diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index a7bf5a1b0..26f3db79e 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
     playlistrandom:    Download playlist items in random order.
     matchtitle:        Download only matching titles.
     rejecttitle:       Reject downloads for matching titles.
+    matchuploader:     Download only matchin uploader.
+    rejectuploader:    Reject downloads for matching uploader.
     logger:            Log messages to a logging.Logger instance.
     logtostderr:       Log messages to stderr instead of stdout.
     writedescription:  Write the video description to a .description file
@@ -620,7 +622,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             return None
 
     def _match_entry(self, info_dict, incomplete):
-        """ Returns None iff the file should be downloaded """
+        """ Returns None if the file should be downloaded """
 
         video_title = info_dict.get('title', info_dict.get('id', 'video'))
         if 'title' in info_dict:
@@ -634,11 +636,25 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             if rejecttitle:
                 if re.search(rejecttitle, title, re.IGNORECASE):
                     return '"' + title + '" title matched reject pattern "' + rejecttitle + '"'
+
+        if 'uploader' in info_dict:
+            # This can happen when we're just evaluating the playlist
+            uploader = info_dict['uploader']
+            matchuploader = self.params.get('matchuploader', False)
+            if matchuploader:
+                if not re.search(matchuploader, uploader, re.IGNORECASE):
+                    return '"' + uploader + '" uploader did not match pattern "' + matchuploader + '"'
+            rejectuploader = self.params.get('rejectuploader', False)
+            if rejectuploader:
+                if re.search(rejectuploader, uploader, re.IGNORECASE):
+                    return '"' + uploader + '" uploader matched reject pattern "' + rejectuploader + '"'
+
         date = info_dict.get('upload_date')
         if date is not None:
             dateRange = self.params.get('daterange', DateRange())
             if date not in dateRange:
                 return '%s upload date is not in range %s' % (date_from_str(date).isoformat(), dateRange)
+
         view_count = info_dict.get('view_count')
         if view_count is not None:
             min_views = self.params.get('min_views')
@@ -647,8 +663,10 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
             max_views = self.params.get('max_views')
             if max_views is not None and view_count > max_views:
                 return 'Skipping %s, because it has exceeded the maximum view count (%d/%d)' % (video_title, view_count, max_views)
+
         if age_restricted(info_dict.get('age_limit'), self.params.get('age_limit')):
             return 'Skipping "%s" because it is age restricted' % video_title
+
         if self.in_download_archive(info_dict):
             return '%s has already been recorded in archive' % video_title
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 5c5b8094b..6f1571319 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         'subtitleslangs': opts.subtitleslangs,
         'matchtitle': decodeOption(opts.matchtitle),
         'rejecttitle': decodeOption(opts.rejecttitle),
+        'matchuploader': decodeOption(opts.matchuploader),
+        'rejectuploader': decodeOption(opts.rejectuploader),
         'max_downloads': opts.max_downloads,
         'prefer_free_formats': opts.prefer_free_formats,
         'verbose': opts.verbose,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 349f44778..27982a80d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -261,6 +261,14 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--reject-title',
         dest='rejecttitle', metavar='REGEX',
         help='Skip download for matching titles (regex or caseless sub-string)')
+    selection.add_option(
+        '--match-uploader',
+        dest='matchuploader', metavar='REGEX',
+        help='Download only matching uploader (regex or caseless sub-string)')
+    selection.add_option(
+        '--reject-uploader',
+        dest='rejectuploader', metavar='REGEX',
+        help='Skip download for matching uploader (regex or caseless sub-string)')
     selection.add_option(
         '--max-downloads',
         dest='max_downloads', metavar='NUMBER', type=int, default=None,