diff --git a/aws/saml.go b/aws/saml.go
index 70bb3223..e0d53c88 100644
--- a/aws/saml.go
+++ b/aws/saml.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func ParseSAMLResponse(base64Response string) (*SAMLResponse, error) {
 }
 
 // ExtractRoleArnAndPrincipalArn extracts role ARN and principal ARN from SAML response
-func ExtractRoleArnAndPrincipalArn(samlResponse SAMLResponse) (string, string, error) {
+func ExtractRoleArnAndPrincipalArn(samlResponse SAMLResponse, roleName string) (string, string, error) {
 	for _, attr := range samlResponse.Assertion.AttributeStatement.Attributes {
 		if attr.Name != roleAttributeName {
 			continue
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ func ExtractRoleArnAndPrincipalArn(samlResponse SAMLResponse) (string, string, e
 			s := strings.Split(v.Value, ",")
 			roleArn := s[0]
 			principalArn := s[1]
+			if roleName != "" && strings.Split(roleArn, "/")[1] != roleName {
+				continue
+			}
 			return roleArn, principalArn, nil
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/aws/saml_test.go b/aws/saml_test.go
index 19a32b1e..331da383 100644
--- a/aws/saml_test.go
+++ b/aws/saml_test.go
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ func TestParseSAMLResponse(t *testing.T) {
 func TestExtractRoleArnAndPrincipalArn(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		samlResponse SAMLResponse
+		roleName     string
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name             string
@@ -173,10 +174,81 @@ func TestExtractRoleArnAndPrincipalArn(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 				},
+				roleName: "",
 			},
 			wantRoleArn:      "arn:aws:iam::012345678901:role/TestRole",
 			wantPrincipalArn: "arn:aws:iam::012345678901:saml-provider/TestProvider",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "returns first role when role attribute are multi and no roleName argument",
+			args: args{
+				samlResponse: SAMLResponse{
+					Assertion: Assertion{
+						AttributeStatement: AttributeStatement{
+							Attributes: []Attribute{
+								{
+									Name: "dummy",
+									AttributeValues: []AttributeValue{
+										{
+											Value: "dummy",
+										},
+									},
+								},
+								{
+									Name: roleAttributeName,
+									AttributeValues: []AttributeValue{
+										{
+											Value: "arn:aws:iam::012345678901:role/TestRole1,arn:aws:iam::012345678901:saml-provider/TestProvider1",
+										},
+										{
+											Value: "arn:aws:iam::012345678901:role/TestRole2,arn:aws:iam::012345678901:saml-provider/TestProvider2",
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				roleName: "",
+			},
+			wantRoleArn:      "arn:aws:iam::012345678901:role/TestRole1",
+			wantPrincipalArn: "arn:aws:iam::012345678901:saml-provider/TestProvider1",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "returns specify role when role attribute are multi and roleName argument",
+			args: args{
+				samlResponse: SAMLResponse{
+					Assertion: Assertion{
+						AttributeStatement: AttributeStatement{
+							Attributes: []Attribute{
+								{
+									Name: "dummy",
+									AttributeValues: []AttributeValue{
+										{
+											Value: "dummy",
+										},
+									},
+								},
+								{
+									Name: roleAttributeName,
+									AttributeValues: []AttributeValue{
+										{
+											Value: "arn:aws:iam::012345678901:role/TestRole1,arn:aws:iam::012345678901:saml-provider/TestProvider1",
+										},
+										{
+											Value: "arn:aws:iam::012345678901:role/TestRole2,arn:aws:iam::012345678901:saml-provider/TestProvider2",
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				roleName: "TestRole2",
+			},
+			wantRoleArn:      "arn:aws:iam::012345678901:role/TestRole2",
+			wantPrincipalArn: "arn:aws:iam::012345678901:saml-provider/TestProvider2",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "returns an error when role attribute does not exist",
 			args: args{
@@ -196,13 +268,14 @@ func TestExtractRoleArnAndPrincipalArn(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 				},
+				roleName: "",
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, got1, err := ExtractRoleArnAndPrincipalArn(tt.args.samlResponse)
+			got, got1, err := ExtractRoleArnAndPrincipalArn(tt.args.samlResponse, tt.args.roleName)
 			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
 				t.Errorf("ExtractRoleArnAndPrincipalArn() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
 				return
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index ffd870e4..df0fbce3 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func Execute() {
 
 func newRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var configure bool
+	var roleName string
 	var profile string
 	var showVersion bool
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ func newRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			roleArn, principalArn, err := aws.ExtractRoleArnAndPrincipalArn(*response)
+			roleArn, principalArn, err := aws.ExtractRoleArnAndPrincipalArn(*response, roleName)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ func newRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&configure, "configure", "c", false, "configure initial settings")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&profile, "profile", "p", "default", "AWS profile")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&roleName, "role", "r", "", "AWS IAM role name")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&showVersion, "version", "v", false, "Show version")
 
 	return cmd