1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index 9e291c2a584..4b4e0d35e14 100755
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -1842,14 +1842,17 @@ class TarFile(object):
                 tarinfo.devminor = os.minor(statres.st_rdev)
         return tarinfo
 
-    def list(self, verbose=True):
+    def list(self, verbose=True, *, members=None):
         """Print a table of contents to sys.stdout. If `verbose' is False, only
            the names of the members are printed. If it is True, an `ls -l'-like
-           output is produced.
+           output is produced. `members' is optional and must be a subset of the
+           list returned by getmembers().
         """
         self._check()
 
-        for tarinfo in self:
+        if members is None:
+            members = self
+        for tarinfo in members:
             if verbose:
                 _safe_print(stat.filemode(tarinfo.mode))
                 _safe_print("%s/%s" % (tarinfo.uname or tarinfo.uid,