diff --git a/debian/docs/koha-elasticsearch.xml b/debian/docs/koha-elasticsearch.xml
index a4d49b9191..e180c7276b 100644
--- a/debian/docs/koha-elasticsearch.xml
+++ b/debian/docs/koha-elasticsearch.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       <arg>-r|--reset</arg>
       <arg>-b|--biblios</arg>
       <arg>-a|--authorities</arg>
-      <arg>-v|--verbose</arg>
+      <arg>-w|--where</arg>
       <arg>-c n|--commit n</arg>
       <arg>-v|--verbose</arg>
       <arg choice="req" rep="repeat"><replaceable>instancename</replaceable></arg>
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@
         <para>In conjunction with <option>--rebuild</option> it triggers bibliographic record reindexing.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>-w</option></term>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>In conjunction with <option>--rebuild</option>, pass some arbitrary SQL to limit the records to be indexed.</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-c, --commit</option></term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/debian/scripts/koha-elasticsearch b/debian/scripts/koha-elasticsearch
index 851e97f49b..e9a0a1ba10 100755
--- a/debian/scripts/koha-elasticsearch
+++ b/debian/scripts/koha-elasticsearch
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Options:
                       they're added to Elasticsearch (default: 5000).
     -p|--processes n  Specify the number of parallel processes to use
                       for indexing.
+    -w|--where SQL    Pass some additional SQL to limit the records to
+                      be indexed.
+
     --verbose|-v      Be verbose.
     --help|-h         Print this help.
 
@@ -114,6 +117,10 @@ run_rebuild_elasticsearch()
         rebuild_opts="${rebuild_opts} -v"
     fi
 
+    if [ "${where}" ]; then
+        rebuild_opts="${rebuild_opts} --where \"${where}\""
+    fi
+
     # KOHA_HOME and KOHA_BINDIR may have been adjusted/set by adjust_paths_git_install
     if koha-shell \
           -c "${KOHA_HOME}/${KOHA_BINDIR}/search_tools/rebuild_elasticsearch.pl ${rebuild_opts}" \
@@ -133,6 +140,7 @@ commit_size=5000
 processes=1
 verbose="no"
 op=""
+where=""
 
 # Read parameters
 while [ -n "$*" ]; do
@@ -158,6 +166,9 @@ while [ -n "$*" ]; do
         -p|--processes)
             clo_processes="$2" ; shift
             ;;
+        -w|--where)
+            where="$2" ; shift
+            ;;
         --rebuild)
             set_action "rebuild"
             ;;