diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5bd553f918..7a718a5b83 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Add `--log-level` option for `vti diagnostics` to configure log level to print. #2752.
 - 🙌 Semantic tokens for typescript and highlight `.value` if using composition API. Thanks to contribution from [@jasonlyu123](https://github.com/jasonlyu123). #2802 #1904 # 2434
+- Add paths option for `vti diagnostics` to diagnose only sub files or directories. #2455.
 
 ### 0.33.1 | 2021-03-07 | [VSIX](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/octref/vsextensions/vetur/0.33.1/vspackage)
 
diff --git a/vti/src/cli.ts b/vti/src/cli.ts
index 0596393039..e027ea3818 100644
--- a/vti/src/cli.ts
+++ b/vti/src/cli.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function validateLogLevel(logLevelInput: unknown): logLevelInput is LogLevel {
   program.name('vti').description('Vetur Terminal Interface').version(getVersion());
 
   program
-    .command('diagnostics [workspace]')
+    .command('diagnostics [workspace] [paths...]')
     .description('Print all diagnostics')
     .addOption(
       new Option('-l, --log-level <logLevel>', 'Log level to print')
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ function validateLogLevel(logLevelInput: unknown): logLevelInput is LogLevel {
         // logLevels is readonly array but .choices need read-write array (because of weak typing)
         .choices((logLevels as unknown) as string[])
     )
-    .action(async (workspace, options) => {
+    .action(async (workspace, paths, options) => {
       const logLevelOption: unknown = options.logLevel;
       if (!validateLogLevel(logLevelOption)) {
         throw new Error(`Invalid log level: ${logLevelOption}`);
       }
-      await diagnostics(workspace, logLevelOption);
+      await diagnostics(workspace, paths, logLevelOption);
     });
 
   program.parse(process.argv);
diff --git a/vti/src/commands/diagnostics.ts b/vti/src/commands/diagnostics.ts
index 93632edecb..02ec65a5b7 100644
--- a/vti/src/commands/diagnostics.ts
+++ b/vti/src/commands/diagnostics.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const logLevel2Severity = {
   HINT: DiagnosticSeverity.Hint
 };
 
-export async function diagnostics(workspace: string | null, logLevel: LogLevel) {
+export async function diagnostics(workspace: string | null, paths: string[], logLevel: LogLevel) {
   console.log('====================================');
   console.log('Getting Vetur diagnostics');
   let workspaceUri;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export async function diagnostics(workspace: string | null, logLevel: LogLevel)
     workspaceUri = URI.file(process.cwd());
   }
 
-  const errCount = await getDiagnostics(workspaceUri, logLevel2Severity[logLevel]);
+  const errCount = await getDiagnostics(workspaceUri, paths, logLevel2Severity[logLevel]);
   console.log('====================================');
 
   if (errCount === 0) {
@@ -121,10 +121,28 @@ function range2Location(range: Range): SourceLocation {
   };
 }
 
-async function getDiagnostics(workspaceUri: URI, severity: DiagnosticSeverity) {
+async function getDiagnostics(workspaceUri: URI, paths: string[], severity: DiagnosticSeverity) {
   const clientConnection = await prepareClientConnection(workspaceUri);
 
-  const files = glob.sync('**/*.vue', { cwd: workspaceUri.fsPath, ignore: ['node_modules/**'] });
+  let files: string[];
+  if (paths.length === 0) {
+    files = glob.sync('**/*.vue', { cwd: workspaceUri.fsPath, ignore: ['node_modules/**'] });
+  } else {
+    // Could use `flatMap` once available:
+    const listOfPaths = paths.map(inputPath => {
+      const absPath = path.resolve(workspaceUri.fsPath, inputPath);
+
+      if (fs.lstatSync(absPath).isFile()) {
+        return [inputPath];
+      }
+
+      const directory = URI.file(absPath);
+      const directoryFiles = glob.sync('**/*.vue', { cwd: directory.fsPath, ignore: ['node_modules/**'] });
+      return directoryFiles.map(f => path.join(inputPath, f));
+    });
+
+    files = listOfPaths.reduce((acc: string[], paths) => [...acc, ...paths], []);
+  }
 
   if (files.length === 0) {
     console.log('No input files');