diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1e66b84..c3b023a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ var cli struct {
 
 	Stats struct {
 		Input string `arg:"" type:"existingfile"`
-	} `cmd:"" help:"Prints p50, p99, and max tile size stats (after compression) for each and all zoom levels."`
+		Filter string `help:"Limit statistics to file with list of tiles (one Z/X/Y on each line)." type:"existingfile"`
+	} `cmd:"" help:"Prints p50, p99, and max tile size statistics (after compression) for each zoom level."`
 
 	Verify struct {
 		Input string `arg:"" help:"Input archive." type:"existingfile"`
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ func main() {
 	case "extract <input> <output>":
 		logger.Fatalf("This command is not yet implemented.")
 	case "stats <input>":
-		err := pmtiles.Stats(logger, "file:///", cli.Stats.Input)
+		err := pmtiles.Stats(logger, "file:///", cli.Stats.Input, cli.Stats.Filter)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Fatalf("Failed to stats archive, %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pmtiles/stats.go b/pmtiles/stats.go
index 2e03e1a..b141272 100644
--- a/pmtiles/stats.go
+++ b/pmtiles/stats.go
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 package pmtiles
 
 import (
-	"github.com/RoaringBitmap/roaring/roaring64"
+	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/RoaringBitmap/roaring/roaring64"
 	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	"gocloud.dev/blob"
 	"io"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // do this in an inefficent way for now, storing all entries in memory
 // later on, evaluate t-digest for faster rank calculation
-func Stats(logger *log.Logger, bucketURL string, file string) error {
+func Stats(logger *log.Logger, bucketURL string, file string, filter string) error {
+
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	bucket, err := blob.OpenBucket(ctx, bucketURL)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -44,6 +49,25 @@ func Stats(logger *log.Logger, bucketURL string, file string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to read %s, %w", file, err)
 	}
 
+	filter_set := roaring64.New()
+	if filter != "" {
+		file, err := os.Open(filter)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to open file: %s", err)
+		}
+		defer file.Close()
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+		for scanner.Scan() {
+			parts := strings.Split(scanner.Text(), "/")
+			z, _ := strconv.ParseUint(parts[0], 10, 8)
+			x, _ := strconv.ParseUint(parts[1], 10, 32)
+			y, _ := strconv.ParseUint(parts[2], 10, 32)
+			filter_set.Add(ZxyToId(uint8(z), uint32(x), uint32(y)))
+		}
+	} else {
+		filter_set.AddRange(0, ZxyToId(header.MaxZoom+1, 0, 0))
+	}
+
 	total_entries := make([]EntryV3, 0)
 
 	var CollectEntries func(uint64, uint64)
@@ -80,6 +104,10 @@ func Stats(logger *log.Logger, bucketURL string, file string) error {
 		if offset_set.Contains(entry.Offset) {
 			continue
 		}
+		if !filter_set.Contains(entry.TileId) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		offset_set.Add(entry.Offset)
 		z, _, _ := IdToZxy(entry.TileId)
 		if _, ok := stats[z]; !ok {