diff --git a/src/context/directory/handlers/connections.ts b/src/context/directory/handlers/connections.ts
index 518b85e49..268759dcf 100644
--- a/src/context/directory/handlers/connections.ts
+++ b/src/context/directory/handlers/connections.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ async function dump(context: DirectoryContext): Promise<void> {
     );
   }
 
+  // Filter to included connections
+  const includedConnections = (context.assets.include && context.assets.include.connections) || [];
+  if (includedConnections.length) {
+    connections = connections.filter((connection) => includedConnections.includes(connection.name));
+  }
+
   const connectionsFolder = path.join(context.filePath, constants.CONNECTIONS_DIRECTORY);
   fs.ensureDirSync(connectionsFolder);
 
@@ -131,11 +137,23 @@ async function dump(context: DirectoryContext): Promise<void> {
     if (dumpedConnection.strategy === 'email') expectedFiles.add(`${connectionName}.html`);
   });
 
+  // With an include list configured, connections outside it are unmanaged, so limit pruning
+  // to the listed names rather than every file in the folder.
+  const prunableFiles = includedConnections.length
+    ? new Set(
+        includedConnections.flatMap((name) => [`${sanitize(name)}.json`, `${sanitize(name)}.html`])
+      )
+    : null;
+
   // Remove files that belong to connections no longer present (and not excluded)
   if (fs.existsSync(connectionsFolder)) {
     for (const existing of fs.readdirSync(connectionsFolder)) {
       const fullPath = path.join(connectionsFolder, existing);
-      if (fs.statSync(fullPath).isFile() && !expectedFiles.has(existing)) {
+      if (
+        fs.statSync(fullPath).isFile() &&
+        !expectedFiles.has(existing) &&
+        (prunableFiles === null || prunableFiles.has(existing))
+      ) {
         fs.removeSync(fullPath);
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/context/yaml/handlers/connections.ts b/src/context/yaml/handlers/connections.ts
index 33dddfe04..cb7483592 100644
--- a/src/context/yaml/handlers/connections.ts
+++ b/src/context/yaml/handlers/connections.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ async function dump(context: YAMLContext): Promise<ParsedConnections> {
     );
   }
 
+  // Filter to included connections
+  const includedConnections = (context.assets.include && context.assets.include.connections) || [];
+  if (includedConnections.length) {
+    connections = connections.filter((connection) => includedConnections.includes(connection.name));
+  }
+
   return {
     connections: connections.map((connection) => {
       let dumpedConnection = {
diff --git a/test/context/directory/connections.test.js b/test/context/directory/connections.test.js
index af405d289..9a2c2d4e8 100644
--- a/test/context/directory/connections.test.js
+++ b/test/context/directory/connections.test.js
@@ -266,6 +266,69 @@ describe('#directory context connections', () => {
     expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(connectionsFolder, 'excludedConnection.json'))).to.equal(true);
   });
 
+  it('should only dump included connections', async () => {
+    const dir = path.join(testDataDir, 'directory', 'connectionsDumpInclude');
+    cleanThenMkdir(dir);
+    const context = new Context({ AUTH0_INPUT_FILE: dir }, mockMgmtClient());
+
+    context.assets.connections = [
+      { name: 'includedConnection', strategy: 'waad' },
+      { name: 'unmanagedConnection', strategy: 'samlp' },
+    ];
+    context.assets.include = { connections: ['includedConnection'] };
+
+    await handler.dump(context);
+    const connectionsFolder = path.join(dir, constants.CONNECTIONS_DIRECTORY);
+
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(connectionsFolder, 'includedConnection.json'))).to.equal(true);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(connectionsFolder, 'unmanagedConnection.json'))).to.equal(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should preserve pre-existing files for connections outside the include list on re-dump', async () => {
+    const dir = path.join(testDataDir, 'directory', 'connectionsDumpInclude');
+    cleanThenMkdir(dir);
+
+    // Simulate a prior export that wrote a connection now outside the include list
+    const connectionsFolder = path.join(dir, constants.CONNECTIONS_DIRECTORY);
+    fs.ensureDirSync(connectionsFolder);
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(connectionsFolder, 'unmanagedConnection.json'),
+      '{"name":"unmanagedConnection"}'
+    );
+
+    const context = new Context({ AUTH0_INPUT_FILE: dir }, mockMgmtClient());
+    context.assets.connections = [
+      { name: 'includedConnection', strategy: 'waad' },
+      { name: 'unmanagedConnection', strategy: 'samlp' },
+    ];
+    context.assets.include = { connections: ['includedConnection'] };
+
+    await handler.dump(context);
+
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(connectionsFolder, 'includedConnection.json'))).to.equal(true);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(connectionsFolder, 'unmanagedConnection.json'))).to.equal(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should remove stale files for included connections no longer present on the tenant', async () => {
+    const dir = path.join(testDataDir, 'directory', 'connectionsIncludeStaleFiles');
+    cleanThenMkdir(dir);
+
+    // Simulate a previous export of two included connections, one since deleted on the tenant
+    const connectionsFolder = path.join(dir, constants.CONNECTIONS_DIRECTORY);
+    fs.ensureDirSync(connectionsFolder);
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(connectionsFolder, 'facebook.json'), '{"name":"facebook"}');
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(connectionsFolder, 'github.json'), '{"name":"github"}');
+
+    const context = new Context({ AUTH0_INPUT_FILE: dir }, mockMgmtClient());
+    context.assets.connections = [{ name: 'github', strategy: 'github' }];
+    context.assets.include = { connections: ['facebook', 'github'] };
+
+    await handler.dump(context);
+
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(connectionsFolder, 'github.json'))).to.equal(true);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(connectionsFolder, 'facebook.json'))).to.equal(false);
+  });
+
   it('should remove stale connection files when connections are removed from source', async () => {
     const dir = path.join(testDataDir, 'directory', 'connectionsStaleFiles');
     cleanThenMkdir(dir);
diff --git a/test/context/yaml/connections.test.js b/test/context/yaml/connections.test.js
index a8caa038e..18986496d 100644
--- a/test/context/yaml/connections.test.js
+++ b/test/context/yaml/connections.test.js
@@ -276,4 +276,24 @@ describe('#YAML context connections', () => {
     expect(dumped.connections).to.have.length(1);
     expect(dumped.connections[0].name).to.equal('includedConnection');
   });
+
+  it('should only dump included connections', async () => {
+    const dir = path.join(testDataDir, 'yaml', 'connectionsDumpInclude');
+    cleanThenMkdir(dir);
+    const context = new Context(
+      { AUTH0_INPUT_FILE: path.join(dir, 'tenant.yaml') },
+      mockMgmtClient()
+    );
+
+    context.assets.connections = [
+      { name: 'includedConnection', strategy: 'waad' },
+      { name: 'unmanagedConnection', strategy: 'samlp' },
+    ];
+    context.assets.include = { connections: ['includedConnection'] };
+
+    const dumped = await handler.dump(context);
+
+    expect(dumped.connections).to.have.length(1);
+    expect(dumped.connections[0].name).to.equal('includedConnection');
+  });
 });