diff --git a/docs/syntax.md b/docs/syntax.md
index 7d07e53..5cd9df0 100644
--- a/docs/syntax.md
+++ b/docs/syntax.md
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ require (
         example.com/mod201 v1.2.3 // indirect
 )
 
-// policy cannot be specified here because the parser ignores
-// the comment lines here
+//gomodjail:unconfined
 require (
+        example.com/mod300 v1.2.3
+        example.com/mod301 v1.2.3 // gomodjail:confined
+        example.com/mod302 v1.2.3
 )
 ```
 
-This makes the following modules confined: `mod100`, `mod102`, and `mod201`.
+This makes the following modules confined: `mod100`, `mod102`, `mod201`, and `mod301`.
 
 The version numbers are ignored.
diff --git a/pkg/profile/fromgomod/fromgomod.go b/pkg/profile/fromgomod/fromgomod.go
index 359a05e..4c5de65 100644
--- a/pkg/profile/fromgomod/fromgomod.go
+++ b/pkg/profile/fromgomod/fromgomod.go
@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ func FromGoMod(mod *modfile.File, prof *profile.Profile) error {
 	for _, f := range mod.Require {
 		if syn := f.Syntax; syn != nil {
 			pol := currentDefaultPolicy
+			if syn.InBlock {
+				// TODO: cache line blocks
+				if lineBlock := findLineBlock(mod.Syntax.Stmt, syn); lineBlock != nil {
+					lineBlockPol, err := policyFromLineBlock(lineBlock)
+					if err != nil {
+						err = fmt.Errorf("failed to parse line block %+v: %w", lineBlock, err)
+						return err
+					}
+					if lineBlockPol != "" {
+						pol = lineBlockPol
+					}
+				}
+			}
 			for _, c := range append(syn.Before, syn.Suffix...) {
 				if tok := c.Token; tok != "" {
 					polFromComment, err := policyFromComment(tok)
@@ -86,3 +99,33 @@ func policyFromComment(token string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return "", nil
 }
+
+func findLineBlock(exprs []modfile.Expr, line modfile.Expr) *modfile.LineBlock {
+	start, end := line.Span()
+	for _, expr := range exprs {
+		lb, ok := expr.(*modfile.LineBlock)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		lbStart, lbEnd := lb.Span()
+		if start.Line >= lbStart.Line && end.Line <= lbEnd.Line {
+			return lb
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func policyFromLineBlock(lb *modfile.LineBlock) (string, error) {
+	for _, c := range append(lb.Before, lb.Suffix...) {
+		if tok := c.Token; tok != "" {
+			pol, err := policyFromComment(tok)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", err
+			}
+			if pol != "" {
+				return pol, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return "", nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/profile/fromgomod/fromgomod_test.go b/pkg/profile/fromgomod/fromgomod_test.go
index e1632f2..606af7e 100644
--- a/pkg/profile/fromgomod/fromgomod_test.go
+++ b/pkg/profile/fromgomod/fromgomod_test.go
@@ -74,9 +74,18 @@ require (
 	example.com/mod202 v1.2.3 // indirect
 )
 
-// policy cannot be specified here because the parser ignores
-// the comment lines here
+//gomodjail:unconfined
 require (
+	example.com/mod300 v1.2.3
+	example.com/mod301 v1.2.3 // gomodjail:confined
+	example.com/mod302 v1.2.3
+)
+
+// gomodjail:confined
+require (
+	example.com/mod400 v1.2.3 // indirect
+	example.com/mod401 v1.2.3 // indirect // gomodjail:unconfined
+	example.com/mod402 v1.2.3 // indirect
 )
 `,
 			expected: map[string]string{
@@ -84,6 +93,23 @@ require (
 				"example.com/mod102": "confined",
 				"example.com/mod201": "confined",
 				"example.com/mod202": "confined",
+				"example.com/mod301": "confined",
+				"example.com/mod400": "confined",
+				"example.com/mod402": "confined",
+			},
+		},
+
+		{
+			name: "blockless",
+			goMod: `
+module example.com/foo
+
+go 1.23
+
+require example.com/mod v1.2.3 // gomodjail:confined
+`,
+			expected: map[string]string{
+				"example.com/mod": "confined",
 			},
 		},
 	}