diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/BumpCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/BumpCommand.php
index d7ae33488..b36908983 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/BumpCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/BumpCommand.php
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 namespace Composer\Command;
 
 use Composer\Package\AliasPackage;
+use Composer\Package\BasePackage;
 use Composer\Package\Locker;
 use Composer\Package\Version\VersionBumper;
+use Composer\Pcre\Preg;
 use Composer\Util\Filesystem;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Composer\Console\Input\InputArgument;
@@ -129,6 +131,18 @@ EOT
             $tasks['require'] = $composer->getPackage()->getRequires();
         }
 
+        $packagesFilter = $input->getArgument('packages');
+        if (count($packagesFilter) > 0) {
+            $pattern = BasePackage::packageNamesToRegexp(array_unique(array_map('strtolower', $packagesFilter)));
+            foreach ($tasks as $key => $reqs) {
+                foreach ($reqs as $pkgName => $link) {
+                    if (!Preg::isMatch($pattern, $pkgName)) {
+                        unset($tasks[$key][$pkgName]);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         $updates = [];
         foreach ($tasks as $key => $reqs) {
             foreach ($reqs as $pkgName => $link) {
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Command/BumpCommandTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Command/BumpCommandTest.php
index 63e7cf30f..cf0dc3723 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Command/BumpCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Command/BumpCommandTest.php
@@ -115,6 +115,28 @@ class BumpCommandTest extends TestCase
             ],
         ];
 
+        yield 'bump only listed with packages arg' => [
+            [
+                'require' => [
+                    'first/pkg' => '^2.0',
+                    'second/pkg' => '3.*',
+                ],
+                'require-dev' => [
+                    'dev/pkg' => '~2.0',
+                ],
+            ],
+            ['packages' => ['first/pkg', 'dev/*']],
+            [
+                'require' => [
+                    'first/pkg' => '^2.3.4',
+                    'second/pkg' => '3.*',
+                ],
+                'require-dev' => [
+                    'dev/pkg' => '^2.3.4.5',
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
         yield 'bump works from installed repo without lock file' => [
             [
                 'require' => [