diff --git a/docs/user/commands/kyverno-json_scan.md b/docs/user/commands/kyverno-json_scan.md
index 26060848..10c18cd6 100644
--- a/docs/user/commands/kyverno-json_scan.md
+++ b/docs/user/commands/kyverno-json_scan.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ kyverno-json scan [flags]
 
 ```
   -h, --help                  help for scan
+      --labels strings        Labels selectors for policies
       --payload string        Path to payload (json or yaml file)
       --policy strings        Path to kyverno-json policies
       --pre-process strings   JmesPath expression used to pre process payload
diff --git a/pkg/commands/scan/command.go b/pkg/commands/scan/command.go
index b124e44f..628ca0b3 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/scan/command.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/scan/command.go
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ func Command() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&command.payload, "payload", "", "Path to payload (json or yaml file)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&command.preprocessors, "pre-process", nil, "JmesPath expression used to pre process payload")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&command.policies, "policy", nil, "Path to kyverno-json policies")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&command.selectors, "labels", nil, "Labels selectors for policies")
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/scan/options.go b/pkg/commands/scan/options.go
index 8388e7b8..01c5ed23 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/scan/options.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/scan/options.go
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/apis/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/engine/template"
 	jsonengine "github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/json-engine"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno-json/pkg/payload"
@@ -12,12 +14,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/output/pluralize"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 )
 
 type options struct {
 	payload       string
 	preprocessors []string
 	policies      []string
+	selectors     []string
 }
 
 func (c *options) run(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
@@ -27,6 +31,23 @@ func (c *options) run(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	selector := labels.Everything()
+	if len(c.selectors) != 0 {
+		parsed, err := labels.Parse(strings.Join(c.selectors, ","))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		selector = parsed
+	}
+	{
+		var filteredPolicies []*v1alpha1.Policy
+		for _, policy := range policies {
+			if selector.Matches(labels.Set(policy.Labels)) {
+				filteredPolicies = append(filteredPolicies, policy)
+			}
+		}
+		policies = filteredPolicies
+	}
 	fmt.Fprintln(out, "Loading payload ...")
 	payload, err := payload.Load(c.payload)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/website/docs/commands/kyverno-json_scan.md b/website/docs/commands/kyverno-json_scan.md
index 26060848..10c18cd6 100644
--- a/website/docs/commands/kyverno-json_scan.md
+++ b/website/docs/commands/kyverno-json_scan.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ kyverno-json scan [flags]
 
 ```
   -h, --help                  help for scan
+      --labels strings        Labels selectors for policies
       --payload string        Path to payload (json or yaml file)
       --policy strings        Path to kyverno-json policies
       --pre-process strings   JmesPath expression used to pre process payload