diff --git a/command.go b/command.go
index d1472c61..104c0e71 100644
--- a/command.go
+++ b/command.go
@@ -210,6 +210,54 @@ func (c *Command) Resolve(pth []string) ([]*Command, error) {
 	return cmds, nil
 }
 
+// FilterSubcommands returns a subset of the subcommands in this root with only the ones
+// passed as argument with the format: array of strings containing slash-delimited
+// subcommands as:
+// * "cmd/subcmd/subsubcmd"
+// * "block/get"
+// * "dag/put"
+// If a command path as "0/1/2" is specified only midway like "0/1" it is interpreted
+// as allowing all of its subcommands, like "0/1/*".
+func (c *Command) FilterSubcommands(subCommands []string) (map[string]*Command, error) {
+	filteredRoot := make(map[string]*Command)
+
+	for _, s := range subCommands {
+		cmdName := strings.Split(s, "/")
+		cmdPath, err := c.Resolve(cmdName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		// Discard the root command, we return the map of its subcommands
+		//  (just because go-ipfs consumes it that way).
+		cmdPath = cmdPath[1:]
+
+		filtered := filteredRoot
+		for i, node := range cmdPath {
+			name := cmdName[i]
+			if i == len(cmdPath)-1 {
+				// Last specified path, allow any subcommand so just copy the
+				//  entire thing.
+				filtered[name] = node
+			} else {
+				// More qualifiers to come in the path, only copy the entry
+				// (if needed) with no subcommands.
+				if _, ok := filtered[name]; !ok {
+					filtered[name] = node.copyWithoutSubCommands()
+				}
+			}
+			filtered = filtered[name].Subcommands
+		}
+	}
+
+	return filteredRoot, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Command) copyWithoutSubCommands() *Command {
+	copied := *c
+	copied.Subcommands = make(map[string]*Command)
+	return &copied
+}
+
 // Get resolves and returns the Command addressed by path
 func (c *Command) Get(path []string) (*Command, error) {
 	cmds, err := c.Resolve(path)
diff --git a/command_test.go b/command_test.go
index 89f60748..d7688c28 100644
--- a/command_test.go
+++ b/command_test.go
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 // NOTE: helpers nopCloser, testEmitter, noop and writeCloser are defined in helpers_test.go
@@ -127,6 +131,79 @@ func TestResolving(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func fullCmdTree(numberOfSubs int, depth int) *Command {
+	cmd := &Command{}
+	cmd.Subcommands = make(map[string]*Command)
+	for i := 0; i < numberOfSubs; i++ {
+		var sub *Command
+		if depth == 0 {
+			sub = &Command{}
+		} else {
+			sub = fullCmdTree(numberOfSubs, depth-1)
+		}
+		cmd.Subcommands[strconv.FormatInt(int64(i), 10)] = sub
+	}
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func listAllCmds(cmd *Command, prefix string) []string {
+	if cmd.Subcommands == nil || len(cmd.Subcommands) == 0 {
+		if prefix == "" {
+			return []string{}
+		}
+		return []string{prefix}
+	}
+
+	subStr := make([]string, 0)
+	for k, s := range cmd.Subcommands {
+		newPrefix := k
+		if prefix != "" {
+			newPrefix = prefix + "/" + newPrefix
+		}
+		subStr = append(subStr, listAllCmds(s, newPrefix)...)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(subStr)
+	return subStr
+}
+
+func TestFilterSubCommands(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := fullCmdTree(2, 2)
+	all := []string{
+		"0/0/0",
+		"0/0/1",
+		"0/1/0",
+		"0/1/1",
+		"1/0/0",
+		"1/0/1",
+		"1/1/0",
+		"1/1/1"}
+	require.Equal(t, all, listAllCmds(cmd, ""))
+
+	checkFilter := func(filter []string, expected []string) {
+		filtered, err := cmd.FilterSubcommands(filter)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, expected, listAllCmds(&Command{Subcommands: filtered}, ""))
+	}
+
+	checkFilter(nil, []string{})
+	checkFilter(all, all)
+	checkFilter([]string{"0/0/0"}, []string{"0/0/0"})
+	checkFilter([]string{"0/0"}, []string{ // implicit subcommands
+		"0/0/0",
+		"0/0/1"})
+	checkFilter([]string{"0"}, []string{ // even more implicit subcommands
+		"0/0/0",
+		"0/0/1",
+		"0/1/0",
+		"0/1/1"})
+	checkFilter([]string{"1", "1/1"}, []string{ // redundant second filter
+		"1/0/0",
+		"1/0/1",
+		"1/1/0",
+		"1/1/1"})
+	checkFilter([]string{"0/0/0", "1/1/1"}, []string{"0/0/0", "1/1/1"}) // independent
+}
+
 func TestWalking(t *testing.T) {
 	cmdA := &Command{
 		Subcommands: map[string]*Command{
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 075bc419..7b1ec2aa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-files v0.0.8
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.4
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.7.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1
 	github.com/texttheater/golang-levenshtein v0.0.0-20180516184445-d188e65d659e
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200115085410-6d4e4cb37c7d
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9d2390bd..0ac63f88 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.0.5 h1:fL4YI+1g5V/b1Yxr1qAiXTMg1H8z9vx/VmJxBuQMHvU=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:eZs4Xt4ZUJQFM3DlanGhy7TkwwawCZcSByscwkWG+dw=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/BMXB+zMLi60iA8Vv6Ksmxu/1UDYcXs4uQLJ+jE2L00=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
+github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0 h1:pWlfV3Bxv7k65HYwkikxat0+s3pV4bsqf19k25Ur8rU=
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UkNAQd3GIcIGf0SeVgPpRdFStlNbqXla1AfSYxPUl2o=
@@ -32,8 +34,9 @@ github.com/rs/cors v1.7.0 h1:+88SsELBHx5r+hZ8TCkggzSstaWNbDvThkVK8H6f9ik=
 github.com/rs/cors v1.7.0/go.mod h1:gFx+x8UowdsKA9AchylcLynDq+nNFfI8FkUZdN/jGCU=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1 h1:5TQK59W5E3v0r2duFAb7P95B6hEeOyEnHRa8MjYSMTY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/texttheater/golang-levenshtein v0.0.0-20180516184445-d188e65d659e h1:T5PdfK/M1xyrHwynxMIVMWLS7f/qHwfslZphxtGnw7s=
 github.com/texttheater/golang-levenshtein v0.0.0-20180516184445-d188e65d659e/go.mod h1:XDKHRm5ThF8YJjx001LtgelzsoaEcvnA7lVWz9EeX3g=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.6.0 h1:Ezj3JGmsOnG1MoRWQkPBsKLe9DwWD9QeXzTRzzldNVk=
@@ -68,9 +71,11 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029190741-b9c20aec41a5 h1:hKsoRgsbwY1NafxrwTs+k64
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191029190741-b9c20aec41a5/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3 h1:3JgtbtFHMiCmsznwGVTUWbgGov+pVqnlf1dEJTNAXeM=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt0JzvZhAg=
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 8047016a..ada6e882 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "version": "v0.8.1"
+  "version": "v0.8.2"
 }