diff --git a/config/services/database.yml b/config/services/database.yml
index 023188edd..59a2c2f95 100644
--- a/config/services/database.yml
+++ b/config/services/database.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
       - { name: drupal.command }
   console.database_dump:
     class: Drupal\Console\Command\Database\DumpCommand
-    arguments: ['@app.root', '@console.shell_process']
+    arguments: ['@app.root', '@console.shell_process', '@database']
     tags:
       - { name: drupal.command }
   console.database_log_clear:
diff --git a/src/Command/Database/DumpCommand.php b/src/Command/Database/DumpCommand.php
index 59393f3b3..a67f4fe0a 100644
--- a/src/Command/Database/DumpCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/Database/DumpCommand.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Drupal\Console\Core\Command\Command;
 use Drupal\Console\Command\Shared\ConnectTrait;
 use Drupal\Console\Core\Utils\ShellProcess;
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Connection;
 
 class DumpCommand extends Command
 {
@@ -25,19 +26,26 @@ class DumpCommand extends Command
      * @var ShellProcess
      */
     protected $shellProcess;
+    /**
+     * @var Connection
+     */
+    protected $database;
 
     /**
      * DumpCommand constructor.
      *
      * @param $appRoot
      * @param ShellProcess $shellProcess
+     * @param Connection $database
      */
     public function __construct(
         $appRoot,
-        ShellProcess $shellProcess
+        ShellProcess $shellProcess,
+        Connection $database
     ) {
         $this->appRoot = $appRoot;
         $this->shellProcess = $shellProcess;
+        $this->database = $database;
         parent::__construct();
     }
 
@@ -73,6 +81,12 @@ protected function configure()
                 InputOption::VALUE_NONE,
                 $this->trans('commands.database.dump.options.gz')
             )
+            ->addOption(
+              'exclude-cache',
+              null,
+              InputOption::VALUE_NONE,
+              $this->trans('commands.database.dump.options.exclude.cache')
+            )
             ->setHelp($this->trans('commands.database.dump.help'))
             ->setAliases(['dbdu']);
     }
@@ -87,9 +101,33 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
         $file = $input->getOption('file');
         $learning = $input->getOption('learning');
         $gz = $input->getOption('gz');
+        $excludeCache = $input->getOption('exclude-cache');
 
         $databaseConnection = $this->escapeConnection($this->resolveConnection($database, $target));
 
+        if ($excludeCache) {
+            $query = '';
+            if ($databaseConnection['driver'] == 'mysql') {
+                $query = "SHOW TABLES LIKE 'cache_%'";
+            } elseif ($databaseConnection['driver'] == 'pgsql') {
+                $query = "SELECT tablename FROM pg_catalog.pg_tables WHERE schemaname != 'pg_catalog' AND schemaname != 'information_schema' AND tablename LIKE 'cache_%'";
+            }
+
+            $result = $this->database
+                ->query($query)
+                ->fetchAll();
+
+            $excludeTables = [];
+            foreach ($result as $record) {
+                $table = array_values(json_decode(json_encode($record), true));
+                if ($databaseConnection['driver'] == 'mysql') {
+                    $excludeTables[] = $databaseConnection['database'] . '.' . $table[0];
+                } elseif ($databaseConnection['driver'] == 'pgsql') {
+                    $excludeTables[] = 'public' . '.' . $table[0];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         if (!$file) {
             $date = new \DateTime();
             $file = sprintf(
@@ -102,26 +140,63 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
 
         $command = null;
 
-        if ($databaseConnection['driver'] == 'mysql') {
-            $command = sprintf(
-                'mysqldump --user="%s" --password="%s" --host="%s" --port="%s" "%s" > "%s"',
-                $databaseConnection['username'],
-                $databaseConnection['password'],
-                $databaseConnection['host'],
-                $databaseConnection['port'],
-                $databaseConnection['database'],
-                $file
-            );
+      if ($databaseConnection['driver'] == 'mysql') {
+          $command = sprintf(
+              'mysqldump --user="%s" --password="%s" --host="%s" --port="%s" "%s" > "%s"',
+              $databaseConnection['username'],
+              $databaseConnection['password'],
+              $databaseConnection['host'],
+              $databaseConnection['port'],
+              $databaseConnection['database'],
+              $file
+          );
+
+          if ($excludeCache) {
+              $ignoreTable = '';
+              foreach ($excludeTables as $table) {
+                  $ignoreTable .= "--ignore-table=\"{$table}\" ";
+              }
+
+              $command = sprintf(
+                  'mysqldump --user="%s" --password="%s" --host="%s" --port="%s" %s "%s"> "%s"',
+                  $databaseConnection['username'],
+                  $databaseConnection['password'],
+                  $databaseConnection['host'],
+                  $databaseConnection['port'],
+                  $ignoreTable,
+                  $databaseConnection['database'],
+                  $file
+              );
+
+          }
         } elseif ($databaseConnection['driver'] == 'pgsql') {
-            $command = sprintf(
-                'PGPASSWORD="%s" pg_dumpall -w -U "%s" -h "%s" -p "%s" -l "%s" -f "%s"',
-                $databaseConnection['password'],
-                $databaseConnection['username'],
-                $databaseConnection['host'],
-                $databaseConnection['port'],
-                $databaseConnection['database'],
-                $file
-            );
+          $command = sprintf(
+              'PGPASSWORD="%s" pg_dumpall -w -U "%s" -h "%s" -p "%s" -l "%s" -f "%s"',
+              $databaseConnection['password'],
+              $databaseConnection['username'],
+              $databaseConnection['host'],
+              $databaseConnection['port'],
+              $databaseConnection['database'],
+              $file
+          );
+
+          if ($excludeCache) {
+              $ignoreTable = '';
+              foreach ($excludeTables as $table) {
+                  $ignoreTable .= "-T \"{$table}\" ";
+              }
+
+              $command = sprintf(
+                  'PGPASSWORD="%s" pg_dump -w -U "%s" -h "%s" -p "%s" -f "%s" %s-d "%s"',
+                  $databaseConnection['password'],
+                  $databaseConnection['username'],
+                  $databaseConnection['host'],
+                  $databaseConnection['port'],
+                  $file,
+                  $ignoreTable,
+                  $databaseConnection['database']
+              );
+          }
         }
 
         if ($learning) {