diff --git a/cmd/sbctl/reset.go b/cmd/sbctl/reset.go
index 293bd9b..323f6cd 100644
--- a/cmd/sbctl/reset.go
+++ b/cmd/sbctl/reset.go
@@ -4,18 +4,22 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/foxboron/go-uefi/efi"
+	"github.com/foxboron/go-uefi/efi/signature"
 	"github.com/foxboron/go-uefi/efi/util"
 	"github.com/foxboron/sbctl"
+	"github.com/foxboron/sbctl/fs"
 	"github.com/foxboron/sbctl/logging"
 	"github.com/foxboron/sbctl/stringset"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 type resetCmdOptions struct {
-	Partial stringset.StringSet
+	Partial   stringset.StringSet
+	CertFiles string
 }
 
 var (
@@ -38,21 +42,27 @@ func resetKeys() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	var paths []string
+
+	if resetCmdOpts.CertFiles != "" {
+		paths = strings.Split(resetCmdOpts.CertFiles, ";")
+	}
+
 	switch partial := resetCmdOpts.Partial.Value; partial {
 	case "db":
-		if err := resetDB(); err != nil {
+		if err := resetDB(paths...); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	case "dbx":
-		if err := resetDBX(); err != nil {
+		if err := resetDBX(paths...); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	case "KEK":
-		if err := resetKEK(); err != nil {
+		if err := resetKEK(paths...); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	case "PK":
-		if err := resetPK(); err != nil {
+		if err := resetPK(paths...); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	default:
@@ -62,11 +72,11 @@ func resetKeys() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func resetDB() error {
+func resetDB(certPaths ...string) error {
 	KEKKey := filepath.Join(sbctl.KeysPath, "KEK", "KEK.key")
 	KEKPem := filepath.Join(sbctl.KeysPath, "KEK", "KEK.pem")
 
-	if err := resetDatabase(KEKKey, KEKPem, "db"); err != nil {
+	if err := resetDatabase(KEKKey, KEKPem, "db", certPaths...); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -75,11 +85,11 @@ func resetDB() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func resetDBX() error {
+func resetDBX(certPaths ...string) error {
 	KEKKey := filepath.Join(sbctl.KeysPath, "KEK", "KEK.key")
 	KEKPem := filepath.Join(sbctl.KeysPath, "KEK", "KEK.pem")
 
-	if err := resetDatabase(KEKKey, KEKPem, "dbx"); err != nil {
+	if err := resetDatabase(KEKKey, KEKPem, "dbx", certPaths...); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -88,11 +98,11 @@ func resetDBX() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func resetKEK() error {
+func resetKEK(certPaths ...string) error {
 	PKKey := filepath.Join(sbctl.KeysPath, "PK", "PK.key")
 	PKPem := filepath.Join(sbctl.KeysPath, "PK", "PK.pem")
 
-	if err := resetDatabase(PKKey, PKPem, "KEK"); err != nil {
+	if err := resetDatabase(PKKey, PKPem, "KEK", certPaths...); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -101,11 +111,11 @@ func resetKEK() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func resetPK() error {
+func resetPK(certPaths ...string) error {
 	PKKey := filepath.Join(sbctl.KeysPath, "PK", "PK.key")
 	PKPem := filepath.Join(sbctl.KeysPath, "PK", "PK.pem")
 
-	if err := resetDatabase(PKKey, PKPem, "PK"); err != nil {
+	if err := resetDatabase(PKKey, PKPem, "PK", certPaths...); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -114,7 +124,9 @@ func resetPK() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func resetDatabase(signerKey, signerPem string, efivar string) error {
+func resetDatabase(signerKey, signerPem string, efivar string, certPaths ...string) error {
+	var buf []byte
+
 	key, err := util.ReadKeyFromFile(signerKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -125,7 +137,56 @@ func resetDatabase(signerKey, signerPem string, efivar string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	signedBuf, err := efi.SignEFIVariable(key, crt, efivar, []byte{})
+	if len(certPaths) != 0 {
+		var (
+			db  *signature.SignatureDatabase
+			err error
+		)
+
+		switch efivar {
+		case "db":
+			db, err = efi.Getdb()
+		case "dbx":
+			db, err = efi.Getdbx()
+		case "KEK":
+			db, err = efi.GetKEK()
+		case "PK":
+			db, err = efi.GetPK()
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		uuid, err := sbctl.GetGUID()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		guid := util.StringToGUID(uuid.String())
+
+		for _, certPath := range certPaths {
+			buf, err := fs.ReadFile(certPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("can't read new certificate from path %s: %v", certPath, err)
+			}
+
+			cert, err := util.ReadCert(buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := db.Remove(signature.CERT_X509_GUID, *guid, cert.Raw); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		buf = db.Bytes()
+	} else {
+		buf = []byte{}
+	}
+
+	signedBuf, err := efi.SignEFIVariable(key, crt, efivar, buf)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -150,6 +211,7 @@ func RunReset(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 func resetKeysCmdFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	f := cmd.Flags()
 	f.VarPF(&resetCmdOpts.Partial, "partial", "p", "reset a partial set of keys")
+	f.StringVarP(&resetCmdOpts.CertFiles, "cert-files", "c", "", "optional paths to certificate file to remove from the hierachy (seperate individual paths by ';')")
 }
 
 func init() {