diff --git a/stackdriver_exporter.go b/stackdriver_exporter.go
index 760cb71b..cebb87d0 100644
--- a/stackdriver_exporter.go
+++ b/stackdriver_exporter.go
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ var (
 		"google.project-id", "Comma seperated list of Google Project IDs.",
 	).String()
 
+	projectsQuery = kingpin.Flag(
+		"google.projects.filter", "Google projects search query.",
+	).String()
+
 	stackdriverMaxRetries = kingpin.Flag(
 		"stackdriver.max-retries", "Max number of retries that should be attempted on 503 errors from stackdriver.",
 	).Default("0").Int()
@@ -261,8 +265,8 @@ func main() {
 	logger := promlog.New(promlogConfig)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	if *projectID == "" {
-		level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "no projectID was provided. Trying to discover it")
+	if *projectID == "" && *projectsQuery == "" {
+		level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Neither projectID nor projectsQuery was provided. Trying to discover it")
 		var err error
 		projectID, err = getDefaultGCPProject(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -273,7 +277,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Starting stackdriver_exporter", "version", version.Info())
 	level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Build context", "build_context", version.BuildContext())
-	level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Using Google Cloud Project ID", "projectID", *projectID)
 
 	monitoringService, err := createMonitoringService(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -281,7 +284,23 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	projectIDs := strings.Split(*projectID, ",")
+	var projectIDs []string
+
+	if *projectsQuery != "" {
+		level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Using Google Cloud Projects Query", "projectsQuery", *projectsQuery)
+		projectIDs, err = utils.GetProjectIDsFromQuery(ctx, *projectsQuery)
+		if err != nil {
+			level.Error(logger).Log("msg", "failed to get project IDs from query", "err", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if *projectID != "" {
+		projectIDs = append(projectIDs, strings.Split(*projectID, ",")...)
+	}
+
+	level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Using Google Cloud Project IDs", "projectIDs", fmt.Sprintf("%v", projectIDs))
+
 	metricsTypePrefixes := strings.Split(*monitoringMetricsTypePrefixes, ",")
 	metricExtraFilters := parseMetricExtraFilters()
 
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 9809bdf6..e56c18e4 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/camelcase"
+	"google.golang.org/api/cloudresourcemanager/v1"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -50,3 +52,25 @@ func GetExtraFilterModifiers(extraFilter string, separator string) (string, stri
 func ProjectResource(projectID string) string {
 	return "projects/" + projectID
 }
+
+// GetProjectIDsFromQuery returns a list of project IDs from a Google Cloud organization using a query filter.
+func GetProjectIDsFromQuery(ctx context.Context, query string) ([]string, error) {
+	var projectIDs []string
+
+	service, err := cloudresourcemanager.NewService(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	projects := service.Projects.List().Filter(query)
+	if err := projects.Pages(context.Background(), func(page *cloudresourcemanager.ListProjectsResponse) error {
+		for _, project := range page.Projects {
+			projectIDs = append(projectIDs, project.ProjectId)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return projectIDs, nil
+}