diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index 1563ab8..de95a5d 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -184,6 +184,15 @@ func runBuildHAKs(ctx context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	filteredHAKs, err := parseBuildHAKArgs(ctx.args[1:])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	p, err = p.CloneWithHAKNames(filteredHAKs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	result, err := pipeline.BuildHAKsWithProgress(p, func(message string) {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctx.stdout, "[build-haks] %s\n", message)
 	})
@@ -200,6 +209,42 @@ func runBuildHAKs(ctx context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func parseBuildHAKArgs(args []string) ([]string, error) {
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	var filtered []string
+	for index := 0; index < len(args); index++ {
+		arg := args[index]
+		switch arg {
+		case "-h", "--help":
+			return nil, errors.New("usage: build-haks [--hak <hak-name> ...]")
+		case "--hak":
+			index++
+			if index >= len(args) {
+				return nil, errors.New("--hak requires a value")
+			}
+			filtered = append(filtered, args[index])
+		default:
+			if value, ok := parseInlineFlagValue(arg, "--hak"); ok {
+				filtered = append(filtered, value)
+				continue
+			}
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown build-haks argument %q", arg)
+		}
+	}
+	return filtered, nil
+}
+
+func parseInlineFlagValue(arg, name string) (string, bool) {
+	prefix := name + "="
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(arg, prefix) {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(arg, prefix)), true
+}
+
 func runExtract(ctx context) error {
 	p, err := loadProject(ctx.cwd)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/project/project.go b/internal/project/project.go
index d36618c..a944a95 100644
--- a/internal/project/project.go
+++ b/internal/project/project.go
@@ -220,6 +220,55 @@ func (p *Project) BuildDir() string {
 	return filepath.Join(p.Root, p.Config.Paths.Build)
 }
 
+func (p *Project) CloneWithHAKNames(names []string) (*Project, error) {
+	if len(names) == 0 {
+		return p, nil
+	}
+
+	wanted := make(map[string]struct{}, len(names))
+	for _, name := range names {
+		trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(name))
+		if trimmed == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		wanted[trimmed] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	if len(wanted) == 0 {
+		return p, nil
+	}
+
+	filtered := make([]HAKConfig, 0, len(p.Config.HAKs))
+	found := make(map[string]struct{}, len(wanted))
+	for _, hak := range p.Config.HAKs {
+		key := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(hak.Name))
+		if _, ok := wanted[key]; !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		filtered = append(filtered, hak)
+		found[key] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	var missing []string
+	for _, name := range names {
+		key := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(name))
+		if key == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, ok := found[key]; !ok {
+			missing = append(missing, name)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(missing) > 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown hak name(s): %s", strings.Join(missing, ", "))
+	}
+
+	clone := *p
+	clone.Config = p.Config
+	clone.Config.HAKs = filtered
+	clone.Inventory = p.Inventory
+	return &clone, nil
+}
+
 func (p *Project) HasTopData() bool {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(p.Config.TopData.Source) != ""
 }
diff --git a/internal/project/project_test.go b/internal/project/project_test.go
index 9dca147..a18bc4a 100644
--- a/internal/project/project_test.go
+++ b/internal/project/project_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package project
 import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -87,3 +88,54 @@ func mkdirAll(t *testing.T, path string) {
 		t.Fatalf("mkdir %s: %v", path, err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCloneWithHAKNamesFiltersConfiguredHAKs(t *testing.T) {
+	proj := &Project{
+		Root: "/tmp/test",
+		Config: Config{
+			Module: ModuleConfig{Name: "Test", ResRef: "test"},
+			Paths:  PathConfig{Source: "src", Assets: "assets", Build: "build"},
+			HAKs: []HAKConfig{
+				{Name: "sow_over", Priority: 1, Include: []string{"over/**"}},
+				{Name: "sow_core", Priority: 2, Include: []string{"core/**"}},
+				{Name: "sow_item", Priority: 3, Include: []string{"item/**"}},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	filtered, err := proj.CloneWithHAKNames([]string{"sow_core", "sow_item"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CloneWithHAKNames returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if filtered == proj {
+		t.Fatalf("expected filtered clone, got original pointer")
+	}
+
+	got := make([]string, 0, len(filtered.Config.HAKs))
+	for _, hak := range filtered.Config.HAKs {
+		got = append(got, hak.Name)
+	}
+	want := []string{"sow_core", "sow_item"}
+	if !slices.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected filtered haks: got %v want %v", got, want)
+	}
+
+	if len(proj.Config.HAKs) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("original project config should remain unchanged, got %d haks", len(proj.Config.HAKs))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCloneWithHAKNamesRejectsUnknownHAKs(t *testing.T) {
+	proj := &Project{
+		Config: Config{
+			HAKs: []HAKConfig{
+				{Name: "sow_core", Priority: 1, Include: []string{"core/**"}},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	if _, err := proj.CloneWithHAKNames([]string{"missing_hak"}); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for unknown hak name")
+	}
+}