diff --git a/resources/default_pipeline_environment.yml b/resources/default_pipeline_environment.yml
index 84d9e15ff..5f6ac6ca5 100644
--- a/resources/default_pipeline_environment.yml
+++ b/resources/default_pipeline_environment.yml
@@ -163,3 +163,10 @@ steps:
       allowEmptyResults: true
       archive: false
       active: false
+  checkChangeInDevelopment:
+      credentialsId: 'CM'
+      failIfStatusIsNotInDevelopment: true
+      git_from: 'origin/master'
+      git_to: 'HEAD'
+      git_label: 'ChangeDocument\s?:'
+      git_format: '%b'
diff --git a/vars/checkChangeInDevelopment.groovy b/vars/checkChangeInDevelopment.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bb4ef4cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/checkChangeInDevelopment.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import com.sap.piper.GitUtils
+import groovy.transform.Field
+import hudson.AbortException
+
+import com.sap.piper.ConfigurationMerger
+import com.sap.piper.cm.ChangeManagement
+import com.sap.piper.cm.ChangeManagementException
+
+@Field def STEP_NAME = 'checkChangeInDevelopment'
+
+@Field Set parameterKeys = [
+    'credentialsId',
+    'endpoint',
+    'failIfStatusIsNotInDevelopment',
+    'git_from',
+    'git_to',
+    'git_label',
+    'git_format'
+  ]
+
+@Field Set stepConfigurationKeys = [
+    'credentialsId',
+    'endpoint',
+    'failIfStatusIsNotInDevelopment',
+    'git_from',
+    'git_to',
+    'git_label',
+    'git_format'
+  ]
+
+def call(parameters = [:]) {
+
+    handlePipelineStepErrors (stepName: STEP_NAME, stepParameters: parameters) {
+
+        prepareDefaultValues script: this
+
+        GitUtils gitUtils = parameters?.gitUtils ?: new GitUtils()
+
+        ChangeManagement cm = parameters?.cmUtils ?: new ChangeManagement(parameters.script, gitUtils)
+
+        Map configuration = ConfigurationMerger.merge(parameters.script, STEP_NAME,
+                                                      parameters, parameterKeys,
+                                                      stepConfigurationKeys)
+
+
+        def changeId
+
+        try {
+            changeId = cm.getChangeDocumentId(
+                                              configuration.git_from,
+                                              configuration.git_to,
+                                              configuration.git_label,
+                                              configuration.git_format
+                                            )
+
+            if(! changeId?.trim()) {
+                throw new ChangeManagementException("ChangeId is null or empty.")
+            }
+        } catch(ChangeManagementException ex) {
+            throw new AbortException(ex.getMessage())
+        }
+
+        echo "[INFO] ChangeId retrieved from git commit(s): '${changeId}'. " +
+             "Commit range: '${configuration.git_from}..${configuration.git_to}'. " +
+             "Searching for label '${configuration.git_label}'."
+
+        boolean isInDevelopment
+
+        echo "[INFO] Checking if change document '$changeId' is in development."
+
+        withCredentials([usernamePassword(
+            credentialsId: configuration.credentialsId,
+            passwordVariable: 'password',
+            usernameVariable: 'username')]) {
+
+            try {
+                isInDevelopment = cm.isChangeInDevelopment(changeId, configuration.endpoint, username, password)
+            } catch(ChangeManagementException ex) {
+                throw new AbortException(ex.getMessage())
+            }
+        }
+
+        if(isInDevelopment) {
+            echo "[INFO] Change '${changeId}' is in status 'in development'."
+            return true
+        } else {
+            if(configuration.failIfStatusIsNotInDevelopment.toBoolean()) {
+                throw new AbortException("Change '${changeId}' is not in status 'in development'.")
+
+            } else {
+                echo "[WARNING] Change '${changeId}' is not in status 'in development'. Failing the pipeline has been explicitly disabled."
+                return false
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}