diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index 8721e65..aad6b00 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ static SimpleStringList table_include_patterns = {NULL, NULL};
 static SimpleOidList table_include_oids = {NULL, NULL};
 static SimpleStringList table_exclude_patterns = {NULL, NULL};
 static SimpleOidList table_exclude_oids = {NULL, NULL};
+static SimpleStringList tabledata_exclude_patterns = {NULL, NULL};
+static SimpleOidList tabledata_exclude_oids = {NULL, NULL};
 
 /* default, if no "inclusion" switches appear, is to dump everything */
 static bool include_everything = true;
@@ -261,6 +263,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"blobs", no_argument, NULL, 'b'},
 		{"clean", no_argument, NULL, 'c'},
 		{"create", no_argument, NULL, 'C'},
+		{"exclude-table-data", required_argument, NULL, 'D'},
 		{"file", required_argument, NULL, 'f'},
 		{"format", required_argument, NULL, 'F'},
 		{"host", required_argument, NULL, 'h'},
@@ -334,7 +337,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "abcCE:f:F:h:in:N:oOp:RsS:t:T:U:vwWxX:Z:",
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "abcCD:E:f:F:h:in:N:oOp:RsS:t:T:U:vwWxX:Z:",
 							long_options, &optindex)) != -1)
 	{
 		switch (c)
@@ -355,6 +358,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				outputCreateDB = 1;
 				break;
 
+			case 'D':			/* exclude table(s) data */
+				simple_string_list_append(&tabledata_exclude_patterns, optarg);
+				break;
+
 			case 'E':			/* Dump encoding */
 				dumpencoding = optarg;
 				break;
@@ -689,6 +696,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	expand_table_name_patterns(&table_exclude_patterns,
 							   &table_exclude_oids);
+
+	expand_table_name_patterns(&tabledata_exclude_patterns,
+							   &tabledata_exclude_oids);
+
 	/* non-matching exclusion patterns aren't an error */
 
 	/*
@@ -813,6 +824,8 @@ help(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  -b, --blobs                 include large objects in dump\n"));
 	printf(_("  -c, --clean                 clean (drop) database objects before recreating\n"));
 	printf(_("  -C, --create                include commands to create database in dump\n"));
+	printf(_("  -D, --exclude-table-data=TABLE\n"
+			 "                              do NOT dump data for the named table(s)\n"));
 	printf(_("  -E, --encoding=ENCODING     dump the data in encoding ENCODING\n"));
 	printf(_("  -n, --schema=SCHEMA         dump the named schema(s) only\n"));
 	printf(_("  -N, --exclude-schema=SCHEMA do NOT dump the named schema(s)\n"));
@@ -1012,6 +1025,15 @@ selectDumpableTable(TableInfo *tbinfo)
 		simple_oid_list_member(&table_exclude_oids,
 							   tbinfo->dobj.catId.oid))
 		tbinfo->dobj.dump = false;
+
+	/* If table is to be dumped, check that the data is not excluded */
+	if (tbinfo->dobj.dump && !
+		simple_oid_list_member(&tabledata_exclude_oids,
+							   tbinfo->dobj.catId.oid))
+		tbinfo->dobj.dumpdata = true;
+	else
+		tbinfo->dobj.dumpdata = false;
+		
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1391,6 +1413,10 @@ dumpTableData(Archive *fout, TableDataInfo *tdinfo)
 	DataDumperPtr dumpFn;
 	char	   *copyStmt;
 
+	/* don't do anything if the data isn't wanted */
+	if (!tbinfo->dobj.dumpdata)
+		return;
+
 	if (!dump_inserts)
 	{
 		/* Dump/restore using COPY */
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.h b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.h
index 1dc7157..b4f5716 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.h
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ typedef struct _dumpableObject
 	char	   *name;			/* object name (should never be NULL) */
 	struct _namespaceInfo *namespace;	/* containing namespace, or NULL */
 	bool		dump;			/* true if we want to dump this object */
+	bool        dumpdata;       /* true if we want data for this object */
 	DumpId	   *dependencies;	/* dumpIds of objects this one depends on */
 	int			nDeps;			/* number of valid dependencies */
 	int			allocDeps;		/* allocated size of dependencies[] */