diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSDceArguments.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSDceArguments.kt
index 3bb2131f413..1901f04d690 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSDceArguments.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSDceArguments.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ class K2JSDceArguments : CommonToolArguments() {
     @JvmField
     var outputDirectory: String? = null
 
+    @field:Argument(
+            value = "-keep",
+            valueDescription = "<fully.qualified.name[,]>",
+            description = "List of fully-qualified names of declarations that shouldn't be eliminated")
+    @JvmField
+    var declarationsToKeep: Array<String>? = null
+
     @field:GradleOption(DefaultValues.BooleanFalseDefault::class)
     @field:Argument(value = "-Xprint-reachability-info", description = "Print declarations marked as reachable")
     @JvmField
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/dce/K2JSDce.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/dce/K2JSDce.kt
index 68b70da2070..6a1f1b3938b 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/dce/K2JSDce.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/js/dce/K2JSDce.kt
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ class K2JSDce : CLITool<K2JSDceArguments>() {
             return ExitCode.COMPILATION_ERROR
         }
 
-        val dceResult = DeadCodeElimination.run(files, emptySet()) {
+        val includedDeclarations = arguments.declarationsToKeep.orEmpty().toSet()
+
+        val dceResult = DeadCodeElimination.run(files, includedDeclarations) {
             messageCollector.report(CompilerMessageSeverity.LOGGING, it)
         }
         val nodes = dceResult.reachableNodes
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/js-dce/dceHelp.out b/compiler/testData/cli/js-dce/dceHelp.out
index 8c4328da1ca..90733142797 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/cli/js-dce/dceHelp.out
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/js-dce/dceHelp.out
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Usage: kotlin-dce-js <options> <source files>
 where possible options include:
   -output-dir <path>         Output directory
+  -keep <fully.qualified.name[,]>
+                             List of fully-qualified names of declarations that shouldn't be eliminated
   -help (-h)                 Print a synopsis of standard options
   -X                         Print a synopsis of advanced options
   -version                   Display compiler version
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/js-dce/include.js b/compiler/testData/cli/js-dce/include.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16a12fdbaae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/js-dce/include.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+define(["exports"], function(exports) {
+    function foo() {
+    }
+
+    function bar() {
+    }
+
+    function baz() {
+    }
+
+    function ignore() {
+    }
+
+    baz();
+
+    exports.foo = foo;
+    exports.bar = bar;
+    exports.baz = baz;
+    exports.ignore = ignore;
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/js-dce/includeDeclarations.args b/compiler/testData/cli/js-dce/includeDeclarations.args
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2223d60fa53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/js-dce/includeDeclarations.args
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+$TESTDATA_DIR$/include.js
+-output-dir
+$TEMP_DIR$/min
+-keep
+global.foo,global.bar
+-Xprint-reachability-info
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java
index f4bb2576814..0c540634ba4 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java
@@ -560,6 +560,12 @@ public class CliTestGenerated extends AbstractCliTest {
             doJsDceTest(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("includeDeclarations.args")
+        public void testIncludeDeclarations() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/cli/js-dce/includeDeclarations.args");
+            doJsDceTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("jsExtraHelp.args")
         public void testJsExtraHelp() throws Exception {
             String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/cli/js-dce/jsExtraHelp.args");