diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index f6f33de7e7e..98f0ec68f8f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -404,6 +404,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        <para>
         Dump only the object definitions (schema), not data.
        </para>
+       <para>
+        To exclude table data for only a subset of tables in the database, 
+        see <option>--exclude-table-data</>.
+       </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
@@ -611,6 +615,24 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--exclude-table-data=<replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable></option></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Do not dump data for any tables matching the <replaceable
+        class="parameter">table</replaceable> pattern. The pattern is
+        interpreted according to the same rules as for <option>-t</>.
+        <option>--exclude-table-data</> can be given more than once to 
+        exclude tables matching any of several patterns. This option is
+        useful when you need the definition of a particular table even
+        though you do not need the data in it.
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        To exclude data for all tables in the database, see <option>--schema-only</>.
+       <para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry>
       <term><option>--inserts</option></term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index afeae6f9f7f..2fa99dd0bbd 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ 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;
@@ -324,6 +326,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"column-inserts", no_argument, &column_inserts, 1},
 		{"disable-dollar-quoting", no_argument, &disable_dollar_quoting, 1},
 		{"disable-triggers", no_argument, &disable_triggers, 1},
+		{"exclude-table-data", required_argument, NULL, 4},
 		{"inserts", no_argument, &dump_inserts, 1},
 		{"lock-wait-timeout", required_argument, NULL, 2},
 		{"no-tablespaces", no_argument, &outputNoTablespaces, 1},
@@ -487,6 +490,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 				use_role = optarg;
 				break;
 
+			case 4:			/* exclude table(s) data */
+				simple_string_list_append(&tabledata_exclude_patterns, optarg);
+				break;
+
 			default:
 				fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
 				exit(1);
@@ -715,6 +722,10 @@ 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 */
 
 	/*
@@ -854,6 +865,7 @@ help(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  --column-inserts            dump data as INSERT commands with column names\n"));
 	printf(_("  --disable-dollar-quoting    disable dollar quoting, use SQL standard quoting\n"));
 	printf(_("  --disable-triggers          disable triggers during data-only restore\n"));
+	printf(_("  --exclude-table-data=TABLE  do NOT dump data for the named table(s)\n"));
 	printf(_("  --inserts                   dump data as INSERT commands, rather than COPY\n"));
 	printf(_("  --no-security-labels        do not dump security label assignments\n"));
 	printf(_("  --no-tablespaces            do not dump tablespace assignments\n"));
@@ -1087,6 +1099,15 @@ 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;
+		
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1518,6 +1539,10 @@ 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 c248e755992..31442f1622d 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.h
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ 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 */
 	bool		ext_member;		/* true if object is member of extension */
 	DumpId	   *dependencies;	/* dumpIds of objects this one depends on */
 	int			nDeps;			/* number of valid dependencies */