diff --git a/src/main/java/net/signbit/samx/ExtractCode.java b/src/main/java/net/signbit/samx/ExtractCode.java
index eadf077..479af4a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/signbit/samx/ExtractCode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/signbit/samx/ExtractCode.java
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
       output.setRequired(true);
       options.addOption(output);
 
+      Option elements = new Option("e", "elements", true, "selected elements");
+      elements.setRequired(false);
+      elements.setArgs(Option.UNLIMITED_VALUES);
+      options.addOption(elements);
+
       CommandLineParser cmdLine = new DefaultParser();
       HelpFormatter helpFmt = new HelpFormatter();
 
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
             outputDir = new File(".");
          }
 
-         EmbeddedCodeVisitor visitor = new EmbeddedCodeVisitor(result.tokens, outputDir);
+         EmbeddedCodeVisitor visitor = new EmbeddedCodeVisitor(result.tokens, outputDir, cmd.getOptionValues("elements"));
 
          visitor.visit(result.document);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/signbit/samx/visitors/EmbeddedCodeVisitor.java b/src/main/java/net/signbit/samx/visitors/EmbeddedCodeVisitor.java
index 300f94b..103740d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/signbit/samx/visitors/EmbeddedCodeVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/signbit/samx/visitors/EmbeddedCodeVisitor.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.BufferedTokenStream;
 
@@ -29,11 +31,18 @@ public class EmbeddedCodeVisitor extends SamXParserBaseVisitor<StringBuilder>
 {
    private final BufferedTokenStream tokenStream;
    private final File parentDir;
+   private final HashSet<String> elements;
 
-   public EmbeddedCodeVisitor(BufferedTokenStream tokenStream, File parentDir)
+
+   public EmbeddedCodeVisitor(BufferedTokenStream tokenStream, File parentDir, String[] elements)
    {
       this.tokenStream = tokenStream;
       this.parentDir = parentDir;
+      this.elements = new HashSet<>();
+      if (elements != null)
+      {
+         this.elements.addAll(Arrays.asList(elements));
+      }
    }
 
    @Override
@@ -65,8 +74,15 @@ public StringBuilder visitCodeBlock(SamXParser.CodeBlockContext ctx)
       attributeVisitor.visit(ctx.metadata());
 
       final String fileStem = attributeVisitor.getId();
+
       final String fileExtension = ctx.language.getText();
 
+      if ((!elements.isEmpty()) && (!elements.contains(fileStem)))
+      {
+         System.out.println(String.format("Skipping unselected element %s (%s)", fileStem, fileExtension));
+         return null;
+      }
+
       final File outputFile = new File(parentDir, fileStem + "." + fileExtension);
 
       try