diff --git a/borgmatic/actions/create.py b/borgmatic/actions/create.py
index c882032..96a4852 100644
--- a/borgmatic/actions/create.py
+++ b/borgmatic/actions/create.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import json
 import logging
 
 import borgmatic.borg.create
+import borgmatic.config.validate
 import borgmatic.hooks.command
 import borgmatic.hooks.dispatch
 import borgmatic.hooks.dump
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@ def run_create(
 
     If create_arguments.json is True, yield the JSON output from creating the archive.
     '''
+    if create_arguments.repository and not borgmatic.config.validate.repositories_match(
+        repository, create_arguments.repository
+    ):
+        return
+
     borgmatic.hooks.command.execute_hook(
         hooks.get('before_backup'),
         hooks.get('umask'),
diff --git a/borgmatic/commands/arguments.py b/borgmatic/commands/arguments.py
index 6991db5..d5dc6af 100644
--- a/borgmatic/commands/arguments.py
+++ b/borgmatic/commands/arguments.py
@@ -393,6 +393,10 @@ def make_parsers():
         add_help=False,
     )
     create_group = create_parser.add_argument_group('create arguments')
+    create_group.add_argument(
+        '--repository',
+        help='Path of specific existing repository to backup to (must be already specified in a borgmatic configuration file)',
+    )
     create_group.add_argument(
         '--progress',
         dest='progress',
diff --git a/tests/unit/actions/test_create.py b/tests/unit/actions/test_create.py
index 915f0ae..04d7abc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/actions/test_create.py
+++ b/tests/unit/actions/test_create.py
@@ -5,14 +5,84 @@ from borgmatic.actions import create as module
 
 def test_run_create_executes_and_calls_hooks():
     flexmock(module.logger).answer = lambda message: None
-    flexmock(module.borgmatic.borg.create).should_receive('create_archive')
+    flexmock(module.borgmatic.borg.create).should_receive('create_archive').once()
     flexmock(module.borgmatic.hooks.command).should_receive('execute_hook').times(2)
     flexmock(module.borgmatic.hooks.dispatch).should_receive('call_hooks').and_return({})
     flexmock(module.borgmatic.hooks.dispatch).should_receive(
         'call_hooks_even_if_unconfigured'
     ).and_return({})
     create_arguments = flexmock(
-        progress=flexmock(), stats=flexmock(), json=flexmock(), list_files=flexmock()
+        repository=flexmock(),
+        progress=flexmock(),
+        stats=flexmock(),
+        json=flexmock(),
+        list_files=flexmock(),
+    )
+    global_arguments = flexmock(monitoring_verbosity=1, dry_run=False)
+
+    list(
+        module.run_create(
+            config_filename='test.yaml',
+            repository='repo',
+            location={},
+            storage={},
+            hooks={},
+            hook_context={},
+            local_borg_version=None,
+            create_arguments=create_arguments,
+            global_arguments=global_arguments,
+            dry_run_label='',
+            local_path=None,
+            remote_path=None,
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def test_run_create_runs_with_select_repository():
+    flexmock(module.logger).answer = lambda message: None
+    flexmock(module.borgmatic.config.validate).should_receive(
+        'repositories_match'
+    ).once().and_return(True)
+    flexmock(module.borgmatic.borg.create).should_receive('create_archive').once()
+    create_arguments = flexmock(
+        repository=flexmock(),
+        progress=flexmock(),
+        stats=flexmock(),
+        json=flexmock(),
+        list_files=flexmock(),
+    )
+    global_arguments = flexmock(monitoring_verbosity=1, dry_run=False)
+
+    list(
+        module.run_create(
+            config_filename='test.yaml',
+            repository='repo',
+            location={},
+            storage={},
+            hooks={},
+            hook_context={},
+            local_borg_version=None,
+            create_arguments=create_arguments,
+            global_arguments=global_arguments,
+            dry_run_label='',
+            local_path=None,
+            remote_path=None,
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def test_run_create_bails_if_repository_does_not_match():
+    flexmock(module.logger).answer = lambda message: None
+    flexmock(module.borgmatic.config.validate).should_receive(
+        'repositories_match'
+    ).once().and_return(False)
+    flexmock(module.borgmatic.borg.create).should_receive('create_archive').never()
+    create_arguments = flexmock(
+        repository=flexmock(),
+        progress=flexmock(),
+        stats=flexmock(),
+        json=flexmock(),
+        list_files=flexmock(),
     )
     global_arguments = flexmock(monitoring_verbosity=1, dry_run=False)