diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Cron/Console/Command/CronCommand.php b/app/code/Magento/Cron/Console/Command/CronCommand.php
index 0a9fd4c195f0a..4032a74802652 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Cron/Console/Command/CronCommand.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Cron/Console/Command/CronCommand.php
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ class CronCommand extends Command
     public const INPUT_KEY_GROUP = 'group';
 
     /**
+     * Name of input option
+     */
+    public const INPUT_KEY_EXCLUDE_GROUP = 'exclude-group';
+
+    /**
+     *
      * @var ObjectManagerFactory
      */
     private $objectManagerFactory;
@@ -73,6 +79,12 @@ protected function configure()
                 InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED,
                 'Run jobs only from specified group'
             ),
+            new InputOption(
+                self::INPUT_KEY_EXCLUDE_GROUP,
+                null,
+                InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL | InputOption::VALUE_IS_ARRAY,
+                'Exclude jobs from the specified group'
+            ),
             new InputOption(
                 Cli::INPUT_KEY_BOOTSTRAP,
                 null,
@@ -102,6 +114,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             $output->writeln('<info>' . 'Cron is disabled. Jobs were not run.' . '</info>');
             return Cli::RETURN_SUCCESS;
         }
+
         // phpcs:ignore Magento2.Security.Superglobal
         $omParams = $_SERVER;
         $omParams[StoreManager::PARAM_RUN_CODE] = 'admin';
@@ -109,6 +122,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
         $objectManager = $this->objectManagerFactory->create($omParams);
 
         $params[self::INPUT_KEY_GROUP] = $input->getOption(self::INPUT_KEY_GROUP);
+        $params[self::INPUT_KEY_EXCLUDE_GROUP] = $input->getOption(self::INPUT_KEY_EXCLUDE_GROUP);
         $params[ProcessCronQueueObserver::STANDALONE_PROCESS_STARTED] = '0';
         $bootstrap = $input->getOption(Cli::INPUT_KEY_BOOTSTRAP);
         if ($bootstrap) {
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Cron/Observer/ProcessCronQueueObserver.php b/app/code/Magento/Cron/Observer/ProcessCronQueueObserver.php
index a4a11156956d9..857e419fe93f3 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Cron/Observer/ProcessCronQueueObserver.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Cron/Observer/ProcessCronQueueObserver.php
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ function ($a, $b) {
             if (!$this->isGroupInFilter($groupId)) {
                 continue;
             }
+            if ($this->isGroupInExcludeFilter($groupId)) {
+                continue;
+            }
             if ($this->_request->getParam(self::STANDALONE_PROCESS_STARTED) !== '1'
                 && $this->getCronGroupConfigurationValue($groupId, 'use_separate_process') == 1
             ) {
@@ -809,6 +812,18 @@ private function isGroupInFilter($groupId): bool
             && trim($this->_request->getParam('group'), "'") !== $groupId);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Is Group In Exclude Filter.
+     *
+     * @param string $groupId
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    private function isGroupInExcludeFilter($groupId): bool
+    {
+        $excludeGroup = $this->_request->getParam('exclude-group', []);
+        return is_array($excludeGroup) && in_array($groupId, $excludeGroup);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Process pending jobs.
      *
diff --git a/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Cron/Observer/ProcessCronQueueObserverTest.php b/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Cron/Observer/ProcessCronQueueObserverTest.php
index 4ca8ab53ffbad..237f2c95606a8 100644
--- a/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Cron/Observer/ProcessCronQueueObserverTest.php
+++ b/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Cron/Observer/ProcessCronQueueObserverTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 namespace Magento\Cron\Observer;
 
+use Magento\Cron\Observer\ProcessCronQueueObserver;
 use \Magento\TestFramework\Helper\Bootstrap;
 
 class ProcessCronQueueObserverTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
@@ -49,4 +50,119 @@ public function testDispatchNoFailed()
             $this->fail($item->getMessages());
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $expectedGroupsToRun
+     * @param null $group
+     * @param null $excludeGroup
+     * @dataProvider groupFiltersDataProvider
+     */
+    public function testGroupFilters(array $expectedGroupsToRun, $group = null, $excludeGroup = null)
+    {
+        $config = $this->createMock(\Magento\Cron\Model\ConfigInterface::class);
+        $config->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getJobs')
+            ->willReturn($this->getFilterTestCronGroups());
+
+        $request = Bootstrap::getObjectManager()->get(\Magento\Framework\App\Console\Request::class);
+        $lockManager = $this->createMock(\Magento\Framework\Lock\LockManagerInterface::class);
+
+        // The jobs are locked when they are run, assert on them to see which groups would run
+        $expectedLockData = [];
+        foreach ($expectedGroupsToRun as $expectedGroupToRun) {
+            $expectedLockData[] = [
+                ProcessCronQueueObserver::LOCK_PREFIX . $expectedGroupToRun,
+                ProcessCronQueueObserver::LOCK_TIMEOUT
+            ];
+        }
+
+        // No expected lock data, means we should never call it
+        if (empty($expectedLockData)) {
+            $lockManager->expects($this->never())
+                ->method('lock');
+        }
+
+        $lockManager->expects($this->exactly(count($expectedLockData)))
+            ->method('lock')
+            ->withConsecutive(...$expectedLockData);
+
+        $request->setParams(
+            [
+                'group' => $group,
+                'exclude-group' => $excludeGroup,
+                'standaloneProcessStarted' => '1'
+            ]
+        );
+        $this->_model = Bootstrap::getObjectManager()
+            ->create(\Magento\Cron\Observer\ProcessCronQueueObserver::class, [
+                'request' => $request,
+                'lockManager' => $lockManager,
+                'config' => $config
+            ]);
+        $this->_model->execute(new \Magento\Framework\Event\Observer());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array|array[]
+     */
+    public function groupFiltersDataProvider(): array
+    {
+
+        return [
+            'no flags runs all groups' => [
+                ['index', 'consumers', 'default']    // groups to run
+            ],
+            '--group=default should run'  => [
+                ['default'],                        // groups to run
+                'default',                          // --group default
+            ],
+            '--group=default with --exclude-group=default, nothing should run' => [
+                [],                                 // groups to run
+                'default',                          // --group default
+                ['default'],                        // --exclude-group default
+            ],
+            '--group=default with --exclude-group=index, default should run' => [
+                ['default'],                        // groups to run
+                'default',                          // --group default
+                ['index'],                          // --exclude-group index
+            ],
+            '--group=index with --exclude-group=default, index should run' => [
+                ['index'],                          // groups to run
+                'index',                            // --group index
+                ['default'],                        // --exclude-group default
+            ],
+            '--exclude-group=index, all other groups should run' => [
+                ['consumers', 'default'],           // groups to run, all but index
+                null,                               //
+                ['index']                           // --exclude-group index
+            ],
+            '--exclude-group for every group runs nothing' => [
+                [],                                 // groups to run, none
+                null,                               //
+                ['default', 'consumers', 'index']   // groups to exclude, all of them
+            ],
+            'exclude all groups but consumers, consumers runs' => [
+                ['consumers'],
+                null,
+                ['index', 'default']
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Only run the filter group tests with a limited set of cron groups, keeps tests consistent between EE and CE
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function getFilterTestCronGroups()
+    {
+        $listOfGroups = [];
+        $config = Bootstrap::getObjectManager()->get(\Magento\Cron\Model\ConfigInterface::class);
+        foreach ($config->getJobs() as $groupId => $data) {
+            if (in_array($groupId, ['default', 'consumers', 'index'])) {
+                $listOfGroups[$groupId] = $data;
+            }
+        }
+        return $listOfGroups;
+    }
 }