnabled(
       String enabled, String itsProject, String parentEnabled, String[] branches) {
     ProjectState projectState = mock(ProjectState.class);
@@ -253,6 +271,28 @@
     assertTrue(itsConfig.isEnabled(projectNK, "refs/heads/testBranch"));
   }
 
+  @GerritInstanceIdTest
+  public void testIsNotEnabledEventFromForeignInstanceId() {
+    enableItsConfig();
+
+    assertFalse(createItsConfig().isEnabled(newEventFromGerritInstanceId(FOREIGN_INSTANCE_ID)));
+    assertLogMessageContains("is coming from a remote Gerrit instance-id");
+  }
+
+  @GerritInstanceIdTest
+  public void testIsEnabledEventFromLocalInstanceId() {
+    enableItsConfig();
+
+    assertTrue(createItsConfig().isEnabled(newEventFromGerritInstanceId(LOCAL_INSTANCE_ID)));
+  }
+
+  public void testIsNotEnabledEventWithRemoteInstanceIdButNotDefinedLocally() {
+    enableItsConfig();
+
+    assertFalse(createItsConfig().isEnabled(newEventFromGerritInstanceId(FOREIGN_INSTANCE_ID)));
+    assertLogMessageContains("is coming from a remote Gerrit instance-id");
+  }
+
   public void testIsEnabledEventNoBranches() {
     String[] branches = {};
     setupIsEnabled("true", null, null, branches);
@@ -709,6 +749,12 @@
         .getEnum("plugin", "ItsTestName", "association", ItsAssociationPolicy.MANDATORY);
   }
 
+  private PatchSetCreatedEvent newEventFromGerritInstanceId(String instanceId) {
+    PatchSetCreatedEvent event = new PatchSetCreatedEvent(testChange("testProject", "testBranch"));
+    event.instanceId = instanceId;
+    return event;
+  }
+
   private ItsConfig createItsConfig() {
     return injector.getInstance(ItsConfig.class);
   }
@@ -720,10 +766,20 @@
   @Override
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
     super.setUp();
-    injector = Guice.createInjector(new TestModule());
+
+    Method testMethod = ItsConfigTest.class.getMethod(getName());
+    String gerritInstanceIdTest =
+        testMethod.getAnnotation(GerritInstanceIdTest.class) == null ? null : LOCAL_INSTANCE_ID;
+    injector = Guice.createInjector(new TestModule(gerritInstanceIdTest));
   }
 
   private class TestModule extends FactoryModule {
+    private final String gerritInstanceId;
+
+    TestModule(String gerritInstanceId) {
+      this.gerritInstanceId = gerritInstanceId;
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
       projectCache = mock(ProjectCache.class);
@@ -736,6 +792,10 @@
 
       serverConfig = mock(Config.class);
       bind(Config.class).annotatedWith(GerritServerConfig.class).toInstance(serverConfig);
+
+      bind(String.class)
+          .annotatedWith(GerritInstanceId.class)
+          .toProvider(Providers.of(gerritInstanceId));
     }
   }
 }