diff --git a/docs/manpage.rst b/docs/manpage.rst
index 66b3e07a82..6eb2e012d0 100644
--- a/docs/manpage.rst
+++ b/docs/manpage.rst
@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ This happens recursively so that if test ``T1`` depends on ``T2`` and ``T2`` dep
    These are all tests with :attr:`num_gpus_per_node` greater than zero.
    This option and :option:`--cpu-only` are mutually exclusive.
 
+.. option:: --maintainer=MAINTAINER
+
+   Filter tests by maintainer.
+   ``MAINTAINER`` is interpreted as a `Python Regular Expression <https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html>`__; all tests that have at least a matching maintainer will be selected.
+   ``MAINTAINER`` being a regular expression has the implication that ``--maintainer 'foo'`` will select also tests that define ``'foobar'`` as a maintainer.
+   To restrict the selection to tests defining only ``'foo'``, you should use ``--maintainer 'foo$'``.
+
+   This option may be specified multiple times, in which case only tests defining or matching *all* maintainers will be selected.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.9.1
+
 .. option:: -n, --name=NAME
 
    Filter tests by name.
diff --git a/reframe/frontend/cli.py b/reframe/frontend/cli.py
index 9cf350fd61..4a9fd734f2 100644
--- a/reframe/frontend/cli.py
+++ b/reframe/frontend/cli.py
@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ def main():
         '--gpu-only', action='store_true',
         help='Select only GPU checks'
     )
+    select_options.add_argument(
+        '--maintainer', action='append', dest='maintainers', default=[],
+        metavar='PATTERN',
+        help='Select checks with at least one maintainer matching PATTERN'
+    )
     select_options.add_argument(
         '-n', '--name', action='append', dest='names', default=[],
         metavar='PATTERN', help='Select checks whose name matches PATTERN'
@@ -842,6 +847,10 @@ def print_infoline(param, value):
             f'Filtering test cases(s) by tags: {len(testcases)} remaining'
         )
 
+        # Filter test cases by maintainers
+        for maint in options.maintainers:
+            testcases = filter(filters.have_maintainer(maint), testcases)
+
         # Filter test cases further
         if options.gpu_only and options.cpu_only:
             printer.error("options `--gpu-only' and `--cpu-only' "
diff --git a/reframe/frontend/filters.py b/reframe/frontend/filters.py
index f8b6e5990d..0319251f56 100644
--- a/reframe/frontend/filters.py
+++ b/reframe/frontend/filters.py
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ def _fn(case):
     return _fn
 
 
+def have_maintainer(patt):
+    regex = re_compile(patt)
+
+    def _fn(case):
+        return any(regex.match(p) for p in case.check.maintainers)
+
+    return _fn
+
+
 def have_gpu_only():
     def _fn(case):
         return case.check.num_gpus_per_node > 0
diff --git a/unittests/test_filters.py b/unittests/test_filters.py
index be1f2fba1c..1036f5dc34 100644
--- a/unittests/test_filters.py
+++ b/unittests/test_filters.py
@@ -34,17 +34,20 @@ def sample_cases():
         make_case({
             'name': 'check1',
             'tags': {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'},
-            'num_gpus_per_node': 1
+            'num_gpus_per_node': 1,
+            'maintainers': {'A', 'B', 'C', 'D'}
         }),
         make_case({
             'name': 'check2',
             'tags': {'x', 'y', 'z'},
-            'num_gpus_per_node': 0
+            'num_gpus_per_node': 0,
+            'maintainers': {'X', 'Y', 'Z'}
         }),
         make_case({
             'name': 'check3',
             'tags': {'a', 'z'},
-            'num_gpus_per_node': 1
+            'num_gpus_per_node': 1,
+            'maintainers': {'A', 'Z'}
         })
     ]
 
@@ -82,6 +85,12 @@ def test_have_not_tags(sample_cases):
     assert 1 == count_checks(filters.have_not_tag('z'), sample_cases)
 
 
+def test_have_maintainers(sample_cases):
+    assert 2 == count_checks(filters.have_maintainer('A|C'), sample_cases)
+    assert 0 == count_checks(filters.have_maintainer('P|Q'), sample_cases)
+    assert 2 == count_checks(filters.have_maintainer('Z'), sample_cases)
+
+
 def test_have_gpu_only(sample_cases):
     assert 2 == count_checks(filters.have_gpu_only(), sample_cases)