diff --git a/logcat/logcat.cpp b/logcat/logcat.cpp
index 13023f2..0056c80 100644
--- a/logcat/logcat.cpp
+++ b/logcat/logcat.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <regex>
+#include <set>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
@@ -358,6 +359,10 @@
   -T '<time>'                 Print the lines since specified time (not imply -d).
                               count is pure numerical, time is 'MM-DD hh:mm:ss.mmm...'
                               'YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.mmm...' or 'sssss.mmm...' format.
+  --uid=<uids>                Only display log messages from UIDs present in the comma separate list
+                              <uids>. No name look-up is performed, so UIDs must be provided as
+                              numeric values. This option is only useful for the 'root', 'log', and
+                              'system' users since only those users can view logs from other users.
 )init");
 
     fprintf(stderr, "\nfilterspecs are a series of \n"
@@ -535,6 +540,7 @@
     size_t pid = 0;
     bool got_t = false;
     unsigned id_mask = 0;
+    std::set<uid_t> uids;
 
     if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
         show_help();
@@ -554,6 +560,7 @@
         static const char id_str[] = "id";
         static const char wrap_str[] = "wrap";
         static const char print_str[] = "print";
+        static const char uid_str[] = "uid";
         // clang-format off
         static const struct option long_options[] = {
           { "binary",        no_argument,       nullptr, 'B' },
@@ -581,6 +588,7 @@
           { "statistics",    no_argument,       nullptr, 'S' },
           // hidden and undocumented reserved alias for -t
           { "tail",          required_argument, nullptr, 't' },
+          { uid_str,         required_argument, nullptr, 0 },
           // support, but ignore and do not document, the optional argument
           { wrap_str,        optional_argument, nullptr, 0 },
           { nullptr,         0,                 nullptr, 0 }
@@ -631,6 +639,17 @@
                 if (long_options[option_index].name == id_str) {
                     setId = (optarg && optarg[0]) ? optarg : nullptr;
                 }
+                if (long_options[option_index].name == uid_str) {
+                    auto uid_strings = Split(optarg, delimiters);
+                    for (const auto& uid_string : uid_strings) {
+                        uid_t uid;
+                        if (!ParseUint(uid_string, &uid)) {
+                            error(EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "Unable to parse UID '%s'", uid_string.c_str());
+                        }
+                        uids.emplace(uid);
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
                 break;
 
             case 's':
@@ -1164,6 +1183,10 @@
                   LOG_ID_MAX);
         }
 
+        if (!uids.empty() && uids.count(log_msg.entry.uid) == 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         PrintDividers(log_msg.id(), printDividers);
 
         if (print_binary_) {
diff --git a/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp b/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp
index f3fdfd7..a2daeb0 100644
--- a/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp
+++ b/logcat/tests/logcat_test.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -28,10 +29,12 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <regex>
 #include <string>
 
 #include <android-base/file.h>
 #include <android-base/macros.h>
+#include <android-base/parseint.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
 #include <android-base/strings.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
@@ -1748,3 +1751,83 @@
 
   ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::StartsWith(output, "unknown buffer foo\n"));
 }
+
+static void SniffUid(const std::string& line, uid_t& uid) {
+    auto uid_regex = std::regex{"\\S+\\s+\\S+\\s+(\\S+).*"};
+
+    auto trimmed_line = android::base::Trim(line);
+
+    std::smatch match_results;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(std::regex_match(trimmed_line, match_results, uid_regex))
+            << "Unable to find UID in line '" << trimmed_line << "'";
+    auto uid_string = match_results[1];
+    if (!android::base::ParseUint(uid_string, &uid)) {
+        auto pwd = getpwnam(uid_string.str().c_str());
+        ASSERT_NE(nullptr, pwd) << "uid '" << uid_string << "' in line '" << trimmed_line << "'";
+        uid = pwd->pw_uid;
+    }
+}
+
+static void UidsInLog(std::optional<std::vector<uid_t>> filter_uid, std::map<uid_t, size_t>& uids) {
+    std::string command;
+    if (filter_uid) {
+        std::vector<std::string> uid_strings;
+        for (const auto& uid : *filter_uid) {
+            uid_strings.emplace_back(std::to_string(uid));
+        }
+        command = android::base::StringPrintf(logcat_executable
+                                              " -v uid -b all -d 2>/dev/null --uid=%s",
+                                              android::base::Join(uid_strings, ",").c_str());
+    } else {
+        command = logcat_executable " -v uid -b all -d 2>/dev/null";
+    }
+    auto fp = std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype(&pclose)>(popen(command.c_str(), "r"), pclose);
+    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, fp);
+
+    char buffer[BIG_BUFFER];
+    while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp.get())) {
+        // Ignore dividers, e.g. '--------- beginning of radio'
+        if (android::base::StartsWith(buffer, "---------")) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        uid_t uid;
+        SniffUid(buffer, uid);
+        uids[uid]++;
+    }
+}
+
+static std::vector<uid_t> TopTwoInMap(const std::map<uid_t, size_t>& uids) {
+    std::pair<uid_t, size_t> top = {0, 0};
+    std::pair<uid_t, size_t> second = {0, 0};
+    for (const auto& [uid, count] : uids) {
+        if (count > top.second) {
+            top = second;
+            top = {uid, count};
+        } else if (count > second.second) {
+            second = {uid, count};
+        }
+    }
+    return {top.first, second.first};
+}
+
+TEST(logcat, uid_filter) {
+    std::map<uid_t, size_t> uids;
+    UidsInLog({}, uids);
+
+    ASSERT_GT(uids.size(), 2U);
+    auto top_uids = TopTwoInMap(uids);
+
+    // Test filtering with --uid=<top uid>
+    std::map<uid_t, size_t> uids_only_top;
+    std::vector<uid_t> top_uid = {top_uids[0]};
+    UidsInLog(top_uid, uids_only_top);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(1U, uids_only_top.size());
+
+    // Test filtering with --uid=<top uid>,<2nd top uid>
+    std::map<uid_t, size_t> uids_only_top2;
+    std::vector<uid_t> top2_uids = {top_uids[0], top_uids[1]};
+    UidsInLog(top2_uids, uids_only_top2);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(2U, uids_only_top2.size());
+}