diff --git a/cli/index.ts b/cli/index.ts
index 452d71f5f..ae6b4b7b5 100644
--- a/cli/index.ts
+++ b/cli/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import parseDuration from "parse-duration";
 import * as path from "path";
 import yargs from "yargs";
 
-import { build, compile, credentials, init, install, run, test } from "df/cli/api";
+import { build, compile, credentials, init, install, prune, run, test } from "df/cli/api";
 import { CREDENTIALS_FILENAME } from "df/cli/api/commands/credentials";
 import { BigQueryDbAdapter } from "df/cli/api/dbadapters/bigquery";
 import { prettyJsonStringify } from "df/cli/api/utils";
@@ -393,6 +393,10 @@ export function runCli() {
           dotOutputOption,
           timeoutOption,
           quietCompileOption,
+          actionsOption,
+          tagsOption,
+          includeDepsOption,
+          includeDependentsOption,
           {
             name: verboseOptionName,
             option: {
@@ -429,7 +433,24 @@ export function runCli() {
               timeoutMillis: argv[timeoutOption.name] || undefined,
               verbose: argv[verboseOptionName] || false
             });
-            printCompiledGraph(compiledGraph, outputType, argv[quietCompileOption.name]);
+
+            // The whole project must compile (ref() resolution needs every action
+            // registered), but the printed output can be filtered to the selected
+            // action(s) -- mirroring how `run`/`build` prune the graph. We only prune
+            // a clean graph; if compilation produced errors we print the full graph
+            // plus the errors, keeping graph-level errors as-is.
+            const hasSelector =
+              argv[actionsOption.name]?.length > 0 || argv[tagsOption.name]?.length > 0;
+            const outputGraph =
+              hasSelector && !compiledGraphHasErrors(compiledGraph)
+                ? prune(compiledGraph, {
+                    actions: argv[actionsOption.name],
+                    tags: argv[tagsOption.name],
+                    includeDependencies: argv[includeDepsOption.name],
+                    includeDependents: argv[includeDependentsOption.name]
+                  })
+                : compiledGraph;
+            printCompiledGraph(outputGraph, outputType, argv[quietCompileOption.name]);
             if (compiledGraphHasErrors(compiledGraph)) {
               print("");
               printCompiledGraphErrors(compiledGraph.graphErrors, argv[quietCompileOption.name]);
diff --git a/cli/index_compile_test.ts b/cli/index_compile_test.ts
index 4f82799b7..c59c7576d 100644
--- a/cli/index_compile_test.ts
+++ b/cli/index_compile_test.ts
@@ -361,6 +361,139 @@ SELECT 1 as id
   });
 });
 
+suite("compile node selection", ({ afterEach }) => {
+  const tmpDirFixture = new TmpDirFixture(afterEach);
+
+  // Builds a project with three tables: upstream -> midstream -> downstream.
+  async function setupSelectionProject(): Promise<string> {
+    const projectDir = tmpDirFixture.createNewTmpDir();
+    const npmCacheDir = tmpDirFixture.createNewTmpDir();
+
+    await getProcessResult(
+      execFile(nodePath, [cliEntryPointPath, "init", projectDir, DEFAULT_DATABASE, DEFAULT_LOCATION])
+    );
+
+    const workflowSettingsPath = path.join(projectDir, "workflow_settings.yaml");
+    const workflowSettings = dataform.WorkflowSettings.create(
+      loadYaml(fs.readFileSync(workflowSettingsPath, "utf8"))
+    );
+    delete workflowSettings.dataformCoreVersion;
+    fs.writeFileSync(workflowSettingsPath, dumpYaml(workflowSettings));
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(projectDir, "package.json"),
+      `{
+  "dependencies":{
+    "@dataform/core": "${version}"
+  }
+}`
+    );
+    await getProcessResult(
+      execFile(npmPath, [
+        "install",
+        "--prefix",
+        projectDir,
+        "--cache",
+        npmCacheDir,
+        corePackageTarPath
+      ])
+    );
+
+    const def = (name: string, contents: string) => {
+      const filePath = path.join(projectDir, "definitions", `${name}.sqlx`);
+      fs.ensureFileSync(filePath);
+      fs.writeFileSync(filePath, contents);
+    };
+    def("upstream", `config { type: "table", tags: ["daily"] }\nSELECT 1 AS id`);
+    def("midstream", `config { type: "table" }\nSELECT * FROM \${ref("upstream")}`);
+    def("downstream", `config { type: "table" }\nSELECT * FROM \${ref("midstream")}`);
+
+    return projectDir;
+  }
+
+  const tableNames = (stdout: string): string[] =>
+    JSON.parse(stdout).tables.map((table: any) => table.target.name).sort();
+
+  test("no selector emits the entire graph", async () => {
+    const projectDir = await setupSelectionProject();
+    const result = await getProcessResult(
+      execFile(nodePath, [cliEntryPointPath, "compile", projectDir, "--json"])
+    );
+    expect(result.exitCode, result.stderr).equals(0);
+    expect(tableNames(result.stdout)).deep.equals(["downstream", "midstream", "upstream"]);
+  });
+
+  test("--actions filters output to the selected action", async () => {
+    const projectDir = await setupSelectionProject();
+    const result = await getProcessResult(
+      execFile(nodePath, [cliEntryPointPath, "compile", projectDir, "--actions", "midstream", "--json"])
+    );
+    expect(result.exitCode, result.stderr).equals(0);
+    expect(tableNames(result.stdout)).deep.equals(["midstream"]);
+  });
+
+  test("--actions --include-deps pulls in upstream dependencies", async () => {
+    const projectDir = await setupSelectionProject();
+    const result = await getProcessResult(
+      execFile(nodePath, [
+        cliEntryPointPath,
+        "compile",
+        projectDir,
+        "--actions",
+        "midstream",
+        "--include-deps",
+        "--json"
+      ])
+    );
+    expect(result.exitCode, result.stderr).equals(0);
+    expect(tableNames(result.stdout)).deep.equals(["midstream", "upstream"]);
+  });
+
+  test("--actions --include-dependents pulls in downstream dependents", async () => {
+    const projectDir = await setupSelectionProject();
+    const result = await getProcessResult(
+      execFile(nodePath, [
+        cliEntryPointPath,
+        "compile",
+        projectDir,
+        "--actions",
+        "midstream",
+        "--include-dependents",
+        "--json"
+      ])
+    );
+    expect(result.exitCode, result.stderr).equals(0);
+    expect(tableNames(result.stdout)).deep.equals(["downstream", "midstream"]);
+  });
+
+  test("--tags filters output to actions carrying the tag", async () => {
+    const projectDir = await setupSelectionProject();
+    const result = await getProcessResult(
+      execFile(nodePath, [cliEntryPointPath, "compile", projectDir, "--tags", "daily", "--json"])
+    );
+    expect(result.exitCode, result.stderr).equals(0);
+    expect(tableNames(result.stdout)).deep.equals(["upstream"]);
+  });
+
+  test("selector matching nothing emits an empty graph and exits zero", async () => {
+    const projectDir = await setupSelectionProject();
+    const result = await getProcessResult(
+      execFile(nodePath, [cliEntryPointPath, "compile", projectDir, "--actions", "nope", "--json"])
+    );
+    expect(result.exitCode, result.stderr).equals(0);
+    expect(tableNames(result.stdout)).deep.equals([]);
+  });
+
+  test("--include-deps without a selector is rejected", async () => {
+    const projectDir = await setupSelectionProject();
+    const result = await getProcessResult(
+      execFile(nodePath, [cliEntryPointPath, "compile", projectDir, "--include-deps", "--json"])
+    );
+    expect(result.exitCode).not.equals(0);
+    expect(result.stderr).contains("--include-deps");
+  });
+});
+
 suite("extension config", ({ afterEach }) => {
   const tmpDirFixture = new TmpDirFixture(afterEach);