diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ced3e4..dd5bee8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ When using AWS credentials or IAM Roles, the following policy needs to be attach
 
 ```
 Usage of ./prometheus-msk-discovery:
+  -filter string
+    	a regex pattern to filter cluster names from the results
   -job-prefix string
     	string with which to prefix each job label (default "msk")
   -output string
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ Usage of ./prometheus-msk-discovery:
 ### Example output:
 
 ```
-$ ./prometheus-msk-discovery -scrape-interval 10s
+$ ./prometheus-msk-discovery -scrape-interval 10s -filter 'primary'
 2021/04/04 21:02:55 Writing 1 discovered exporters to msk_file_sd.yml
 ```
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 64da58d..bdcfc3b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ const nodeExporterPort = 11002
 var outFile = flag.String("output", "msk_file_sd.yml", "path of the file to write MSK discovery information to")
 var interval = flag.Duration("scrape-interval", 5*time.Minute, "interval at which to scrape the AWS API for MSK cluster information")
 var jobPrefix = flag.String("job-prefix", "msk", "string with which to prefix each job label")
+var clusterFilter = flag.String("filter", "", "a regex pattern to filter cluster names from the results")
 
 type kafkaClient interface {
 	ListClusters(ctx context.Context, params *kafka.ListClustersInput, optFns ...func(*kafka.Options)) (*kafka.ListClustersOutput, error)
@@ -125,14 +127,33 @@ func buildClusterDetails(svc kafkaClient, c types.ClusterInfo) (clusterDetails,
 	return cluster, nil
 }
 
+func filterClusters(clusters kafka.ListClustersOutput, filter regexp.Regexp) *kafka.ListClustersOutput {
+	var filteredClusters []types.ClusterInfo
+
+	for _, cluster := range clusters.ClusterInfoList {
+		if filter.MatchString(*cluster.ClusterName) {
+			filteredClusters = append(filteredClusters, cluster)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &kafka.ListClustersOutput{ClusterInfoList: filteredClusters}
+}
+
 // GetStaticConfigs pulls a list of MSK clusters and brokers and returns a slice of PrometheusStaticConfigs
-func GetStaticConfigs(svc kafkaClient) ([]PrometheusStaticConfig, error) {
+func GetStaticConfigs(svc kafkaClient, opt_filter ...regexp.Regexp) ([]PrometheusStaticConfig, error) {
+	filter, _ := regexp.Compile(``)
+	if len(opt_filter) > 0 {
+		filter = &opt_filter[0]
+	}
+
 	clusters, err := getClusters(svc)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []PrometheusStaticConfig{}, err
 	}
 	staticConfigs := []PrometheusStaticConfig{}
 
+	clusters = filterClusters(*clusters, *filter)
+
 	for _, cluster := range clusters.ClusterInfoList {
 		clusterDetails, err := buildClusterDetails(svc, cluster)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -160,7 +181,13 @@ func main() {
 
 	work := func() {
 
-		staticConfigs, err := GetStaticConfigs(client)
+		regexpFilter, err := regexp.Compile(*clusterFilter)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		staticConfigs, err := GetStaticConfigs(client, *regexpFilter)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println(err)
 			return
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index d9ee06a..2eebb0b 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -160,3 +161,75 @@ func TestGetStaticConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 }
+
+func strPtr(str string) *string {
+	return &str
+}
+
+func Test_filterClusters(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		clusters kafka.ListClustersOutput
+		filter   regexp.Regexp
+	}
+
+	defaultFilter, _ := regexp.Compile(``)
+	testClusterFilter, _ := regexp.Compile(`test`)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want *kafka.ListClustersOutput
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "empty-filter",
+			args: args{
+				clusters: kafka.ListClustersOutput{
+					ClusterInfoList: []types.ClusterInfo{
+						{
+							ClusterName: strPtr("test-cluster"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				filter: *defaultFilter,
+			},
+			want: &kafka.ListClustersOutput{
+				ClusterInfoList: []types.ClusterInfo{
+					{
+						ClusterName: strPtr("test-cluster"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "test-cluster-filter",
+			args: args{
+				clusters: kafka.ListClustersOutput{
+					ClusterInfoList: []types.ClusterInfo{
+						{
+							ClusterName: strPtr("test-cluster"),
+						},
+						{
+							ClusterName: strPtr("filtered-cluster"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				filter: *testClusterFilter,
+			},
+			want: &kafka.ListClustersOutput{
+				ClusterInfoList: []types.ClusterInfo{
+					{
+						ClusterName: strPtr("test-cluster"),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := filterClusters(tt.args.clusters, tt.args.filter); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("filterClusters() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}