diff --git a/packages/common-cli-options-help/src/index.ts b/packages/common-cli-options-help/src/index.ts
index 6353b63de1..a497342b3e 100644
--- a/packages/common-cli-options-help/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/common-cli-options-help/src/index.ts
@@ -51,10 +51,18 @@ export const FILTERING = {
       description: 'Includes all direct and indirect dependencies of the matched packages. E.g.: foo...',
       name: '--filter <pattern>...',
     },
+    {
+      description: 'Includes only the direct and indirect dependencies of the matched packages without including the matched packages themselves. ^ must be doubled at the Windows Command Prompt. E.g.: foo^... (foo^^... in Command Prompt)',
+      name: '--filter <pattern>^...',
+    },
     {
       description: 'Includes all direct and indirect dependents of the matched packages. E.g.: ...foo, ...@bar/*',
       name: '--filter ...<pattern>',
     },
+    {
+      description: 'Includes only the direct and indirect dependents of the matched packages without including the matched packages themselves. ^ must be doubled at the Windows Command Prompt. E.g.: ...^foo (...^^foo in Command Prompt)',
+      name: '--filter ...^<pattern>',
+    },
     {
       description: 'Includes all packages that are inside a given subdirectory. E.g.: ./components',
       name: '--filter ./<dir>',
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-recursive/src/filter.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-recursive/src/filter.ts
index d185c4594f..7bbd5e6a0e 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-recursive/src/filter.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-recursive/src/filter.ts
@@ -21,20 +21,20 @@ export function filterGraph<T> (
   const walkedDependents = new Set<string>()
   const graph = pkgGraphToGraph(pkgGraph)
   let reversedGraph: Graph | undefined
-  for (const { pattern, scope, selectBy } of packageSelectors) {
+  for (const { excludeSelf, pattern, scope, selectBy } of packageSelectors) {
     const entryPackages = selectBy === 'name'
       ? matchPackages(pkgGraph, pattern)
       : matchPackagesByPath(pkgGraph, pattern)
 
     switch (scope) {
       case 'dependencies':
-        pickSubgraph(graph, entryPackages, walkedDependencies)
+        pickSubgraph(graph, entryPackages, walkedDependencies, { includeRoot: !excludeSelf })
         continue
       case 'dependents':
         if (!reversedGraph) {
           reversedGraph = reverseGraph(graph)
         }
-        pickSubgraph(reversedGraph, entryPackages, walkedDependents)
+        pickSubgraph(reversedGraph, entryPackages, walkedDependents, { includeRoot: !excludeSelf })
         continue
       case 'exact':
         Array.prototype.push.apply(cherryPickedPackages, entryPackages)
@@ -87,11 +87,17 @@ function pickSubgraph (
   graph: Graph,
   nextNodeIds: string[],
   walked: Set<string>,
+  opts: {
+    includeRoot: boolean
+  },
 ) {
   for (const nextNodeId of nextNodeIds) {
     if (!walked.has(nextNodeId)) {
-      walked.add(nextNodeId)
-      if (graph[nextNodeId]) pickSubgraph(graph, graph[nextNodeId], walked)
+      if (opts.includeRoot) {
+        walked.add(nextNodeId)
+      }
+
+      if (graph[nextNodeId]) pickSubgraph(graph, graph[nextNodeId], walked, { includeRoot: true })
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-recursive/src/parsePackageSelectors.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-recursive/src/parsePackageSelectors.ts
index 3cb40a111a..101f82f32b 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-recursive/src/parsePackageSelectors.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-recursive/src/parsePackageSelectors.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,35 @@
 import path = require('path')
 
 export interface PackageSelector {
+  excludeSelf?: boolean,
   pattern: string,
   scope: 'exact' | 'dependencies' | 'dependents',
   selectBy: 'name' | 'location',
 }
 
 export default (rawSelector: string, prefix: string): PackageSelector => {
+  if (rawSelector.endsWith('^...')) {
+    const pattern = rawSelector.substring(0, rawSelector.length - 4)
+    return {
+      excludeSelf: true,
+      pattern,
+      scope: 'dependencies',
+      selectBy: 'name',
+    }
+  }
+  if (rawSelector.startsWith('...^')) {
+    const pattern = rawSelector.substring(4)
+    return {
+      excludeSelf: true,
+      pattern,
+      scope: 'dependents',
+      selectBy: 'name',
+    }
+  }
   if (rawSelector.endsWith('...')) {
     const pattern = rawSelector.substring(0, rawSelector.length - 3)
     return {
+      excludeSelf: false,
       pattern,
       scope: 'dependencies',
       selectBy: 'name',
@@ -18,6 +38,7 @@ export default (rawSelector: string, prefix: string): PackageSelector => {
   if (rawSelector.startsWith('...')) {
     const pattern = rawSelector.substring(3)
     return {
+      excludeSelf: false,
       pattern,
       scope: 'dependents',
       selectBy: 'name',
@@ -25,12 +46,14 @@ export default (rawSelector: string, prefix: string): PackageSelector => {
   }
   if (isSelectorByLocation(rawSelector)) {
     return {
+      excludeSelf: false,
       pattern: path.join(prefix, rawSelector),
       scope: 'exact',
       selectBy: 'location',
     }
   }
   return {
+    excludeSelf: false,
     pattern: rawSelector,
     scope: 'exact',
     selectBy: 'name',
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-recursive/test/misc.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-recursive/test/misc.ts
index 9aed5aecdd..b4e27d66d4 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-recursive/test/misc.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-recursive/test/misc.ts
@@ -374,6 +374,58 @@ test('recursive filter package with dependencies', async (t) => {
   t.end()
 })
 
+test('recursive filter only package dependencies', async (t) => {
+  const projects = preparePackages(t, [
+    {
+      name: 'project-1',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+
+      dependencies: {
+        'is-positive': '1.0.0',
+        'project-2': '1.0.0',
+        'project-4': '1.0.0',
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'project-2',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+
+      dependencies: {
+        'is-negative': '1.0.0',
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'project-3',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+
+      dependencies: {
+        minimatch: '*',
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'project-4',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+
+      dependencies: {
+        'is-positive': '1.0.0',
+      },
+    },
+  ])
+
+  await recursive.handler(['install'], {
+    ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
+    dir: process.cwd(),
+    filter: ['project-1^...'],
+  })
+
+  projects['project-1'].hasNot('is-positive')
+  projects['project-2'].has('is-negative')
+  projects['project-3'].hasNot('minimatch')
+  projects['project-4'].has('is-positive')
+
+  t.end()
+})
+
 test('recursive filter package with dependents', async (t) => {
   const projects = preparePackages(t, [
     {
@@ -425,6 +477,57 @@ test('recursive filter package with dependents', async (t) => {
   t.end()
 })
 
+test('recursive filter only package dependents', async (t) => {
+  const projects = preparePackages(t, [
+    {
+      name: 'project-0',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+
+      dependencies: {
+        'is-positive': '1.0.0',
+        'project-1': '1.0.0',
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'project-1',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+
+      dependencies: {
+        'is-positive': '1.0.0',
+        'project-2': '1.0.0',
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'project-2',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+
+      dependencies: {
+        'is-negative': '1.0.0',
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'project-3',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+
+      dependencies: {
+        minimatch: '*',
+      },
+    },
+  ])
+
+  await recursive.handler(['install'], {
+    ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
+    dir: process.cwd(),
+    filter: ['...^project-2'],
+  })
+
+  projects['project-0'].has('is-positive')
+  projects['project-1'].has('is-positive')
+  projects['project-2'].hasNot('is-negative')
+  projects['project-3'].hasNot('minimatch')
+  t.end()
+})
+
 test('recursive filter package with dependents and filter with dependencies', async (t) => {
   const projects = preparePackages(t, [
     {