diff --git a/docs/generated/devkit/PluginConfiguration.md b/docs/generated/devkit/PluginConfiguration.md
index 72289e36c7..64b7b8baf8 100644
--- a/docs/generated/devkit/PluginConfiguration.md
+++ b/docs/generated/devkit/PluginConfiguration.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Type alias: PluginConfiguration
 
-Ƭ **PluginConfiguration**: `string` \| \{ `options?`: `unknown` ; `plugin`: `string` }
+Ƭ **PluginConfiguration**: `string` \| \{ `exclude?`: `string`[] ; `include?`: `string`[] ; `options?`: `unknown` ; `plugin`: `string` }
diff --git a/packages/nx/schemas/nx-schema.json b/packages/nx/schemas/nx-schema.json
index e724264420..1eb695b298 100644
--- a/packages/nx/schemas/nx-schema.json
+++ b/packages/nx/schemas/nx-schema.json
@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@
                   {
                     "type": "array",
                     "description": "The projects that the targets belong to.",
-                    "items": { "type": "string" }
+                    "items": {
+                      "type": "string"
+                    }
                   }
                 ]
               },
@@ -294,8 +296,12 @@
                 "required": ["input"],
                 "not": {
                   "anyOf": [
-                    { "required": ["projects"] },
-                    { "required": ["dependencies"] }
+                    {
+                      "required": ["projects"]
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "required": ["dependencies"]
+                    }
                   ]
                 }
               }
@@ -327,7 +333,9 @@
             "properties": {
               "externalDependencies": {
                 "type": "array",
-                "items": { "type": "string" },
+                "items": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
                 "description": "The list of external dependencies that our target depends on for `nx:run-commands` and community plugins."
               }
             },
@@ -495,8 +503,12 @@
                     "required": ["target"],
                     "not": {
                       "anyOf": [
-                        { "required": ["projects"] },
-                        { "required": ["dependencies"] }
+                        {
+                          "required": ["projects"]
+                        },
+                        {
+                          "required": ["dependencies"]
+                        }
                       ]
                     }
                   }
@@ -529,6 +541,20 @@
             "options": {
               "type": "object",
               "description": "The options passed to the plugin when creating nodes and dependencies"
+            },
+            "include": {
+              "type": "array",
+              "description": "File patterns which are included by the plugin",
+              "items": {
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            },
+            "exclude": {
+              "type": "array",
+              "description": "File patterns which are excluded by the plugin",
+              "items": {
+                "type": "string"
+              }
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/config/nx-json.ts b/packages/nx/src/config/nx-json.ts
index 9139c7ba4f..7a4e7f7497 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/config/nx-json.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/config/nx-json.ts
@@ -438,7 +438,12 @@ export interface NxJsonConfiguration<T = '*' | string[]> {
 
 export type PluginConfiguration =
   | string
-  | { plugin: string; options?: unknown };
+  | {
+      plugin: string;
+      options?: unknown;
+      include?: string[];
+      exclude?: string[];
+    };
 
 export function readNxJson(root: string = workspaceRoot): NxJsonConfiguration {
   const nxJson = join(root, 'nx.json');
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.ts
index fc95a21768..22b2d38a15 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/utils/project-configuration-utils.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ export function createProjectConfigurations(
   const errors: Array<CreateNodesError | MergeNodesError> = [];
 
   // We iterate over plugins first - this ensures that plugins specified first take precedence.
-  for (const { plugin, options } of plugins) {
+  for (const { plugin, options, include, exclude } of plugins) {
     const [pattern, createNodes] = plugin.createNodes ?? [];
     const pluginResults: Array<
       CreateNodesResultWithContext | Promise<CreateNodesResultWithContext>
@@ -318,10 +318,31 @@ export function createProjectConfigurations(
       continue;
     }
 
-    const matchingConfigFiles: string[] = workspaceFiles.filter(
-      minimatch.filter(pattern, { dot: true })
-    );
+    const matchingConfigFiles: string[] = [];
 
+    for (const file of workspaceFiles) {
+      if (minimatch(file, pattern, { dot: true })) {
+        if (include) {
+          const included = include.some((includedPattern) =>
+            minimatch(file, includedPattern, { dot: true })
+          );
+          if (!included) {
+            continue;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (exclude) {
+          const excluded = include.some((excludedPattern) =>
+            minimatch(file, excludedPattern, { dot: true })
+          );
+          if (excluded) {
+            continue;
+          }
+        }
+
+        matchingConfigFiles.push(file);
+      }
+    }
     for (const file of matchingConfigFiles) {
       performance.mark(`${plugin.name}:createNodes:${file} - start`);
       try {
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/nx-plugin.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/nx-plugin.ts
index 8080feee96..1ab2faa9c1 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/nx-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/nx-plugin.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ export type NxPlugin = NxPluginV1 | NxPluginV2;
 export type LoadedNxPlugin = {
   plugin: NxPluginV2 & Pick<NxPluginV1, 'processProjectGraph'>;
   options?: unknown;
+  include?: string[];
+  exclude?: string[];
 };
 
 // Short lived cache (cleared between cmd runs)
@@ -225,8 +227,22 @@ export async function loadNxPluginAsync(
       ? pluginConfiguration
       : { plugin: pluginConfiguration, options: undefined };
   let pluginModule = nxPluginCache.get(moduleName);
+
+  const include =
+    typeof pluginConfiguration === 'object'
+      ? pluginConfiguration.include
+      : undefined;
+  const exclude =
+    typeof pluginConfiguration === 'object'
+      ? pluginConfiguration.exclude
+      : undefined;
   if (pluginModule) {
-    return { plugin: pluginModule, options };
+    return {
+      plugin: pluginModule,
+      options,
+      include,
+      exclude,
+    };
   }
   performance.mark(`Load Nx Plugin: ${moduleName} - start`);
   let { pluginPath, name } = await getPluginPathAndName(
@@ -246,7 +262,12 @@ export async function loadNxPluginAsync(
     `Load Nx Plugin: ${moduleName} - start`,
     `Load Nx Plugin: ${moduleName} - end`
   );
-  return { plugin, options };
+  return {
+    plugin,
+    options,
+    include,
+    exclude,
+  };
 }
 
 export async function loadNxPlugins(