diff --git a/man8/thin_dump.8 b/man8/thin_dump.8
index 7a9f785..4d8c1a8 100644
--- a/man8/thin_dump.8
+++ b/man8/thin_dump.8
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ the thin provisioning device-mapper target, else try the one at block#.
 See the thin provisioning target documentation on how to create or release
 a metadata snapshot and retrieve the block number from the kernel.
 
+.IP "\fN\-\-dev\-id\fP <dev-id>".
+Dump the specified device.  This option may be specified multiple
+times to select more than one thin device.
+
 .IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP".
 Print help and exit.
 
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.cc b/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.cc
index 0cca245..96f64a3 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.cc
+++ b/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.cc
@@ -88,8 +88,13 @@ namespace {
 
 	class details_extractor : public device_tree_detail::device_visitor {
 	public:
+		details_extractor(dump_options const &opts)
+		: opts_(opts) {
+		}
+
 		void visit(block_address dev_id, device_tree_detail::device_details const &dd) {
-			dd_.insert(make_pair(dev_id, dd));
+			if (opts_.selected_dev(dev_id))
+				dd_.insert(make_pair(dev_id, dd));
 		}
 
 		dd_map const &get_details() const {
@@ -97,6 +102,7 @@ namespace {
 		}
 
 	private:
+		dump_options const &opts_;
 		dd_map dd_;
 	};
 
@@ -161,21 +167,24 @@ namespace {
 
 	class mapping_tree_emitter : public mapping_tree_detail::device_visitor {
 	public:
-		mapping_tree_emitter(metadata::ptr md,
+		mapping_tree_emitter(dump_options const &opts,
+				     metadata::ptr md,
 				     emitter::ptr e,
 				     dd_map const &dd,
-				     bool repair,
 				     mapping_tree_detail::damage_visitor::ptr damage_policy)
-			: md_(md),
+			: opts_(opts),
+			  md_(md),
 			  e_(e),
 			  dd_(dd),
-			  repair_(repair),
 			  damage_policy_(damage_policy) {
 		}
 
 		void visit(btree_path const &path, block_address tree_root) {
 			block_address dev_id = path[0];
 
+			if (!opts_.selected_dev(dev_id))
+				return;
+
 			dd_map::const_iterator it = dd_.find(path[0]);
 			if (it != dd_.end()) {
 				device_tree_detail::device_details const &d = it->second;
@@ -194,7 +203,7 @@ namespace {
 				}
 				e_->end_device();
 
-			} else if (!repair_) {
+			} else if (!opts_.repair_) {
 				ostringstream msg;
 				msg << "mappings present for device " << dev_id
 				    << ", but it isn't present in device tree";
@@ -210,10 +219,10 @@ namespace {
 			walk_mapping_tree(tree, static_cast<mapping_tree_detail::mapping_visitor &>(me), *damage_policy_);
 		}
 
+		dump_options const &opts_;
 		metadata::ptr md_;
 		emitter::ptr e_;
 		dd_map const &dd_;
-		bool repair_;
 		mapping_tree_detail::damage_visitor::ptr damage_policy_;
 	};
 
@@ -234,10 +243,10 @@ namespace {
 //----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 void
-thin_provisioning::metadata_dump(metadata::ptr md, emitter::ptr e, bool repair)
+thin_provisioning::metadata_dump(metadata::ptr md, emitter::ptr e, dump_options const &opts)
 {
-	details_extractor de;
-	device_tree_detail::damage_visitor::ptr dd_policy(details_damage_policy(repair));
+	details_extractor de(opts);
+	device_tree_detail::damage_visitor::ptr dd_policy(details_damage_policy(opts.repair_));
 	walk_device_tree(*md->details_, de, *dd_policy);
 
 	e->begin_superblock("", md->sb_.time_,
@@ -249,8 +258,8 @@ thin_provisioning::metadata_dump(metadata::ptr md, emitter::ptr e, bool repair)
 			    boost::optional<block_address>());
 
 	{
-		mapping_tree_detail::damage_visitor::ptr md_policy(mapping_damage_policy(repair));
-		mapping_tree_emitter mte(md, e, de.get_details(), repair, mapping_damage_policy(repair));
+		mapping_tree_detail::damage_visitor::ptr md_policy(mapping_damage_policy(opts.repair_));
+		mapping_tree_emitter mte(opts, md, e, de.get_details(), mapping_damage_policy(opts.repair_));
 		walk_mapping_tree(*md->mappings_top_level_, mte, *md_policy);
 	}
 
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.h b/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.h
index 007256a..a615a9e 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.h
+++ b/thin-provisioning/metadata_dumper.h
@@ -22,13 +22,40 @@
 #include "emitter.h"
 #include "metadata.h"
 
+#include <boost/optional.hpp>
+#include <set>
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 namespace thin_provisioning {
+	class dump_options {
+	public:
+		dump_options()
+			: repair_(false) {
+		}
+
+		bool selected_dev(uint64_t dev_id) const {
+			return !dev_filter_ || dev_filter_->count(dev_id);
+		}
+
+		void select_dev(uint64_t dev_id) {
+			if (!dev_filter_)
+				dev_filter_ = dev_set();
+
+			dev_filter_->insert(dev_id);
+		}
+
+		bool repair_;
+
+		using dev_set = std::set<uint64_t>;
+		using maybe_dev_set = boost::optional<dev_set>;
+		maybe_dev_set dev_filter_;
+	};
+
 	// Set the @repair flag if your metadata is corrupt, and you'd like
 	// the dumper to do it's best to recover info.  If not set, any
 	// corruption encountered will cause an exception to be thrown.
-	void metadata_dump(metadata::ptr md, emitter::ptr e, bool repair);
+	void metadata_dump(metadata::ptr md, emitter::ptr e, dump_options const &opts);
 	void metadata_dump_subtree(metadata::ptr md, emitter::ptr e, bool repair, uint64_t subtree_root);
 }
 
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/thin_dump.cc b/thin-provisioning/thin_dump.cc
index 171c263..515b31a 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/thin_dump.cc
+++ b/thin-provisioning/thin_dump.cc
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@ namespace {
 	// FIXME: put the path into the flags
 	struct flags {
 		flags()
-			: repair(false),
-			  use_metadata_snap(false) {
+			: use_metadata_snap(false) {
 		}
 
-		bool repair;
+		dump_options opts;
 		bool use_metadata_snap;
 		optional<block_address> snap_location;
 	};
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ namespace {
 				exit(1);
 			}
 
-			metadata_dump(md, e, flags.repair);
+			metadata_dump(md, e, flags.opts);
 
 		} catch (std::exception &e) {
 			cerr << e.what() << endl;
@@ -99,13 +98,14 @@ thin_dump_cmd::thin_dump_cmd()
 void
 thin_dump_cmd::usage(std::ostream &out) const
 {
-	out << "Usage: " << get_name() << " [options] {device|file}" << endl
-	    << "Options:" << endl
-	    << "  {-h|--help}" << endl
-	    << "  {-f|--format} {xml|human_readable}" << endl
-	    << "  {-r|--repair}" << endl
-	    << "  {-m|--metadata-snap} [block#]" << endl
-	    << "  {-o <xml file>}" << endl
+	out << "Usage: " << get_name() << " [options] {device|file}\n"
+	    << "Options:\n"
+	    << "  {-h|--help}\n"
+	    << "  {-f|--format} {xml|human_readable}\n"
+	    << "  {-r|--repair}\n"
+	    << "  {-m|--metadata-snap} [block#]\n"
+	    << "  {-o <xml file>}\n"
+	    << "  {--dev-id} <dev-id>\n"
 	    << "  {-V|--version}" << endl;
 }
 
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ thin_dump_cmd::run(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *end_ptr;
 	string format = "xml";
 	block_address metadata_snap = 0;
+	uint64_t dev_id;
 	struct flags flags;
 
 	const struct option longopts[] = {
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ thin_dump_cmd::run(int argc, char **argv)
 		{ "output", required_argument, NULL, 'o'},
 		{ "format", required_argument, NULL, 'f' },
 		{ "repair", no_argument, NULL, 'r'},
+		{ "dev-id", required_argument, NULL, 1 },
 		{ "version", no_argument, NULL, 'V'},
 		{ NULL, no_argument, NULL, 0 }
 	};
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ thin_dump_cmd::run(int argc, char **argv)
 			break;
 
 		case 'r':
-			flags.repair = true;
+			flags.opts.repair_ = true;
 			break;
 
 		case 'm':
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ thin_dump_cmd::run(int argc, char **argv)
 				// FIXME: deprecate this option
 				metadata_snap = strtoull(optarg, &end_ptr, 10);
 				if (end_ptr == optarg) {
-					cerr << "couldn't parse <metadata_snap>" << endl;
+					cerr << "couldn't parse <metadata-snap>" << endl;
 					usage(cerr);
 					return 1;
 				}
@@ -163,6 +165,16 @@ thin_dump_cmd::run(int argc, char **argv)
 			output = optarg;
 			break;
 
+		case 1:
+			dev_id = strtoull(optarg, &end_ptr, 10);
+			if (end_ptr == optarg) {
+				cerr << "couldn't parse <dev-id>\n";
+				usage(cerr);
+				return 1;
+			}
+			flags.opts.select_dev(dev_id);
+			break;
+
 		case 'V':
 			cout << THIN_PROVISIONING_TOOLS_VERSION << endl;
 			return 0;
diff --git a/thin-provisioning/thin_repair.cc b/thin-provisioning/thin_repair.cc
index 2741b78..fe0f010 100644
--- a/thin-provisioning/thin_repair.cc
+++ b/thin-provisioning/thin_repair.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ namespace {
 			block_manager<>::ptr old_bm = open_bm(old_path, block_manager<>::READ_ONLY);
 
 			metadata::ptr old_md(new metadata(old_bm, false));
-			metadata_dump(old_md, e, true);
+
+			dump_options opts;
+			opts.repair_ = true;
+			metadata_dump(old_md, e, opts);
 
 		} catch (std::exception &e) {
 			cerr << e.what() << endl;