diff --git a/scripts/cmake-format.sh b/scripts/cmake-format.sh
index 687a77047..eec901b7e 100755
--- a/scripts/cmake-format.sh
+++ b/scripts/cmake-format.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ SCRIPT_PATH=$(realpath "$SCRIPT_PATH")
 SRC_PATH="${SCRIPT_PATH}/.."
 
 FORMAT_ARG="--check"
+REST_ARGS=$@
 if [ $# -ne 0 ]
 then
 	if [ "$1" = "--help" ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ];
 	then
-		echo "usage: $0"
+		echo "usage: $0 [options] [file, file, ...]"
 		echo "\t--check.-c  ... run format check only, no files changed (default)"
 		echo "\t--format,-f ... format files in place"
 		echo "\t--help,-h   ... print this help"
@@ -20,16 +21,21 @@ then
 	if [ "$1" = "--check" ] || [ "$1" = "-c" ];
 	then
 		FORMAT_ARG="--check"
+		REST_ARGS="${@:2}"
 	fi
 	if [ "$1" = "--format" ] || [ "$1" = "-f" ];
 	then
 		FORMAT_ARG="-i"
+		REST_ARGS="${@:2}"
 	fi
 fi
 
-CMAKE_FILES=$(find ${SRC_PATH} -name "*.cmake" -o -name "CMakeLists.txt")
-CMAKE_CI_FILES=$(find ${SRC_PATH}/ci -name "*.txt")
-for FILE in $CMAKE_FILES $CMAKE_CI_FILES;
+if [[ -z REST_ARGS ]];
+then
+	CMAKE_FILES=$(find ${SRC_PATH} -name "*.cmake" -o -name "CMakeLists.txt")
+	CMAKE_CI_FILES=$(find ${SRC_PATH}/ci -name "*.txt")
+fi
+for FILE in $CMAKE_FILES $CMAKE_CI_FILES $REST_ARGS;
 do
 	echo "processing file $FILE..."
 	cmake-format -c "$SCRIPT_PATH/cmake-format.yml" $FORMAT_ARG $FILE