diff --git a/crytic_compile/cryticparser/cryticparser.py b/crytic_compile/cryticparser/cryticparser.py
index 19df89e7..f525338d 100755
--- a/crytic_compile/cryticparser/cryticparser.py
+++ b/crytic_compile/cryticparser/cryticparser.py
@@ -304,6 +304,14 @@ def _init_etherscan(parser: ArgumentParser) -> None:
         default=DEFAULTS_FLAG_IN_CONFIG["etherscan_only_bytecode"],
     )
 
+    group_etherscan.add_argument(
+        "--etherscan-target-only",
+        help="Etherscan only include target contract.",
+        action="store_true",
+        dest="etherscan_target_only",
+        default=DEFAULTS_FLAG_IN_CONFIG["etherscan_target_only"],
+    )
+
     group_etherscan.add_argument(
         "--etherscan-apikey",
         help="Etherscan API key.",
diff --git a/crytic_compile/cryticparser/defaults.py b/crytic_compile/cryticparser/defaults.py
index b8f99677..b196a392 100755
--- a/crytic_compile/cryticparser/defaults.py
+++ b/crytic_compile/cryticparser/defaults.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "etherlime_compile_arguments": None,
     "etherscan_only_source_code": False,
     "etherscan_only_bytecode": False,
+    "etherscan_target_only": False,
     "etherscan_api_key": None,
     "etherscan_export_directory": "etherscan-contracts",
     "waffle_ignore_compile": False,
diff --git a/crytic_compile/platform/etherscan.py b/crytic_compile/platform/etherscan.py
index e83b206a..da1fdcb4 100644
--- a/crytic_compile/platform/etherscan.py
+++ b/crytic_compile/platform/etherscan.py
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ def compile(self, crytic_compile: "CryticCompile", **kwargs: str) -> None:
         only_source = kwargs.get("etherscan_only_source_code", False)
         only_bytecode = kwargs.get("etherscan_only_bytecode", False)
 
+        target_only = kwargs.get("etherscan_target_only", False)
+
         etherscan_api_key = kwargs.get("etherscan_api_key", None)
         arbiscan_api_key = kwargs.get("arbiscan_api_key", None)
         polygonscan_api_key = kwargs.get("polygonscan_api_key", None)
@@ -330,6 +332,9 @@ def compile(self, crytic_compile: "CryticCompile", **kwargs: str) -> None:
 
         solc_standard_json.standalone_compile(filenames, compilation_unit, working_dir=working_dir)
 
+        if target_only:
+            _remove_unused_contracts(compilation_unit)
+
     @staticmethod
     def is_supported(target: str, **kwargs: str) -> bool:
         """Check if the target is a etherscan project
@@ -390,3 +395,82 @@ def _relative_to_short(relative: Path) -> Path:
         Path: Translated path
     """
     return relative
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-branches
+def _remove_unused_contracts(compilation_unit: CompilationUnit) -> None:
+    """
+    Removes unused contracts from the compilation unit
+
+    Args:
+        compilation_unit (CompilationUnit): compilation unit to populate
+
+    Returns:
+
+    """
+    if len(list(compilation_unit.asts.keys())) == 1:
+        # there is only 1 file
+        return
+
+    # for etherscan this will be the value the etherscan api returns in 'ContractName'
+    root_contract_name = compilation_unit.unique_id
+
+    # find the root file path according to a contract with the correct name being defined in it
+    # and also get the base path used by all paths (the keys under 'asts')
+    root_file_path = None
+    base_path = ""
+    for file_path, file_ast in compilation_unit.asts.items():
+        if root_file_path is not None:  # already found target contract
+            break
+        for node in file_ast["nodes"]:
+            if node["nodeType"] == "ContractDefinition" and node["name"] == root_contract_name:
+                root_file_path = file_path
+                base_path = file_path.replace(file_ast["absolutePath"], "")
+                break
+
+    if root_file_path is None:
+        # we could not find a contract with that name in any of the files
+        return
+
+    # Starting with the root contract, fetch all dependencies (and their dependencies, etc.)
+    files_to_include = []
+    files_to_check = [root_file_path]
+    while any(files_to_check):
+        target_file_path = files_to_check.pop()
+        for node in compilation_unit.asts[target_file_path]["nodes"]:
+            if node["nodeType"] == "ImportDirective":
+                import_path = os.path.join(base_path, node["absolutePath"])
+                if import_path not in files_to_check and import_path not in files_to_include:
+                    files_to_check.append(import_path)
+        files_to_include.append(target_file_path)
+
+    if len(list(compilation_unit.asts.keys())) == len(files_to_include):
+        # all of the files need to be included
+        return
+
+    # Remove all of the unused files from the compilation unit
+    included_contractnames = set()
+    for target_file_path in files_to_include:
+        for node in compilation_unit.asts[target_file_path]["nodes"]:
+            if node["nodeType"] == "ContractDefinition":
+                included_contractnames.add(node["name"])
+
+    for contractname in list(compilation_unit.contracts_names):
+        if contractname not in included_contractnames:
+            compilation_unit.contracts_names.remove(contractname)
+            del compilation_unit.abis[contractname]
+            del compilation_unit.natspec[contractname]
+            del compilation_unit.bytecodes_init[contractname]
+            del compilation_unit.bytecodes_runtime[contractname]
+            del compilation_unit.srcmaps_init[contractname]
+            del compilation_unit.srcmaps_runtime[contractname]
+
+    for contract_filename in list(compilation_unit.filename_to_contracts.keys()):
+        if contract_filename.absolute not in files_to_include:
+            del compilation_unit.filename_to_contracts[contract_filename]
+
+    for fileobj in list(compilation_unit.crytic_compile.filenames):
+        if fileobj.absolute not in files_to_include:
+            compilation_unit.crytic_compile.filenames.remove(fileobj)
+            compilation_unit.filenames.remove(fileobj)
+            del compilation_unit.asts[fileobj.absolute]