diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/README.md b/packages/webpack-cli/README.md
index 4751e251fec..637ac81ea74 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/README.md
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ yarn add webpack-cli --dev
 ```
   --entry string[]         The entry point(s) of your application.
   -c, --config string      Provide path to a webpack configuration file
+  --config-name string[]   Name of the configuration to use
   -m, --merge string       Merge a configuration file using webpack-merge
   --progress               Print compilation progress during build
   --color                  Enables colors on console
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/ConfigGroup.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/ConfigGroup.js
index 5e8953759be..0850feaf5b4 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/ConfigGroup.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/ConfigGroup.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const { extensions, jsVariants } = require('interpret');
 const GroupHelper = require('../utils/GroupHelper');
 const rechoir = require('rechoir');
 const MergeError = require('../utils/errors/MergeError');
+const logger = require('../utils/logger');
 
 // Order defines the priority, in increasing order
 // example - config file lookup will be in order of .webpack/webpack.config.development.js -> webpack.config.development.js -> webpack.config.js
@@ -117,6 +118,16 @@ class ConfigGroup extends GroupHelper {
             const newOptions = configOptions(formattedEnv, argv);
             // When config function returns a promise, resolve it, if not it's resolved by default
             newOptionsObject['options'] = await Promise.resolve(newOptions);
+        } else if (Array.isArray(configOptions) && this.args.configName) {
+            // In case of exporting multiple configurations, If you pass a name to --config-name flag,
+            // webpack will only build that specific configuration.
+            const namedOptions = configOptions.filter((opt) => this.args.configName.includes(opt.name));
+            if (namedOptions.length === 0) {
+                logger.error(`Configuration with name "${this.args.configName}" was not found.`);
+                process.exit(1);
+            } else {
+                newOptionsObject['options'] = namedOptions;
+            }
         } else {
             if (Array.isArray(configOptions) && !configOptions.length) {
                 newOptionsObject['options'] = {};
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags.js
index b11a1debb08..0e4afea8193 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags.js
@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ module.exports = {
             description: 'Provide path to a webpack configuration file e.g. ./webpack.config.js',
             link: 'https://webpack.js.org/configuration/',
         },
+        {
+            name: 'config-name',
+            usage: '--config-name <name of config>',
+            type: String,
+            multiple: true,
+            group: CONFIG_GROUP,
+            description: 'Name of the configuration to use',
+        },
         {
             name: 'color',
             usage: '--color',
diff --git a/test/config-name/config-name.test.js b/test/config-name/config-name.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..53b66537ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config-name/config-name.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { run } = require('../utils/test-utils');
+const { stat } = require('fs');
+const { resolve } = require('path');
+
+describe('--config-name flag', () => {
+    it('should select only the config whose name is passed with --config-name', (done) => {
+        const { stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['--config-name', 'first'], false);
+        expect(stderr).toBeFalsy();
+        expect(stdout).toContain('Child first');
+        expect(stdout).not.toContain('Child second');
+        expect(stdout).not.toContain('Child third');
+
+        stat(resolve(__dirname, './dist/dist-first.js'), (err, stats) => {
+            expect(err).toBe(null);
+            expect(stats.isFile()).toBe(true);
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should work with multiple values for --config-name', (done) => {
+        const { stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['--config-name', 'first', '--config-name', 'third'], false);
+        expect(stderr).toBeFalsy();
+        expect(stdout).toContain('Child first');
+        expect(stdout).not.toContain('Child second');
+        expect(stdout).toContain('Child third');
+
+        stat(resolve(__dirname, './dist/dist-first.js'), (err, stats) => {
+            expect(err).toBe(null);
+            expect(stats.isFile()).toBe(true);
+            done();
+        });
+        stat(resolve(__dirname, './dist/dist-third.js'), (err, stats) => {
+            expect(err).toBe(null);
+            expect(stats.isFile()).toBe(true);
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should log error if invalid config name is provided', () => {
+        const { stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['--config-name', 'test'], false);
+        expect(stderr).toContain('Configuration with name "test" was not found.');
+        expect(stdout).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/config-name/src/first.js b/test/config-name/src/first.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3dfd0a1def0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config-name/src/first.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log('first config');
diff --git a/test/config-name/src/second.js b/test/config-name/src/second.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15c0f734c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config-name/src/second.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log('second config');
diff --git a/test/config-name/src/third.js b/test/config-name/src/third.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1047ae56bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config-name/src/third.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log('third config');
diff --git a/test/config-name/webpack.config.js b/test/config-name/webpack.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..515d077d3e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config-name/webpack.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module.exports = [
+    {
+        output: {
+            filename: './dist-first.js',
+        },
+        name: 'first',
+        entry: './src/first.js',
+        mode: 'development',
+    },
+    {
+        output: {
+            filename: './dist-second.js',
+        },
+        name: 'second',
+        entry: './src/second.js',
+        mode: 'production',
+    },
+    {
+        output: {
+            filename: './dist-third.js',
+        },
+        name: 'third',
+        entry: './src/third.js',
+        mode: 'none',
+    },
+];