diff --git a/src/compiler/crystal/command.cr b/src/compiler/crystal/command.cr
index 462653c77f0b..b0e117ea49d0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/crystal/command.cr
+++ b/src/compiler/crystal/command.cr
@@ -341,7 +341,9 @@ class Crystal::Command
     hierarchy_exp : String?,
     cursor_location : String?,
     output_format : String?,
-    combine_rpath : Bool do
+    combine_rpath : Bool,
+    includes : Array(String),
+    excludes : Array(String) do
     def compile(output_filename = self.output_filename)
       compiler.emit_base_filename = emit_base_filename || output_filename.rchop(File.extname(output_filename))
       compiler.compile sources, output_filename, combine_rpath: combine_rpath
@@ -367,6 +369,8 @@ class Crystal::Command
     hierarchy_exp = nil
     cursor_location = nil
     output_format = nil
+    excludes = [] of String
+    includes = [] of String
 
     option_parser = parse_with_crystal_opts do |opts|
       opts.banner = "Usage: crystal #{command} [options] [programfile] [--] [arguments]\n\nOptions:"
@@ -414,6 +418,14 @@ class Crystal::Command
         opts.on("-f tree|flat", "--format tree|flat", "Output format tree (default) or flat") do |f|
           output_format = f
         end
+
+        opts.on("-i <path>", "--include <path>", "Include path") do |f|
+          includes << f
+        end
+
+        opts.on("-e <path>", "--exclude <path>", "Exclude path (default: lib)") do |f|
+          excludes << f
+        end
       else
         opts.on("-f text|json", "--format text|json", "Output format text (default) or json") do |f|
           output_format = f
@@ -576,7 +588,7 @@ class Crystal::Command
     end
 
     combine_rpath = run && !no_codegen
-    @config = CompilerConfig.new compiler, sources, output_filename, emit_base_filename, arguments, specified_output, hierarchy_exp, cursor_location, output_format, combine_rpath
+    @config = CompilerConfig.new compiler, sources, output_filename, emit_base_filename, arguments, specified_output, hierarchy_exp, cursor_location, output_format, combine_rpath, includes, excludes
   end
 
   private def gather_sources(filenames)
diff --git a/src/compiler/crystal/tools/dependencies.cr b/src/compiler/crystal/tools/dependencies.cr
index 76ab6d98bed4..cf2f30f6290a 100644
--- a/src/compiler/crystal/tools/dependencies.cr
+++ b/src/compiler/crystal/tools/dependencies.cr
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ class Crystal::Command
   private def dependencies
     config = create_compiler "tool dependencies", no_codegen: true, dependencies: true
 
-    config.compiler.dependency_printer = DependencyPrinter.new(STDOUT, flat: config.output_format == "flat")
+    dependency_printer = DependencyPrinter.new(STDOUT, flat: config.output_format == "flat")
+    dependency_printer.includes.concat config.includes.map { |path| ::Path[path].expand.to_s }
+    dependency_printer.excludes.concat config.excludes.map { |path| ::Path[path].expand.to_s }
+    config.compiler.dependency_printer = dependency_printer
+
     config.compiler.top_level_semantic config.sources
   end
 end
@@ -14,17 +18,34 @@ end
 module Crystal
   class DependencyPrinter
     @depth = 0
+    @filter_depth = Int32::MAX
+
+    property includes = [] of String
+    property excludes = [] of String
+
+    getter default_paths : Array(::Path) = CrystalPath.default_paths.map { |path| ::Path[path].expand }
 
     def initialize(@io : IO, @flat : Bool = false)
     end
 
     def enter_file(filename : String, unseen : Bool)
-      print_indent
-      print_file(filename)
-      unless unseen
-        @io.print " (duplicate skipped)"
+      if @depth <= @filter_depth
+        filter = filter?(filename)
+        if filter
+          @filter_depth = @depth
+        else
+          @filter_depth = Int32::MAX
+        end
+
+        print_indent
+        print_file(filename)
+        if unseen
+          @io.print " (filtered)" if filter
+        else
+          @io.print " (duplicate skipped)"
+        end
+        @io.puts
       end
-      @io.puts
 
       @depth += 1
     end
@@ -41,5 +62,20 @@ module Crystal
     private def print_file(filename)
       @io.print ::Path[filename].relative_to?(Dir.current) || filename
     end
+
+    private def filter?(filename)
+      paths = ::Path[filename].parents
+      paths << ::Path[filename]
+
+      return false if match_patterns?(includes, paths)
+
+      return true if default_paths.any? { |path| paths.includes?(path) }
+
+      match_patterns?(excludes, paths)
+    end
+
+    private def match_patterns?(patterns, paths)
+      patterns.any? { |pattern| paths.any? { |path| File.match?(pattern, path) } }
+    end
   end
 end