diff --git a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt
index 35b0be7d40..5911213c9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ SUBCOMMANDS
 -----------
 
 run::
-	Run one or more maintenance tasks.
+	Run one or more maintenance tasks. If one or more `--task=<task>`
+	options are specified, then those tasks are run in the provided
+	order. Otherwise, only the `gc` task is run.
 
 TASKS
 -----
@@ -73,6 +75,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --quiet::
 	Do not report progress or other information over `stderr`.
 
+--task=<task>::
+	If this option is specified one or more times, then only run the
+	specified tasks in the specified order.
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index 3b7b914d60..3d50ab7ac9 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -791,7 +791,9 @@ typedef int maintenance_task_fn(struct maintenance_opts *opts);
 struct maintenance_task {
 	const char *name;
 	maintenance_task_fn *fn;
-	unsigned enabled:1;
+	unsigned enabled:1,
+		 selected:1;
+	int selected_order;
 };
 
 enum maintenance_task_label {
@@ -814,13 +816,32 @@ static struct maintenance_task tasks[] = {
 	},
 };
 
+static int compare_tasks_by_selection(const void *a_, const void *b_)
+{
+	const struct maintenance_task *a, *b;
+
+	a = (const struct maintenance_task *)&a_;
+	b = (const struct maintenance_task *)&b_;
+
+	return b->selected_order - a->selected_order;
+}
+
 static int maintenance_run(struct maintenance_opts *opts)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, found_selected = 0;
 	int result = 0;
 
+	for (i = 0; !found_selected && i < TASK__COUNT; i++)
+		found_selected = tasks[i].selected;
+
+	if (found_selected)
+		QSORT(tasks, TASK__COUNT, compare_tasks_by_selection);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < TASK__COUNT; i++) {
-		if (!tasks[i].enabled)
+		if (found_selected && !tasks[i].selected)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!found_selected && !tasks[i].enabled)
 			continue;
 
 		if (tasks[i].fn(opts)) {
@@ -832,6 +853,37 @@ static int maintenance_run(struct maintenance_opts *opts)
 	return result;
 }
 
+static int task_option_parse(const struct option *opt,
+			     const char *arg, int unset)
+{
+	int i, num_selected = 0;
+	struct maintenance_task *task = NULL;
+
+	BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < TASK__COUNT; i++) {
+		num_selected += tasks[i].selected;
+		if (!strcasecmp(tasks[i].name, arg)) {
+			task = &tasks[i];
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!task) {
+		error(_("'%s' is not a valid task"), arg);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (task->selected) {
+		error(_("task '%s' cannot be selected multiple times"), arg);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	task->selected = 1;
+	task->selected_order = num_selected + 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int cmd_maintenance(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	static struct maintenance_opts opts;
@@ -840,6 +892,9 @@ int cmd_maintenance(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			 N_("run tasks based on the state of the repository")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "quiet", &opts.quiet,
 			 N_("do not report progress or other information over stderr")),
+		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "task", NULL, N_("task"),
+			N_("run a specific task"),
+			PARSE_OPT_NONEG, task_option_parse),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
diff --git a/t/t7900-maintenance.sh b/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
index 384294d111..bcc7131818 100755
--- a/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
+++ b/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
@@ -23,4 +23,31 @@ test_expect_success 'run [--auto|--quiet]' '
 	test_subcommand git gc --no-quiet <run-no-quiet.txt
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'run --task=<task>' '
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/run-commit-graph.txt" \
+		git maintenance run --task=commit-graph 2>/dev/null &&
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/run-gc.txt" \
+		git maintenance run --task=gc 2>/dev/null &&
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/run-commit-graph.txt" \
+		git maintenance run --task=commit-graph 2>/dev/null &&
+	GIT_TRACE2_EVENT="$(pwd)/run-both.txt" \
+		git maintenance run --task=commit-graph --task=gc 2>/dev/null &&
+	test_subcommand ! git gc --quiet <run-commit-graph.txt &&
+	test_subcommand git gc --quiet <run-gc.txt &&
+	test_subcommand git gc --quiet <run-both.txt &&
+	test_subcommand git commit-graph write --split --reachable --no-progress <run-commit-graph.txt &&
+	test_subcommand ! git commit-graph write --split --reachable --no-progress <run-gc.txt &&
+	test_subcommand git commit-graph write --split --reachable --no-progress <run-both.txt
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'run --task=bogus' '
+	test_must_fail git maintenance run --task=bogus 2>err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "is not a valid task" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'run --task duplicate' '
+	test_must_fail git maintenance run --task=gc --task=gc 2>err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "cannot be selected multiple times" err
+'
+
 test_done
