diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index bd14d38740..d8330ec32a 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"serializable-deferrable", no_argument, &dopt.serializable_deferrable, 1},
 		{"snapshot", required_argument, NULL, 6},
 		{"strict-names", no_argument, &strict_names, 1},
+		{"table-names-from-file", required_argument, NULL, 8},
 		{"use-set-session-authorization", no_argument, &dopt.use_setsessauth, 1},
 		{"no-publications", no_argument, &dopt.no_publications, 1},
 		{"no-security-labels", no_argument, &dopt.no_security_labels, 1},
@@ -553,6 +554,59 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				dosync = false;
 				break;
 
+			case 8:				/* read table names from file */
+				{
+					FILE	   *f;
+					char	   *line;
+					size_t		line_size = 1024;
+					ssize_t		chars;
+					bool		use_stdin = false;
+
+					if (strcmp(optarg, "-") != 0)
+					{
+						f = fopen(optarg, "r");
+						if (!f)
+						{
+							fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not open the input file \"%s\": %s\n"),
+								progname, optarg, strerror(errno));
+							exit_nicely(1);
+						}
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						f = stdin;
+						use_stdin = true;
+					}
+
+					line = malloc(line_size);
+
+					while ((chars = getline(&line, &line_size, f)) != -1)
+					{
+						if (line[chars - 1] == '\n')
+							line[chars - 1] = '\0';
+
+						/* ignore empty rows */
+						if (*line != '\0')
+						{
+							simple_string_list_append(&table_include_patterns, line);
+							dopt.include_everything = false;
+						}
+					}
+
+					if (ferror(f))
+					{
+						fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not read from file \"%s\": %s\n"),
+							progname, use_stdin ? "stdin" : optarg, strerror(errno));
+						exit_nicely(1);
+					}
+
+					if (!use_stdin)
+						fclose(f);
+
+					free(line);
+				}
+				break;
+
 			default:
 				fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
 				exit_nicely(1);
@@ -977,6 +1031,8 @@ help(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  --snapshot=SNAPSHOT          use given snapshot for the dump\n"));
 	printf(_("  --strict-names               require table and/or schema include patterns to\n"
 			 "                               match at least one entity each\n"));
+	printf(_("  --table-names-from-file=FILENAME\n"
+			 "                               read table's names from file (one table name per line)\n"));
 	printf(_("  --use-set-session-authorization\n"
 			 "                               use SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION commands instead of\n"
 			 "                               ALTER OWNER commands to set ownership\n"));