diff --git a/cmdline/check.c b/cmdline/check.c
index fb0283b2..2159c8b7 100644
--- a/cmdline/check.c
+++ b/cmdline/check.c
@@ -801,8 +801,21 @@ static int block_is_enabled(struct snapraid_state* state, block_off_t i, struct
 	unsigned j;
 	unsigned l;
 
+	/* filter for bad blocks */
+	if (state->opt.badblockonly) {
+		snapraid_info info;
+
+		/* get block specific info */
+		info = info_get(&state->infoarr, i);
+
+		/*
+		 * Filter specifically only for bad blocks
+		 */
+		return info_get_bad(info);
+	}
+
 	/* filter for the parity */
-	if (state->opt.badonly) {
+	if (state->opt.badfileonly) {
 		snapraid_info info;
 
 		/* get block specific info */
diff --git a/cmdline/snapraid.c b/cmdline/snapraid.c
index f92ae1e6..36656662 100644
--- a/cmdline/snapraid.c
+++ b/cmdline/snapraid.c
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ struct option long_options[] = {
 	{ "filter-disk", 1, 0, 'd' },
 	{ "filter-missing", 0, 0, 'm' },
 	{ "filter-error", 0, 0, 'e' },
+	{ "filter-block-error", 0, 0, 'b' },
 	{ "percentage", 1, 0, 'p' }, /* legacy name for --plan */
 	{ "plan", 1, 0, 'p' },
 	{ "older-than", 1, 0, 'o' },
@@ -478,7 +479,7 @@ struct option long_options[] = {
 };
 #endif
 
-#define OPTIONS "c:f:d:mep:o:S:B:L:i:l:ZEUDNFRahTC:vqHVG"
+#define OPTIONS "c:f:d:mebp:o:S:B:L:i:l:ZEUDNFRahTC:vqHVG"
 
 volatile int global_interrupt = 0;
 
@@ -627,10 +628,18 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 			opt.expected_missing = 1;
 			break;
 		case 'e' :
-			/* when processing only error, we filter both files and blocks */
+			/* when processing only error, we filter files */
 			/* and we apply fixes only to synced ones */
 			filter_error = 1;
-			opt.badonly = 1;
+			opt.badfileonly = 1;
+			opt.syncedonly = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'b' :
+			/* when processing only block with error, we filter both files and blocks */
+			/* and we apply fixes only to synced ones */
+			filter_error = 1;
+			opt.badfileonly = 1;
+			opt.badblockonly = 1;
 			opt.syncedonly = 1;
 			break;
 		case 'p' :
diff --git a/cmdline/state.h b/cmdline/state.h
index 47947589..e91e0cfe 100644
--- a/cmdline/state.h
+++ b/cmdline/state.h
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ extern volatile int global_interrupt;
 struct snapraid_option {
 	int gui; /**< Gui output. */
 	int auditonly; /**< In check, checks only the hash and not the parity. */
-	int badonly; /**< In fix, fixes only the blocks marked as bad. */
+	int badfileonly; /**< In fix, fixes only files marked as bad. */
+	int badblockonly; /**< In fix, fixes only the blocks marked as bad. */
 	int syncedonly; /**< In fix, fixes only files that are synced. */
 	int prehash; /**< Enables the prehash mode for sync. */
 	unsigned io_error_limit; /**< Max number of input/output errors before aborting. */