diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 7b9eaefae4..0681c7c309 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -733,6 +733,23 @@ static struct commit_list *collect_bottom_commits(struct commit_list *list)
 	return bottom;
 }
 
+/* Assumes either left_only or right_only is set */
+static void limit_left_right(struct commit_list *list, struct rev_info *revs)
+{
+	struct commit_list *p;
+
+	for (p = list; p; p = p->next) {
+		struct commit *commit = p->item;
+
+		if (revs->right_only) {
+			if (commit->object.flags & SYMMETRIC_LEFT)
+				commit->object.flags |= SHOWN;
+		} else	/* revs->left_only is set */
+			if (!(commit->object.flags & SYMMETRIC_LEFT))
+				commit->object.flags |= SHOWN;
+	}
+}
+
 static int limit_list(struct rev_info *revs)
 {
 	int slop = SLOP;
@@ -788,6 +805,9 @@ static int limit_list(struct rev_info *revs)
 	if (revs->cherry_pick)
 		cherry_pick_list(newlist, revs);
 
+	if (revs->left_only || revs->right_only)
+		limit_left_right(newlist, revs);
+
 	if (bottom) {
 		limit_to_ancestry(bottom, newlist);
 		free_commit_list(bottom);
@@ -1263,6 +1283,10 @@ static int handle_revision_opt(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **arg
 		revs->boundary = 1;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--left-right")) {
 		revs->left_right = 1;
+	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--left-only")) {
+		revs->left_only = 1;
+	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--right-only")) {
+		revs->right_only = 1;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--count")) {
 		revs->count = 1;
 	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--cherry-pick")) {
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index 05659c64ac..d2ffde1ce6 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ struct rev_info {
 			boundary:2,
 			count:1,
 			left_right:1,
+			left_only:1,
+			right_only:1,
 			rewrite_parents:1,
 			print_parents:1,
 			show_source:1,