diff --git a/backup b/backup
index 5dba178..5b6eeee 100755
--- a/backup
+++ b/backup
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ use warnings;
 use strict;
 use Simba::CA;
 use POSIX qw(strftime);
+use Getopt::Long;
+
+my @filesets;
+
+GetOptions('filesets=i' => \@filesets);
+@filesets = split(/,/,join(',',@filesets));
 
 $ENV{PATH} = "/usr/bin";
 
@@ -13,6 +19,7 @@ $log->autoflush(1);
 my $ca = Simba::CA->new({
 			    dbi_file => $ENV{SIMBA_DB_CONN} || "$ENV{HOME}/.dbi/simba",
 			    fh_log   => $log,
+			    (@filesets ? ( filesets => \@filesets ) : ()),
 			});
 
 $ca->run();
diff --git a/lib/Simba/CA.pm b/lib/Simba/CA.pm
index 123e218..2c5c8a9 100644
--- a/lib/Simba/CA.pm
+++ b/lib/Simba/CA.pm
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ sub new {
                            );
     }
     $self->{targets} = $self->{dbh}->selectall_arrayref("select * from filesets", { Slice => {} });
+    if ($opt->{filesets}) {
+        $self->{targets} =
+            [
+                grep {
+                    my $id = $_->{id};
+                    grep { $id == $_ } @{ $opt->{filesets} }
+                } @{ $self->{targets} }
+            ];
+    }
     if ($ENV{HOME} =~ m{([/\w]*)}) {
         if (-f "$1/.ssh/id_rsa") {
             if (my $st = stat("$1/.ssh/id_rsa")) {