diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 2c938cd7e1494..dd943a19d5189 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -1172,6 +1172,17 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--with-childs</option></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+	Include or exclude from a dump all child and partition tables when a parent
+	table is specified using option <option>-t</option>/<option>--table</option>
+	or <option>-T</option>/<option>--exclude-table</option>.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>-?</option></term>
        <term><option>--help</option></term>
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
index aba780ef4b1ee..09284c82be3f4 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ typedef struct _dumpOptions
 
 	int			sequence_data;	/* dump sequence data even in schema-only mode */
 	int			do_nothing;
+	bool			with_childs;
 } DumpOptions;
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index 44d957c038895..7463b73bbe0d6 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{"on-conflict-do-nothing", no_argument, &dopt.do_nothing, 1},
 		{"rows-per-insert", required_argument, NULL, 10},
 		{"include-foreign-data", required_argument, NULL, 11},
+		{"with-childs", no_argument, NULL, 12},
 
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 	};
@@ -631,6 +632,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 										  optarg);
 				break;
 
+			case 12:				/* dump child table too */
+				dopt.with_childs = true;
+				break;
+
 			default:
 				/* getopt_long already emitted a complaint */
 				pg_log_error_hint("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.", progname);
@@ -810,6 +815,14 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 								false);
 	/* non-matching exclusion patterns aren't an error */
 
+	/*
+	 * The include child option require that there is
+	 * at least one table inclusion
+	 */
+	if (dopt.with_childs && table_include_patterns.head == NULL
+			&& table_exclude_patterns.head == NULL)
+		pg_fatal("option --with-childs requires option -t/--table or -T/--exclude-table");
+
 	/* Expand table selection patterns into OID lists */
 	if (table_include_patterns.head != NULL)
 	{
@@ -1088,6 +1101,9 @@ help(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  --use-set-session-authorization\n"
 			 "                               use SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION commands instead of\n"
 			 "                               ALTER OWNER commands to set ownership\n"));
+	printf(_("  --with-childs                include or exclude from a dump all child and partition\n"
+			 "                               tables when a parent table is specified using\n"
+			 "                               -t/--table or -T/--exclude-table\n"));
 
 	printf(_("\nConnection options:\n"));
 	printf(_("  -d, --dbname=DBNAME      database to dump\n"));
@@ -1520,6 +1536,15 @@ expand_table_name_patterns(Archive *fout,
 		PQExpBufferData dbbuf;
 		int			dotcnt;
 
+		/*
+		 * With --include_child we look recursively to the inheritance
+		 * tree to find the childs tables of the matching include filter
+		 */
+		if (fout->dopt->with_childs)
+		{
+			appendPQExpBuffer(query, "WITH RECURSIVE child_tree (relid) AS (\n");
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Query must remain ABSOLUTELY devoid of unqualified names.  This
 		 * would be unnecessary given a pg_table_is_visible() variant taking a
@@ -1547,6 +1572,20 @@ expand_table_name_patterns(Archive *fout,
 			prohibit_crossdb_refs(GetConnection(fout), dbbuf.data, cell->val);
 		termPQExpBuffer(&dbbuf);
 
+		if (fout->dopt->with_childs)
+		{
+			appendPQExpBuffer(query, "\n  UNION ALL"
+						 "\n    SELECT c.oid AS relid"
+						 "\n    FROM child_tree AS p"
+						 "\n      JOIN pg_catalog.pg_inherits AS i"
+						 "\n        ON (p.relid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) i.inhparent)"
+						 "\n      JOIN pg_catalog.pg_class AS c"
+						 "\n        ON (c.oid OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) i.inhrelid)"
+						 "\n)"
+						 "\nSELECT relid FROM child_tree");
+
+		}
+
 		ExecuteSqlStatement(fout, "RESET search_path");
 		res = ExecuteSqlQuery(fout, query->data, PGRES_TUPLES_OK);
 		PQclear(ExecuteSqlQueryForSingleRow(fout,
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/t/002_pg_dump.pl b/src/bin/pg_dump/t/002_pg_dump.pl
index 7c3067a3f4ba6..2f95b7a6e0e34 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/t/002_pg_dump.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/t/002_pg_dump.pl
@@ -319,6 +319,17 @@
 			'--exclude-table=dump_test.test_table', 'postgres',
 		],
 	},
+	exclude_child_table => {
+		dump_cmd => [
+			'pg_dump',
+			'--no-sync',
+			'--with-childs',
+			"--file=$tempdir/exclude_child_table.sql",
+			'--exclude-table=dump_test.measurement',
+			'postgres',
+		],
+	},
+
 	exclude_test_table_data => {
 		dump_cmd => [
 			'pg_dump',
@@ -413,6 +424,18 @@
 			'postgres',
 		],
 	},
+	include_child_table => {
+		dump_cmd => [
+			'pg_dump',
+			'--no-sync',
+			'--with-childs',
+			"--file=$tempdir/include_child_table.sql",
+			'--table=dump_test.measurement',
+			'--lock-wait-timeout='
+			  . (1000 * $PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::timeout_default),
+			'postgres',
+		],
+	},
 	role => {
 		dump_cmd => [
 			'pg_dump',
@@ -541,6 +564,7 @@
 	compression              => 1,
 	createdb                 => 1,
 	defaults                 => 1,
+	exclude_child_table      => 1,
 	exclude_dump_test_schema => 1,
 	exclude_test_table       => 1,
 	exclude_test_table_data  => 1,
@@ -936,6 +960,10 @@
 			role             => 1,
 			section_pre_data => 1,
 			binary_upgrade   => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
+		unlike => {
+			exclude_child_table => 1,
 		},
 	  },
 
@@ -1025,11 +1053,16 @@
 
 	'ALTER TABLE measurement OWNER TO' => {
 		regexp => qr/^\QALTER TABLE dump_test.measurement OWNER TO \E.+;/m,
-		like =>
-		  { %full_runs, %dump_test_schema_runs, section_pre_data => 1, },
+		like => {
+			%full_runs,
+			%dump_test_schema_runs,
+			section_pre_data => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
 		unlike => {
 			exclude_dump_test_schema => 1,
 			no_owner                 => 1,
+			exclude_child_table      => 1,
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -1040,8 +1073,12 @@
 			%full_runs,
 			role             => 1,
 			section_pre_data => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
+		unlike => {
+			no_owner => 1,
+			exclude_child_table => 1,
 		},
-		unlike => { no_owner => 1, },
 	},
 
 	'ALTER FOREIGN TABLE foreign_table OWNER TO' => {
@@ -2793,11 +2830,16 @@
 			\)\n
 			\QPARTITION BY RANGE (logdate);\E\n
 			/xm,
-		like =>
-		  { %full_runs, %dump_test_schema_runs, section_pre_data => 1, },
+		like => {
+			%full_runs,
+			%dump_test_schema_runs,
+			section_pre_data => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
 		unlike => {
 			binary_upgrade           => 1,
 			exclude_dump_test_schema => 1,
+			exclude_child_table      => 1,
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -2824,6 +2866,10 @@
 			section_pre_data => 1,
 			role             => 1,
 			binary_upgrade   => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
+		unlike => {
+			exclude_child_table => 1,
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -2838,10 +2884,14 @@
 			\QEXECUTE FUNCTION dump_test.trigger_func();\E
 			/xm,
 		like => {
-			%full_runs, %dump_test_schema_runs, section_post_data => 1,
+			%full_runs,
+			%dump_test_schema_runs,
+			section_post_data => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
 		},
 		unlike => {
 			exclude_dump_test_schema => 1,
+			exclude_child_table => 1,
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -2869,6 +2919,10 @@
 			section_post_data => 1,
 			role              => 1,
 			binary_upgrade    => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
+		unlike => {
+			exclude_child_table => 1,
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -2881,6 +2935,10 @@
 			section_post_data => 1,
 			role              => 1,
 			binary_upgrade    => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
+		unlike => {
+			exclude_child_table => 1,
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -2893,6 +2951,10 @@
 			section_post_data => 1,
 			role              => 1,
 			binary_upgrade    => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
+		unlike => {
+			exclude_child_table => 1,
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -3250,6 +3312,7 @@
 			schema_only             => 1,
 			section_post_data       => 1,
 			test_schema_plus_large_objects => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
 		},
 		unlike => {
 			exclude_dump_test_schema => 1,
@@ -3258,6 +3321,7 @@
 			pg_dumpall_globals_clean => 1,
 			role                     => 1,
 			section_pre_data         => 1,
+			exclude_child_table      => 1,
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -3271,9 +3335,16 @@
 			\QALTER TABLE ONLY dump_test.measurement\E \n^\s+
 			\QADD CONSTRAINT measurement_pkey PRIMARY KEY (city_id, logdate);\E
 		/xm,
-		like =>
-		  { %full_runs, %dump_test_schema_runs, section_post_data => 1, },
-		unlike => { exclude_dump_test_schema => 1, },
+		like => {
+			%full_runs,
+			%dump_test_schema_runs,
+			section_post_data => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
+		unlike => {
+			exclude_dump_test_schema => 1,
+			exclude_child_table => 1,
+		},
 	},
 
 	'CREATE INDEX ... ON measurement_y2006_m2' => {
@@ -3284,6 +3355,10 @@
 			%full_runs,
 			role              => 1,
 			section_post_data => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
+		unlike => {
+			exclude_child_table => 1,
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -3295,6 +3370,10 @@
 			%full_runs,
 			role              => 1,
 			section_post_data => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
+		unlike => {
+			exclude_child_table => 1,
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -3324,6 +3403,7 @@
 			role                     => 1,
 			schema_only              => 1,
 			section_post_data        => 1,
+			include_child_table      => 1,
 		},
 		unlike => {
 			only_dump_test_schema    => 1,
@@ -3332,6 +3412,7 @@
 			pg_dumpall_globals_clean => 1,
 			section_pre_data         => 1,
 			test_schema_plus_large_objects => 1,
+			exclude_child_table      => 1,
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -3614,11 +3695,16 @@
 						   TO regress_dump_test_role;',
 		regexp =>
 		  qr/^\QGRANT SELECT ON TABLE dump_test.measurement TO regress_dump_test_role;\E/m,
-		like =>
-		  { %full_runs, %dump_test_schema_runs, section_pre_data => 1, },
+		like => {
+			%full_runs,
+			%dump_test_schema_runs,
+			section_pre_data => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
 		unlike => {
 			exclude_dump_test_schema => 1,
 			no_privs                 => 1,
+			exclude_child_table      => 1,
 		},
 	},
 
@@ -3636,8 +3722,12 @@
 			%full_runs,
 			role             => 1,
 			section_pre_data => 1,
+			include_child_table => 1,
+		},
+		unlike => {
+			no_privs => 1,
+			exclude_child_table => 1,
 		},
-		unlike => { no_privs => 1, },
 	},
 
 	'GRANT ALL ON LARGE OBJECT ...' => {
@@ -3884,6 +3974,7 @@
 			only_dump_test_table => 1,
 			role                 => 1,
 			section_pre_data     => 1,
+			include_child_table  => 1,
 		},
 		unlike => { no_privs => 1, },
 	},
@@ -4106,6 +4197,13 @@
 	qr/pg_dumpall: error: improper qualified name \(too many dotted names\): myhost\.mydb/,
 	'pg_dumpall: option --exclude-database rejects multipart database names');
 
+#########################################
+# Test invalid use of --with-childs
+$node->command_fails_like(
+	[ 'pg_dump', '-p', "$port", '--with-childs' ],
+	qr/pg_dump: error: option --with-childs requires option -t\/--table or -T\/--exclude-table/,
+	'pg_dump: option --with-childs require inclusion or exclusion of tables');
+
 #########################################
 # Test valid database exclusion patterns