diff --git a/bin/cpan-outdated b/bin/cpan-outdated
index ff2e006..43fe7ec 100644
--- a/bin/cpan-outdated
+++ b/bin/cpan-outdated
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Getopt::Long::Configure("bundling");
 Getopt::Long::GetOptions(
     'h|help'          => \my $help,
     'verbose'         => \my $verbose,
+    'p|pkg=s'         => \my $just_this_pkg,
+    'f|filter-pkg=s'  => \my $filter_pkg,
     'compare-changes' => \my $compare_changes,
     'm|mirror=s'      => \$mirror,
     'I=s'             => sub { die "this option was deprecated" },
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ sub main {
     my %seen;
     while (my $line = <$fh>) {
         my ($pkg, $version, $dist) = split /\s+/, $line;
+        next if $just_this_pkg && $just_this_pkg ne $pkg;
+        next if $filter_pkg && $pkg !~ m/$filter_pkg/;
         next if $version eq 'undef';
         next if $dist =~ m{/perl-[0-9._]+\.tar\.gz$};
         (my $file = $pkg) =~ s!::!/!g;