diff --git a/phpmyadmin_sql_backup.py b/phpmyadmin_sql_backup.py
index fc99b25..df90e63 100644
--- a/phpmyadmin_sql_backup.py
+++ b/phpmyadmin_sql_backup.py
@@ -48,10 +48,13 @@ def open_frame_if_phpmyadmin_3(g):
 
 
 def download_sql_backup(url, user, password, dry_run=False, overwrite_existing=False, prepend_date=True, basename=None,
-                        output_directory=os.getcwd(), exclude_dbs=None, compression='none', prefix_format=None,
+                        output_directory=os.getcwd(), exclude_dbs=None, include_dbs=None, compression='none', prefix_format=None,
                         timeout=60, http_auth=None, server_name=None, **kwargs):
     prefix_format = prefix_format or DEFAULT_PREFIX_FORMAT
+    if exclude_dbs and include_dbs:
+        raise ValueError('can\'t specify both exclude_dbs and include_dbs')
     exclude_dbs = exclude_dbs.split(',') or []
+    include_dbs = include_dbs.split(',') or []
     encoding = '' if compression == 'gzip' else 'gzip'
 
     g = grab.Grab(encoding=encoding, timeout=timeout)
@@ -74,7 +77,11 @@ def download_sql_backup(url, user, password, dry_run=False, overwrite_existing=F
     g.go(export_url)
 
     dbs_available = [option.attrib['value'] for option in g.doc.form.inputs['db_select[]']]
-    dbs_to_dump = [db_name for db_name in dbs_available if db_name not in exclude_dbs]
+    if include_dbs:
+        dbs_to_dump = [db_name for db_name in dbs_available if db_name in include_dbs]
+    else:
+        dbs_to_dump = [db_name for db_name in dbs_available if db_name not in exclude_dbs]
+    print('databases to dump:', dbs_to_dump)
     if not dbs_to_dump:
         print('Warning: no databases to dump (databases available: "{}")'.format('", "'.join(dbs_available)),
             file=sys.stderr)
@@ -126,6 +133,8 @@ def download_sql_backup(url, user, password, dry_run=False, overwrite_existing=F
                              'see the --prefix-format option for custom formatting')
     parser.add_argument('-e', '--exclude-dbs', default='',
                         help='comma-separated list of database names to exclude from the dump')
+    parser.add_argument('--include-dbs', default='',
+                        help='comma-separated list of database names to include from the dump. Else, all databases are included')
     parser.add_argument('-s', '--server-name', default=None,
                         help='mysql server hostname to supply if enabled as field on login page')
     parser.add_argument('--compression', default='none', choices=['none', 'zip', 'gzip'],