diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index e1d52d2..6a67ddc 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ pub struct Config<'a> {
     pub file_end_str: String,
     pub verbose: bool,
     pub dry_run: bool,
+    pub include_node_prefixes: Option<&'a [String]>,
+    pub exclude_node_prefixes: Option<&'a [String]>,
     pub include_hidden: bool,
 }
diff --git a/src/exceptions.rs b/src/exceptions.rs
index 34244e9..d21a5da 100644
--- a/src/exceptions.rs
+++ b/src/exceptions.rs
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for TopCatError {
             Self::GraphMissing => write!(f, "Graph is None"),
             Self::InvalidFileHeader(x, s) => write!(f, "Invalid file header in {}: {}", x.display(), s),
             Self::NameClash(name, f1, f2) => write!(f, "Name {} found in both {} and {}", name, f1.display(), f2.display()),
-            Self::MissingExist(x, s) => write!(f, "MissingExist: {} expects {} to exist but it is not found", s, x),
-            Self::MissingDependency(x, s) => write!(f, "MissingDependency: {} depends on {} bit it is missing", s, x),
+            Self::MissingExist(x, s) => write!(f, "MissingExist: {} expects {} to exist but it is not found", x, s),
+            Self::MissingDependency(x, s) => write!(f, "MissingDependency: {} depends on {} but it is missing", x, s),
             Self::InvalidDependency(x, s) => write!(f, "InvalidDependency: {} is marked as prepend so it cannot depend on {} which isn't marked as prepend", s, x),
             Self::CyclicDependency(x) => {
                 let mut error_message = "Cyclic dependency detected:\n".to_string();
diff --git a/src/file_dag.rs b/src/file_dag.rs
index 889793c..7502eec 100644
--- a/src/file_dag.rs
+++ b/src/file_dag.rs
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ pub struct TCGraph {
     pub include_globs: Option<HashSet<PathBuf>>,
     pub include_extensions: Option<HashSet<String>>,
     pub exclude_extensions: Option<HashSet<String>>,
+    pub include_node_prefixes: Option<HashSet<String>>,
+    pub exclude_node_prefixes: Option<HashSet<String>>,
     normal_graph: DiGraph<FileNode, ()>,
     prepend_graph: DiGraph<FileNode, ()>,
     append_graph: DiGraph<FileNode, ()>,
@@ -301,6 +303,11 @@ impl TCGraph {
             string_slice_to_array(config.include_extensions);
         let exclude_extensions: Option<HashSet<String>> =
             string_slice_to_array(config.exclude_extensions);
+        let include_node_prefixes: Option<HashSet<String>> =
+            string_slice_to_array(config.include_node_prefixes);
+        let exclude_node_prefixes: Option<HashSet<String>> =
+            string_slice_to_array(config.exclude_node_prefixes);
+
         TCGraph {
             comment_str: config.comment_str.clone(),
             file_dirs: config.input_dirs.clone(),
@@ -308,6 +315,8 @@ impl TCGraph {
             include_globs,
             include_extensions,
             exclude_extensions,
+            include_node_prefixes,
+            exclude_node_prefixes,
             normal_graph: DiGraph::new(),
             prepend_graph: DiGraph::new(),
             append_graph: DiGraph::new(),
@@ -439,7 +448,40 @@ impl TCGraph {
                     None => return Err(TopCatError::UnknownError("Node not found".to_string())),
                 };
                 trace!("{} node: {:?}", graph_type.as_str(), file_node.name);
-                sorted_files.push(file_node.path.clone());
+
+                // Apply prefix filtering
+                let should_include =
+                    match (&self.include_node_prefixes, &self.exclude_node_prefixes) {
+                        (Some(include_prefixes), Some(exclude_prefixes)) => {
+                            // If both are specified, include nodes that match include prefixes but not exclude prefixes
+                            include_prefixes
+                                .iter()
+                                .any(|prefix| file_node.name.starts_with(prefix))
+                                && !exclude_prefixes
+                                    .iter()
+                                    .any(|prefix| file_node.name.starts_with(prefix))
+                        }
+                        (Some(include_prefixes), None) => {
+                            // If include prefixes are specified, only include nodes with matching prefixes
+                            include_prefixes
+                                .iter()
+                                .any(|prefix| file_node.name.starts_with(prefix))
+                        }
+                        (None, Some(exclude_prefixes)) => {
+                            // If exclude prefixes are specified, exclude nodes with matching prefixes
+                            !exclude_prefixes
+                                .iter()
+                                .any(|prefix| file_node.name.starts_with(prefix))
+                        }
+                        (None, None) => {
+                            // If no prefix filters are specified, include all nodes
+                            true
+                        }
+                    };
+
+                if should_include {
+                    sorted_files.push(file_node.path.clone());
+                }
             }
         }
         Ok(sorted_files)
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c130003..d75b699 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,20 @@ struct Opt {
     #[structopt(short = "v", long = "verbose", help = "Print debug information")]
     verbose: bool,
 
+    #[structopt(
+        long = "include-prefix",
+        help = "Only include nodes with the given prefixes in the output",
+        value_name = "PREFIXES"
+    )]
+    include_node_prefixes: Option<Vec<String>>,
+
+    #[structopt(
+        long = "exclude-prefix",
+        help = "Exclude nodes with the given prefixes from the output",
+        value_name = "PREFIXES"
+    )]
+    exclude_node_prefixes: Option<Vec<String>>,
+
     #[structopt(
         short = "d",
         long = "dry-run",
@@ -128,6 +142,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), TopCatError> {
         file_end_str: opt.ensure_each_file_ends_with_str,
         include_hidden: opt.include_hidden_files_and_directories,
         verbose: opt.verbose,
+        include_node_prefixes: opt.include_node_prefixes.as_deref(),
+        exclude_node_prefixes: opt.exclude_node_prefixes.as_deref(),
         dry_run: opt.dry_run,
     };