diff --git a/bin/metrics-disk.rb b/bin/metrics-disk.rb
index a14e28a..59285c8 100755
--- a/bin/metrics-disk.rb
+++ b/bin/metrics-disk.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 # USAGE:
 #
 # NOTES:
+#   Devices can be specifically included or ignored using -i or -I options:
+#     e.g. metrics-disk.rb -I [svx]d[a-z][0-9]*
 #
 # LICENSE:
 #   Copyright 2012 Sonian, Inc <chefs@sonian.net>
@@ -49,6 +51,18 @@ class DiskGraphite < Sensu::Plugin::Metric::CLI::Graphite
          long: '--convert',
          default: false
 
+  option :ignore_device,
+         description: 'Ignore devices matching pattern(s)',
+         short: '-i DEV[,DEV]',
+         long: '--ignore-device',
+         proc: proc { |a| a.split(',') }
+
+  option :include_device,
+         description: 'Include only devices matching pattern(s)',
+         short: '-I DEV[,DEV]',
+         long: '--include-device',
+         proc: proc { |a| a.split(',') }
+
   # Main function
   def run
     # http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/iostats.txt
@@ -62,6 +76,9 @@ def run
       end
       next if stats == ['0'].cycle.take(stats.size)
 
+      next if config[:ignore_device] && config[:ignore_device].find { |x| dev.match(x) }
+      next if config[:include_device] && !config[:include_device].find { |x| dev.match(x) }
+
       metrics.size.times { |i| output "#{config[:scheme]}.#{dev}.#{metrics[i]}", stats[i] }
     end