diff --git a/cmd/get_imports.go b/cmd/get_imports.go
index e977266..da4ad69 100644
--- a/cmd/get_imports.go
+++ b/cmd/get_imports.go
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@
 //
 // Returns:
 // 	- *Dependency: A dependency describing this package.
+//
+// DEPRECATED: This will be removed in the future. Use `GetAll` instead.
 func Get(c cookoo.Context, p *cookoo.Params) (interface{}, cookoo.Interrupt) {
 	name := p.Get("package", "").(string)
 	cfg := p.Get("conf", nil).(*Config)
@@ -161,9 +163,19 @@
 }
 
 // UpdateImports iterates over the imported packages and updates them.
+//
+// Params:
+//
+// 	- force (bool): force packages to update (default false)
+//	- conf (*Config): The configuration
+// 	- packages([]string): The packages to update. Default is all.
 func UpdateImports(c cookoo.Context, p *cookoo.Params) (interface{}, cookoo.Interrupt) {
 	cfg := p.Get("conf", nil).(*Config)
 	force := p.Get("force", true).(bool)
+	plist := p.Get("packages", []string{}).([]string)
+	pkgs := list2map(plist)
+	restrict := len(pkgs) > 0
+
 	cwd, err := VendorPath(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
@@ -175,6 +187,10 @@
 	}
 
 	for _, dep := range cfg.Imports {
+		if restrict && !pkgs[dep.Name] {
+			Debug("===> Skipping %q", dep.Name)
+			continue
+		}
 		if err := VcsUpdate(dep, cwd, force); err != nil {
 			Warn("Update failed for %s: %s\n", dep.Name, err)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/recursive_glide.go b/cmd/recursive_glide.go
index 83ea5d6..717249e 100644
--- a/cmd/recursive_glide.go
+++ b/cmd/recursive_glide.go
@@ -10,13 +10,28 @@
 )
 
 // Recurse does glide installs on dependent packages.
+//
 // Recurse looks in all known packages for a glide.yaml files and installs for
 // each one it finds.
+//
+// The packages scanned can be restricted (at the top level) by providing
+// a list of packages to scan in the `packages` param.
+//
+// Params:
+// 	- enable (bool)
+// 	- importGodeps (bool)
+// 	- importGPM (bool)
+// 	- importGb (bool)
+// 	- deleteFlatten (bool)
+// 	- force (bool)
+// 	- packages ([]string): Packages to recurse through. If empty, does all of them.
 func Recurse(c cookoo.Context, p *cookoo.Params) (interface{}, cookoo.Interrupt) {
 	if !p.Get("enable", true).(bool) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 	force := p.Get("force", true).(bool)
+	plist := p.Get("packages", []string{}).([]string)
+	pkgs := list2map(plist)
 
 	godeps, gpm, gb, deleteFlatten := false, false, false, false
 	if g, ok := p.Has("importGodeps"); ok {
@@ -40,10 +55,10 @@
 	conf := p.Get("conf", &Config{}).(*Config)
 	vend, _ := VendorPath(c)
 
-	return recDepResolve(conf, vend, godeps, gpm, gb, force, deleteFlatten)
+	return recDepResolve(conf, pkgs, vend, godeps, gpm, gb, force, deleteFlatten)
 }
 
-func recDepResolve(conf *Config, vend string, godeps, gpm, gb, force, deleteFlatten bool) (interface{}, error) {
+func recDepResolve(conf *Config, filter map[string]bool, vend string, godeps, gpm, gb, force, deleteFlatten bool) (interface{}, error) {
 
 	Info("Inspecting %s.\n", vend)
 
@@ -51,8 +66,14 @@
 		Info("No imports.\n")
 	}
 
+	restrict := len(filter) > 0
+
 	// Look in each package to see whether it has a glide.yaml, and no vendor/
 	for _, imp := range conf.Imports {
+		if restrict && !filter[imp.Name] {
+			Debug("===> Skipping %q", imp.Name)
+			continue
+		}
 		if imp.Flattened == true {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -161,7 +182,9 @@
 
 		//recDepResolve(conf, path.Join(wd, "vendor"))
 	}
-	recDepResolve(conf, path.Join(base, "vendor"), godep, gpm, gb, force, deleteFlatten)
+	// We only filter at the top level.
+	e := map[string]bool{}
+	recDepResolve(conf, e, path.Join(base, "vendor"), godep, gpm, gb, force, deleteFlatten)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/update_references.go b/cmd/update_references.go
index 2ad8f27..5536e64 100644
--- a/cmd/update_references.go
+++ b/cmd/update_references.go
@@ -5,8 +5,20 @@
 )
 
 // UpdateReferences updates the revision numbers on all of the imports.
+//
+// If a `packages` list is supplied, only the given base packages will
+// be updated.
+//
+// Params:
+// 	- conf (*Config): Configuration
+// 	- packages ([]string): A list of packages to update. Default is all packages.
 func UpdateReferences(c cookoo.Context, p *cookoo.Params) (interface{}, cookoo.Interrupt) {
 	cfg := p.Get("conf", &Config{}).(*Config)
+	plist := p.Get("packages", []string{}).([]string)
+
+	pkgs := list2map(plist)
+	restrict := len(pkgs) > 0
+
 	cwd, err := VendorPath(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
@@ -17,6 +29,10 @@
 	}
 
 	for _, imp := range cfg.Imports {
+		if restrict && !pkgs[imp.Name] {
+			Debug("===> Skipping %q", imp.Name)
+			continue
+		}
 		commit, err := VcsLastCommit(imp, cwd)
 		if err != nil {
 			Warn("Could not get commit on %s: %s", imp.Name, err)
@@ -26,3 +42,13 @@
 
 	return cfg, nil
 }
+
+// list2map takes a list of packages names and creates a map of normalized names.
+func list2map(in []string) map[string]bool {
+	out := make(map[string]bool, len(in))
+	for _, v := range in {
+		v, _ := NormalizeName(v)
+		out[v] = true
+	}
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/glide.go b/glide.go
index 00eb8a5..a71c5b5 100644
--- a/glide.go
+++ b/glide.go
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@
 					cxt.Put("importGb", true)
 				}
 				cxt.Put("updateVendoredDeps", c.Bool("update-vendored"))
+
+				cxt.Put("packages", []string(c.Args()))
 				setupHandler(c, "update", cxt, router)
 			},
 		},
@@ -420,6 +422,7 @@
 		Using("importGPM").From("cxt:importGPM").
 		Using("importGb").From("cxt:importGb").
 		Using("force").From("cxt:forceUpdate").WithDefault(false).
+		Using("packages").From("cxt:packages").
 		Does(cmd.WriteYaml, "out").
 		Using("yaml.Node").From("cxt:merged").
 		Using("filename").WithDefault("glide.yaml").From("cxt:yaml")
@@ -445,6 +448,7 @@
 		Does(cmd.UpdateImports, "dependencies").
 		Using("conf").From("cxt:cfg").
 		Using("force").From("cxt:forceUpdate").
+		Using("packages").From("cxt:packages").
 		Does(cmd.SetReference, "version").Using("conf").From("cxt:cfg").
 		Does(cmd.Recurse, "recurse").Using("conf").From("cxt:cfg").
 		Using("deleteFlatten").From("cxt:deleteFlatten").
@@ -453,6 +457,7 @@
 		Using("importGb").From("cxt:importGb").
 		Using("enable").From("cxt:recursiveDependencies").
 		Using("force").From("cxt:forceUpdate").
+		Using("packages").From("cxt:packages").
 		Does(cmd.VendoredCleanUp, "_").
 		Using("conf").From("cxt:cfg").
 		Using("update").From("cxt:updateVendoredDeps")