diff --git a/src/tmxrasterizer/main.cpp b/src/tmxrasterizer/main.cpp
index 46dfd6dc95..a0f9a362a6 100644
--- a/src/tmxrasterizer/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tmxrasterizer/main.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                           { "hide-layer",
                             QCoreApplication::translate("main", "Specifies a layer to omit from the output image. Can be repeated to hide multiple layers."),
                             QCoreApplication::translate("main", "name") },
+                          { "show-layer",
+                            QCoreApplication::translate("main", "If used only specified layers are shown. Can be repeated to show multiple specified layers only."),
+                            QCoreApplication::translate("main", "name") },
                       });
     parser.addPositionalArgument("map|world", QCoreApplication::translate("main", "Map or world file to render."));
     parser.addPositionalArgument("image", QCoreApplication::translate("main", "Image file to output."));
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     w.setSmoothImages(!parser.isSet(QLatin1String("no-smoothing")));
     w.setIgnoreVisibility(parser.isSet(QLatin1String("ignore-visibility")));
     w.setLayersToHide(parser.values(QLatin1String("hide-layer")));
+    w.setLayersToShow(parser.values(QLatin1String("show-layer")));
 
     if (parser.isSet(QLatin1String("size"))) {
         bool ok;
diff --git a/src/tmxrasterizer/tmxrasterizer.cpp b/src/tmxrasterizer/tmxrasterizer.cpp
index a9ea0dc70f..db6d4340be 100644
--- a/src/tmxrasterizer/tmxrasterizer.cpp
+++ b/src/tmxrasterizer/tmxrasterizer.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ bool TmxRasterizer::shouldDrawLayer(const Layer *layer) const
     if (mLayersToHide.contains(layer->name(), Qt::CaseInsensitive))
         return false;
 
+    if (!mLayersToShow.empty()) {
+       if (!mLayersToShow.contains(layer->name(), Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+           return false;
+    }
+
     if (mIgnoreVisibility)
         return true;
 
@@ -230,7 +235,7 @@ int TmxRasterizer::renderWorld(const QString &worldFileName,
                  qUtf8Printable(errorString));
         return 1;
     }
-    
+
     auto const maps = world->allMaps();
     if (maps.isEmpty()) {
         qWarning("Error: The world file to rasterize contains no maps : \"%s\"",
diff --git a/src/tmxrasterizer/tmxrasterizer.h b/src/tmxrasterizer/tmxrasterizer.h
index a91ca966f9..b12e08c886 100644
--- a/src/tmxrasterizer/tmxrasterizer.h
+++ b/src/tmxrasterizer/tmxrasterizer.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class TmxRasterizer
     void setIgnoreVisibility(bool IgnoreVisibility) { mIgnoreVisibility = IgnoreVisibility; }
 
     void setLayersToHide(QStringList layersToHide) { mLayersToHide = layersToHide; }
+    void setLayersToShow(QStringList layersToShow) { mLayersToShow = layersToShow; }
 
     int render(const QString &fileName, const QString &imageFileName);
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ class TmxRasterizer
     bool mSmoothImages;
     bool mIgnoreVisibility;
     QStringList mLayersToHide;
+    QStringList mLayersToShow;
 
     void drawMapLayers(MapRenderer &renderer, QPainter &painter, Map &map, QPoint mapOffset = QPoint(0, 0)) const;
     int renderMap(const QString &mapFileName, const QString &imageFileName);