diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f0221b..6404ce3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,8 +24,27 @@ Options:
   -p PROFILE, --profile=PROFILE
                         provide AWS profile
   --ip=IP               connect using IP instead of DNS
+  -g GREP, --grep=GREP  filter the server list
 ```
 
+### Filtering the list by EC2 instance name
+
+```
+$ ssh2 -g webrt
+
+Servers list:
+
+[1]  ec2-XX-XX-XX-XX.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com       webrtc-kurento
+
+Which server would you like to connect to [1]? ^C
+
+$ ssh2 -g webrt 1
+
+Connecting to webrtc-kurento ec2-XX-XX-XX-XX.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com
+```
+
+
+
 ## Requirements
 * [AWS CLI](https://aws.amazon.com/cli/)
 * Python
diff --git a/ssh2 b/ssh2
index f87238f..660cd4f 100755
--- a/ssh2
+++ b/ssh2
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ parser.add_option("-r", "--region", action="store",
 parser.add_option("--ip", action="store",
           dest="ip", default=0,
     help="connect using IP instead of DNS")
+parser.add_option("-g", "--grep", action="store",
+          dest="grep", default="",
+    help="filter the server list")
 (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
 cache_dir = os.environ.get('XDG_CACHE_HOME',
@@ -88,6 +91,9 @@ for instances in parsed['Reservations']:
   for instance in instances['Instances']:
     all_instances.append(instance)
 
+if options.grep:
+  all_instances = [inst for inst in all_instances if options.grep in extract_name(inst)]
+
 if not num:
   print "\nServers list:\n"
   for i, instance in enumerate(all_instances, 1):