diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index c3b7b65..e21d7fa 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Usage of ./bin/redis-dump-go:
         Parallel workers (default 10)
   -noscan
         Use KEYS * instead of SCAN - for Redis <=2.8
+  -noselect
+        Do not print select statement in result dump (default: false)
   -output string
         Output type - can be resp or commands (default "resp")
   -port int
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 59b67ee..4984a05 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func realMain() int {
 	db := flag.Uint("db", 0, "only dump this database (default: all databases)")
 	filter := flag.String("filter", "*", "Key filter to use")
 	noscan := flag.Bool("noscan", false, "Use KEYS * instead of SCAN - for Redis <=2.8")
+	noselect := flag.Bool("noselect", false, "Do not print select statement in result dump (default: false)")
 	nWorkers := flag.Int("n", 10, "Parallel workers")
 	withTTL := flag.Bool("ttl", true, "Preserve Keys TTL")
 	output := flag.String("output", "resp", "Output type - can be resp or commands")
@@ -101,12 +102,12 @@ func realMain() int {
 
 	logger := log.New(os.Stdout, "", 0)
 	if db == nil {
-		if err = redisdump.DumpServer(*host, *port, redisPassword, *filter, *nWorkers, *withTTL, *noscan, logger, serializer, progressNotifs); err != nil {
+		if err = redisdump.DumpServer(*host, *port, redisPassword, *filter, *nWorkers, *withTTL, *noscan, *noselect, logger, serializer, progressNotifs); err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s", err)
 			return 1
 		}
 	} else {
-		if err = redisdump.DumpDB(*host, *port, redisPassword, uint8(*db), *filter, *nWorkers, *withTTL, *noscan, logger, serializer, progressNotifs); err != nil {
+		if err = redisdump.DumpDB(*host, *port, redisPassword, uint8(*db), *filter, *nWorkers, *withTTL, *noscan, *noselect, logger, serializer, progressNotifs); err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s", err)
 			return 1
 		}
diff --git a/redisdump/redisdump.go b/redisdump/redisdump.go
index afdc7e4..50b0cf1 100644
--- a/redisdump/redisdump.go
+++ b/redisdump/redisdump.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func RedisURL(redisHost string, redisPort string, redisDB string, redisPassword
 }
 
 // DumpDB dumps all keys from a single Redis DB
-func DumpDB(redisHost string, redisPort int, redisPassword string, db uint8, filter string, nWorkers int, withTTL bool, noscan bool, logger *log.Logger, serializer func([]string) string, progress chan<- ProgressNotification) error {
+func DumpDB(redisHost string, redisPort int, redisPassword string, db uint8, filter string, nWorkers int, withTTL bool, noscan bool, noselect bool, logger *log.Logger, serializer func([]string) string, progress chan<- ProgressNotification) error {
 	var err error
 
 	keyGenerator := scanKeys
@@ -289,7 +289,10 @@ func DumpDB(redisHost string, redisPort int, redisPassword string, db uint8, fil
 	if err = client.Do(radix.Cmd(nil, "SELECT", fmt.Sprint(db))); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	logger.Printf(serializer([]string{"SELECT", fmt.Sprint(db)}))
+
+	if !noselect {
+		logger.Printf(serializer([]string{"SELECT", fmt.Sprint(db)}))
+	}
 
 	done := make(chan bool)
 	keyBatches := make(chan []string)
@@ -310,7 +313,7 @@ func DumpDB(redisHost string, redisPort int, redisPassword string, db uint8, fil
 // DumpServer dumps all Keys from the redis server given by redisURL,
 // to the Logger logger. Progress notification informations
 // are regularly sent to the channel progressNotifications
-func DumpServer(redisHost string, redisPort int, redisPassword string, filter string, nWorkers int, withTTL bool, noscan bool, logger *log.Logger, serializer func([]string) string, progress chan<- ProgressNotification) error {
+func DumpServer(redisHost string, redisPort int, redisPassword string, filter string, nWorkers int, withTTL bool, noscan bool, noselect bool, logger *log.Logger, serializer func([]string) string, progress chan<- ProgressNotification) error {
 	url := RedisURL(redisHost, fmt.Sprint(redisPort), "", redisPassword)
 	dbs, err := getDBIndexes(url)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -318,7 +321,7 @@ func DumpServer(redisHost string, redisPort int, redisPassword string, filter st
 	}
 
 	for _, db := range dbs {
-		if err = DumpDB(redisHost, redisPort, redisPassword, db, filter, nWorkers, withTTL, noscan, logger, serializer, progress); err != nil {
+		if err = DumpDB(redisHost, redisPort, redisPassword, db, filter, nWorkers, withTTL, noscan, noselect, logger, serializer, progress); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}