diff --git a/packages/cli/config/index.ts b/packages/cli/config/index.ts
index e654b50d0a..5cbacddf85 100644
--- a/packages/cli/config/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/config/index.ts
@@ -413,6 +413,30 @@ const config = convict({
 	},
 
 	nodes: {
+		include: {
+			doc: 'Nodes to load',
+			format: function check(rawValue) {
+				if (rawValue === '') {
+					return;
+				}
+				try {
+					const values = JSON.parse(rawValue);
+					if (!Array.isArray(values)) {
+						throw new Error();
+					}
+
+					for (const value of values) {
+						if (typeof value !== 'string') {
+							throw new Error();
+						}
+					}
+				} catch (error) {
+					throw new TypeError(`The Nodes to include is not a valid Array of strings.`);
+				}
+			},
+			default: undefined,
+			env: 'NODES_INCLUDE',
+		},
 		exclude: {
 			doc: 'Nodes not to load',
 			format: function check(rawValue) {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/LoadNodesAndCredentials.ts b/packages/cli/src/LoadNodesAndCredentials.ts
index 6e268b70fc..5399b24932 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/LoadNodesAndCredentials.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/LoadNodesAndCredentials.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class LoadNodesAndCredentialsClass {
 	} = {};
 
 	excludeNodes: string[] | undefined = undefined;
+	includeNodes: string[] | undefined = undefined;
 
 	nodeModulesPath = '';
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ class LoadNodesAndCredentialsClass {
 		}
 
 		this.excludeNodes = config.get('nodes.exclude');
+		this.includeNodes = config.get('nodes.include');
 
 		// Get all the installed packages which contain n8n nodes
 		const packages = await this.getN8nNodePackages();
@@ -175,6 +177,10 @@ class LoadNodesAndCredentialsClass {
 			tempNode.description.icon = 'file:' + path.join(path.dirname(filePath), tempNode.description.icon.substr(5));
 		}
 
+		if (this.includeNodes !== undefined && !this.includeNodes.includes(fullNodeName)) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		// Check if the node should be skiped
 		if (this.excludeNodes !== undefined && this.excludeNodes.includes(fullNodeName)) {
 			return;