diff --git a/src/Composer/Satis/Command/BuildCommand.php b/src/Composer/Satis/Command/BuildCommand.php
index cfe52c0d..45f0fabc 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Satis/Command/BuildCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Satis/Command/BuildCommand.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 namespace Composer\Satis\Command;
 
+use Composer\Package\Loader\ArrayLoader;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ protected function configure()
             ->setDefinition(array(
                 new InputArgument('file', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'Json file to use', './satis.json'),
                 new InputArgument('output-dir', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'Location where to output built files', null),
+                new InputArgument('packages', InputArgument::IS_ARRAY | InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'Packages that should be built, if not provided all packages are.', null),
                 new InputOption('no-html-output', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Turn off HTML view'),
                 new InputOption('skip-errors', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Skip Download or Archive errors'),
             ))
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
         $verbose = $input->getOption('verbose');
         $configFile = $input->getArgument('file');
+        $packagesFilter = $input->getArgument('packages');
         $skipErrors = (bool)$input->getOption('skip-errors');
 
         if (preg_match('{^https?://}i', $configFile)) {
@@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
         }
 
         $composer = $this->getApplication()->getComposer(true, $config);
-        $packages = $this->selectPackages($composer, $output, $verbose, $requireAll, $requireDependencies, $requireDevDependencies, $minimumStability, $skipErrors);
+        $packages = $this->selectPackages($composer, $output, $verbose, $requireAll, $requireDependencies, $requireDevDependencies, $minimumStability, $skipErrors, $packagesFilter);
 
         if ($htmlView = !$input->getOption('no-html-output')) {
             $htmlView = !isset($config['output-html']) || $config['output-html'];
@@ -152,6 +155,15 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
         }
 
         $filenamePrefix = $outputDir.'/include/all';
+        $filename = $outputDir.'/packages.json';
+        if(!empty($packagesFilter)) {
+            // in case of an active package filter we need to load the dumped packages.json and merge the
+            // updated packages in
+            $oldPackages = $this->loadDumpedPackages($filename, $packagesFilter);
+            $packages += $oldPackages;
+            ksort($packages);
+        }
+
         $packageFile = $this->dumpPackageIncludeJson($packages, $output, $filenamePrefix);
         $packageFileHash = hash_file('sha1', $packageFile);
 
@@ -159,7 +171,6 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             'include/all$'.$packageFileHash.'.json' => array( 'sha1'=>$packageFileHash ),
         );
         
-        $filename = $outputDir.'/packages.json';
         $this->dumpPackagesJson($includes, $output, $filename);
 
         if ($htmlView) {
@@ -176,7 +187,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
         }
     }
 
-    private function selectPackages(Composer $composer, OutputInterface $output, $verbose, $requireAll, $requireDependencies, $requireDevDependencies, $minimumStability, $skipErrors)
+    private function selectPackages(Composer $composer, OutputInterface $output, $verbose, $requireAll, $requireDependencies, $requireDevDependencies, $minimumStability, $skipErrors, array $packagesFilter = array())
     {
         $selected = array();
 
@@ -198,6 +209,7 @@ private function selectPackages(Composer $composer, OutputInterface $output, $ve
 
         if ($requireAll) {
             $links = array();
+            $filterForPackages = count($packagesFilter) > 0;
 
             foreach ($repos as $repo) {
                 // collect links for composer repos with providers
@@ -206,8 +218,18 @@ private function selectPackages(Composer $composer, OutputInterface $output, $ve
                         $links[] = new Link('__root__', $name, new MultiConstraint(array()), 'requires', '*');
                     }
                 } else {
-                    // process other repos directly
-                    foreach ($repo->getPackages() as $package) {
+                    $packages = array();
+                    if($filterForPackages) {
+                        // apply package filter if defined
+                        foreach ($packagesFilter as $filter) {
+                            $packages += $repo->findPackages($filter);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        // process other repos directly
+                        $packages = $repo->getPackages();
+                    }
+
+                    foreach ($packages as $package) {
                         // skip aliases
                         if ($package instanceof AliasPackage) {
                             continue;
@@ -425,6 +447,45 @@ private function dumpWeb(array $packages, OutputInterface $output, PackageInterf
         file_put_contents($directory.'/index.html', $content);
     }
 
+    private function loadDumpedPackages($filename, array $packagesFilter = array())
+    {
+        $packages = array();
+        $repoJson = new JsonFile($filename);
+        $dirName  = dirname($filename);
+
+        if ($repoJson->exists()) {
+            $loader       = new ArrayLoader();
+            $jsonIncludes = $repoJson->read();
+            $jsonIncludes = isset($jsonIncludes['includes']) && is_array($jsonIncludes['includes'])
+                ? $jsonIncludes['includes']
+                : array();
+
+            foreach ($jsonIncludes as $includeFile => $includeConfig) {
+                $includeJson = new JsonFile($dirName . '/' . $includeFile);
+                $jsonPackages = $includeJson->read();
+                $jsonPackages = isset($jsonPackages['packages']) && is_array($jsonPackages['packages'])
+                    ? $jsonPackages['packages']
+                    : array();
+
+                foreach ($jsonPackages as $jsonPackage) {
+                    if (is_array($jsonPackage)) {
+                        foreach ($jsonPackage as $jsonVersion) {
+                            if (is_array($jsonVersion)) {
+                                if(isset($jsonVersion['name']) && in_array($jsonVersion['name'], $packagesFilter)) {
+                                    continue;
+                                }
+                                $package = $loader->load($jsonVersion);
+                                $packages[$package->getUniqueName()] = $package;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $packages;
+    }
+
     private function getMappedPackageList(array $packages)
     {
         $groupedPackages = $this->groupPackagesByName($packages);