diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 99eb76e0b56b..37d4f1654db0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Features
 
-* [#13435](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/13435) extend error context when a simulation fails.
+* [#13437](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/13437) Add new flag `--modules-to-export` in `simd export` command to export only selected modules.
+* [#13435](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/13435) Extend error context when a simulation fails.
 * [#13298](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/13298) Add `AddGenesisAccount` helper func in x/auth module which helps adding accounts to genesis state.
 * (x/authz) [#12648](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/12648) Add an allow list, an optional list of addresses allowed to receive bank assets via authz MsgSend grant.
 * (sdk.Coins) [#12627](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/12627) Make a Denoms method on sdk.Coins.
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### API Breaking Changes
 
+* [#13437](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/13437) Add a list of modules to export argument in `ExportAppStateAndValidators` and `ExportGenesis`. 
 * (x/slashing) [#13427](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/13427) Move `x/slashing/testslashing` to `x/slashing/testutil` for consistency with other modules.
 * (x/staking) [#13427](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/13427) Move `x/staking/teststaking` to `x/staking/testutil` for consistency with other modules.
 * (simapp) [#13402](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/13402) Move simulation flags to `x/simulation/client/cli`.
diff --git a/UPGRADING.md b/UPGRADING.md
index 159d3c4136c2..e086c4bdc30c 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.md
+++ b/UPGRADING.md
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ The constructor, `NewSimApp` has been simplified:
 `simapp.MakeTestEncodingConfig()` was deprecated and has been removed. Instead you can use the `TestEncodingConfig` from the `types/module/testutil` package.
 This means you can replace your usage of `simapp.MakeTestEncodingConfig` in tests to `moduletestutil.MakeTestEncodingConfig`, which takes a series of relevant `AppModuleBasic` as input (the module being tested and any potential dependencies).
 
+#### Export
+
+`ExportAppStateAndValidators` takes an extra argument, `modulesToExport`, which is a list of module names to export.
+That argument should be passed to the module maanager `ExportGenesis` method.
+
 ### Protobuf
 
 The SDK has migrated from `gogo/protobuf` (which is currently unmaintained), to our own maintained fork, [`cosmos/gogoproto`](https://github.com/cosmos/gogoproto).
diff --git a/runtime/types.go b/runtime/types.go
index b5abc22059cf..fb7c65d82f62 100644
--- a/runtime/types.go
+++ b/runtime/types.go
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ type AppI interface {
 	LoadHeight(height int64) error
 
 	// Exports the state of the application for a genesis file.
-	ExportAppStateAndValidators(
-		forZeroHeight bool, jailAllowedAddrs []string,
-	) (types.ExportedApp, error)
+	ExportAppStateAndValidators(forZeroHeight bool, jailAllowedAddrs []string, modulesToExport []string) (types.ExportedApp, error)
 
 	// Helper for the simulation framework.
 	SimulationManager() *module.SimulationManager
diff --git a/server/export.go b/server/export.go
index a50501284d8d..80415679a709 100644
--- a/server/export.go
+++ b/server/export.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const (
 	FlagHeight           = "height"
 	FlagForZeroHeight    = "for-zero-height"
 	FlagJailAllowedAddrs = "jail-allowed-addrs"
+	FlagModulesToExport  = "modules-to-export"
 )
 
 // ExportCmd dumps app state to JSON.
@@ -65,8 +66,9 @@ func ExportCmd(appExporter types.AppExporter, defaultNodeHome string) *cobra.Com
 			height, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt64(FlagHeight)
 			forZeroHeight, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(FlagForZeroHeight)
 			jailAllowedAddrs, _ := cmd.Flags().GetStringSlice(FlagJailAllowedAddrs)
+			modulesToExport, _ := cmd.Flags().GetStringSlice(FlagModulesToExport)
 
-			exported, err := appExporter(serverCtx.Logger, db, traceWriter, height, forZeroHeight, jailAllowedAddrs, serverCtx.Viper)
+			exported, err := appExporter(serverCtx.Logger, db, traceWriter, height, forZeroHeight, jailAllowedAddrs, serverCtx.Viper, modulesToExport)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("error exporting state: %v", err)
 			}
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ func ExportCmd(appExporter types.AppExporter, defaultNodeHome string) *cobra.Com
 	cmd.Flags().Int64(FlagHeight, -1, "Export state from a particular height (-1 means latest height)")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool(FlagForZeroHeight, false, "Export state to start at height zero (perform preproccessing)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSlice(FlagJailAllowedAddrs, []string{}, "Comma-separated list of operator addresses of jailed validators to unjail")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSlice(FlagModulesToExport, []string{}, "Comma-separated list of modules to export. If empty, will export all modules")
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/server/types/app.go b/server/types/app.go
index d727e2c81509..09026095e4bf 100644
--- a/server/types/app.go
+++ b/server/types/app.go
@@ -80,5 +80,5 @@ type (
 
 	// AppExporter is a function that dumps all app state to
 	// JSON-serializable structure and returns the current validator set.
-	AppExporter func(log.Logger, dbm.DB, io.Writer, int64, bool, []string, AppOptions) (ExportedApp, error)
+	AppExporter func(log.Logger, dbm.DB, io.Writer, int64, bool, []string, AppOptions, []string) (ExportedApp, error)
 )
diff --git a/simapp/app_test.go b/simapp/app_test.go
index b27f9b272619..af92cbe077a0 100644
--- a/simapp/app_test.go
+++ b/simapp/app_test.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestSimAppExportAndBlockedAddrs(t *testing.T) {
 	logger2 := log.NewTMLogger(log.NewSyncWriter(os.Stdout))
 	// Making a new app object with the db, so that initchain hasn't been called
 	app2 := NewSimApp(logger2, db, nil, true, simtestutil.NewAppOptionsWithFlagHome(DefaultNodeHome))
-	_, err := app2.ExportAppStateAndValidators(false, []string{})
+	_, err := app2.ExportAppStateAndValidators(false, []string{}, []string{})
 	require.NoError(t, err, "ExportAppStateAndValidators should not have an error")
 }
 
diff --git a/simapp/export.go b/simapp/export.go
index d47e23a80f0f..60aecc5a05b0 100644
--- a/simapp/export.go
+++ b/simapp/export.go
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 // ExportAppStateAndValidators exports the state of the application for a genesis
 // file.
-func (app *SimApp) ExportAppStateAndValidators(
-	forZeroHeight bool, jailAllowedAddrs []string,
-) (servertypes.ExportedApp, error) {
+func (app *SimApp) ExportAppStateAndValidators(forZeroHeight bool, jailAllowedAddrs []string, modulesToExport []string) (servertypes.ExportedApp, error) {
 	// as if they could withdraw from the start of the next block
 	ctx := app.NewContext(true, tmproto.Header{Height: app.LastBlockHeight()})
 
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ func (app *SimApp) ExportAppStateAndValidators(
 		app.prepForZeroHeightGenesis(ctx, jailAllowedAddrs)
 	}
 
-	genState := app.ModuleManager.ExportGenesis(ctx, app.appCodec)
+	genState := app.ModuleManager.ExportGenesis(ctx, app.appCodec, modulesToExport)
 	appState, err := json.MarshalIndent(genState, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
 		return servertypes.ExportedApp{}, err
diff --git a/simapp/sim_test.go b/simapp/sim_test.go
index bfa4bd2d352e..53d65ea9b6b8 100644
--- a/simapp/sim_test.go
+++ b/simapp/sim_test.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func TestAppImportExport(t *testing.T) {
 
 	fmt.Printf("exporting genesis...\n")
 
-	exported, err := app.ExportAppStateAndValidators(false, []string{})
+	exported, err := app.ExportAppStateAndValidators(false, []string{}, []string{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	fmt.Printf("importing genesis...\n")
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func TestAppSimulationAfterImport(t *testing.T) {
 
 	fmt.Printf("exporting genesis...\n")
 
-	exported, err := app.ExportAppStateAndValidators(true, []string{})
+	exported, err := app.ExportAppStateAndValidators(true, []string{}, []string{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	fmt.Printf("importing genesis...\n")
diff --git a/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go b/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
index 11719637d73e..7590217c7083 100644
--- a/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
+++ b/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ func appExport(
 	forZeroHeight bool,
 	jailAllowedAddrs []string,
 	appOpts servertypes.AppOptions,
+	modulesToExport []string,
 ) (servertypes.ExportedApp, error) {
 	var simApp *simapp.SimApp
 
@@ -347,5 +348,5 @@ func appExport(
 		simApp = simapp.NewSimApp(logger, db, traceStore, true, appOpts)
 	}
 
-	return simApp.ExportAppStateAndValidators(forZeroHeight, jailAllowedAddrs)
+	return simApp.ExportAppStateAndValidators(forZeroHeight, jailAllowedAddrs, modulesToExport)
 }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/server/export_test.go b/tests/e2e/server/export_test.go
index 633106e61473..b994d87706f8 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/server/export_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/server/export_test.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func setupApp(t *testing.T, tempDir string) (*simapp.SimApp, context.Context, *t
 	app.Commit()
 
 	cmd := server.ExportCmd(
-		func(_ log.Logger, _ dbm.DB, _ io.Writer, height int64, forZeroHeight bool, jailAllowedAddrs []string, appOptions types.AppOptions) (types.ExportedApp, error) {
+		func(_ log.Logger, _ dbm.DB, _ io.Writer, height int64, forZeroHeight bool, jailAllowedAddrs []string, appOptions types.AppOptions, modulesToExport []string) (types.ExportedApp, error) {
 			var simApp *simapp.SimApp
 			if height != -1 {
 				simApp = simapp.NewSimApp(logger, db, nil, false, appOptions)
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func setupApp(t *testing.T, tempDir string) (*simapp.SimApp, context.Context, *t
 				simApp = simapp.NewSimApp(logger, db, nil, true, appOptions)
 			}
 
-			return simApp.ExportAppStateAndValidators(forZeroHeight, jailAllowedAddrs)
+			return simApp.ExportAppStateAndValidators(forZeroHeight, jailAllowedAddrs, modulesToExport)
 		}, tempDir)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
diff --git a/testutil/sims/simulation_helpers.go b/testutil/sims/simulation_helpers.go
index 420171b05ceb..4132007c0906 100644
--- a/testutil/sims/simulation_helpers.go
+++ b/testutil/sims/simulation_helpers.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func SimulationOperations(app runtime.AppI, cdc codec.JSONCodec, config simtypes
 func CheckExportSimulation(app runtime.AppI, config simtypes.Config, params simtypes.Params) error {
 	if config.ExportStatePath != "" {
 		fmt.Println("exporting app state...")
-		exported, err := app.ExportAppStateAndValidators(false, nil)
+		exported, err := app.ExportAppStateAndValidators(false, nil, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/types/module/module.go b/types/module/module.go
index 2955fcbbd0cd..f693e0824b17 100644
--- a/types/module/module.go
+++ b/types/module/module.go
@@ -320,15 +320,39 @@ func (m *Manager) InitGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, cdc codec.JSONCodec, genesisData
 }
 
 // ExportGenesis performs export genesis functionality for modules
-func (m *Manager) ExportGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, cdc codec.JSONCodec) map[string]json.RawMessage {
+func (m *Manager) ExportGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, cdc codec.JSONCodec, modulesToExport []string) map[string]json.RawMessage {
 	genesisData := make(map[string]json.RawMessage)
-	for _, moduleName := range m.OrderExportGenesis {
+	if len(modulesToExport) == 0 {
+		for _, moduleName := range m.OrderExportGenesis {
+			genesisData[moduleName] = m.Modules[moduleName].ExportGenesis(ctx, cdc)
+		}
+
+		return genesisData
+	}
+
+	// verify modules exists in app, so that we don't panic in the middle of an export
+	if err := m.checkModulesExists(modulesToExport); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, moduleName := range modulesToExport {
 		genesisData[moduleName] = m.Modules[moduleName].ExportGenesis(ctx, cdc)
 	}
 
 	return genesisData
 }
 
+// checkModulesExists verifies that all modules in the list exist in the app
+func (m *Manager) checkModulesExists(moduleName []string) error {
+	for _, name := range moduleName {
+		if _, ok := m.Modules[name]; !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("module %s does not exist", name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // assertNoForgottenModules checks that we didn't forget any modules in the
 // SetOrder* functions.
 func (m *Manager) assertNoForgottenModules(setOrderFnName string, moduleNames []string) {
diff --git a/types/module/module_test.go b/types/module/module_test.go
index 202f0a01d957..c8be39e32068 100644
--- a/types/module/module_test.go
+++ b/types/module/module_test.go
@@ -198,7 +198,11 @@ func TestManager_ExportGenesis(t *testing.T) {
 		"module1": json.RawMessage(`{"key1": "value1"}`),
 		"module2": json.RawMessage(`{"key2": "value2"}`),
 	}
-	require.Equal(t, want, mm.ExportGenesis(ctx, cdc))
+	require.Equal(t, want, mm.ExportGenesis(ctx, cdc, []string{}))
+
+	require.Panics(t, func() {
+		mm.ExportGenesis(ctx, cdc, []string{"module1", "modulefoo"})
+	})
 }
 
 func TestManager_BeginBlock(t *testing.T) {