diff --git a/api/compose/api.go b/api/compose/api.go
index 3014401fe..066d39b9e 100644
--- a/api/compose/api.go
+++ b/api/compose/api.go
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ type RestartOptions struct {
 type StopOptions struct {
 	// Timeout override container stop timeout
 	Timeout *time.Duration
+	// Services passed in the command line to be stopped
+	Services []string
 }
 
 // UpOptions group options of the Up API
@@ -187,6 +189,8 @@ type RemoveOptions struct {
 	Volumes bool
 	// Force don't ask to confirm removal
 	Force bool
+	// Services passed in the command line to be removed
+	Services []string
 }
 
 // RunOptions group options of the Run API
diff --git a/cli/cmd/compose/images.go b/cli/cmd/compose/images.go
index edcf8b07e..76bd03ea7 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/compose/images.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/compose/images.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/compose-cli/utils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/stringid"
 
-	units "github.com/docker/go-units"
+	"github.com/docker/go-units"
 )
 
 type imageOptions struct {
diff --git a/cli/cmd/compose/remove.go b/cli/cmd/compose/remove.go
index 753f8300a..9f3814384 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/compose/remove.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/compose/remove.go
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ func runRemove(ctx context.Context, opts removeOptions, services []string) error
 
 	if opts.stop {
 		_, err = progress.Run(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
-			err := c.ComposeService().Stop(ctx, project, compose.StopOptions{})
+			err := c.ComposeService().Stop(ctx, project, compose.StopOptions{
+				Services: services,
+			})
 			return "", err
 		})
 		if err != nil {
@@ -82,7 +84,8 @@ func runRemove(ctx context.Context, opts removeOptions, services []string) error
 	}
 
 	reosurces, err := c.ComposeService().Remove(ctx, project, compose.RemoveOptions{
-		DryRun: true,
+		DryRun:   true,
+		Services: services,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cli/cmd/compose/stop.go b/cli/cmd/compose/stop.go
index f80dc1c94..1884cf1bb 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/compose/stop.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/compose/stop.go
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ func runStop(ctx context.Context, opts stopOptions, services []string) error {
 	}
 	_, err = progress.Run(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 		return "", c.ComposeService().Stop(ctx, project, compose.StopOptions{
-			Timeout: timeout,
+			Timeout:  timeout,
+			Services: services,
 		})
 	})
 	return err
diff --git a/local/compose/remove.go b/local/compose/remove.go
index 1018bc34d..713077d2c 100644
--- a/local/compose/remove.go
+++ b/local/compose/remove.go
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (s *composeService) Remove(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options compose.RemoveOptions) ([]string, error) {
-	containers, err := s.getContainers(ctx, project.Name, oneOffInclude, true)
+	services := options.Services
+	if len(services) == 0 {
+		services = project.ServiceNames()
+	}
+
+	containers, err := s.getContainers(ctx, project.Name, oneOffInclude, true, services...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/local/compose/stop.go b/local/compose/stop.go
index b528312db..0e950e440 100644
--- a/local/compose/stop.go
+++ b/local/compose/stop.go
@@ -27,8 +27,13 @@ import (
 
 func (s *composeService) Stop(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options compose.StopOptions) error {
 	w := progress.ContextWriter(ctx)
+
+	services := options.Services
+	if len(services) == 0 {
+		services = project.ServiceNames()
+	}
 	var containers Containers
-	containers, err := s.getContainers(ctx, project.Name, oneOffInclude, true, project.ServiceNames()...)
+	containers, err := s.getContainers(ctx, project.Name, oneOffInclude, true, services...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}