diff --git a/bdfr/__main__.py b/bdfr/__main__.py
index 67e4f99..367f8c6 100644
--- a/bdfr/__main__.py
+++ b/bdfr/__main__.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import sys
 import click
 
 from bdfr.archiver import Archiver
+from bdfr.cloner import RedditCloner
 from bdfr.configuration import Configuration
 from bdfr.downloader import RedditDownloader
-from bdfr.cloner import RedditCloner
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
 
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ _common_options = [
     click.option('--authenticate', is_flag=True, default=None),
     click.option('--config', type=str, default=None),
     click.option('--disable-module', multiple=True, default=None, type=str),
+    click.option('--include-id-file', multiple=True, default=None),
     click.option('--log', type=str, default=None),
     click.option('--saved', is_flag=True, default=None),
     click.option('--search', default=None, type=str),
@@ -26,12 +27,12 @@ _common_options = [
     click.option('-L', '--limit', default=None, type=int),
     click.option('-l', '--link', multiple=True, default=None, type=str),
     click.option('-m', '--multireddit', multiple=True, default=None, type=str),
+    click.option('-S', '--sort', type=click.Choice(('hot', 'top', 'new', 'controversial', 'rising', 'relevance')),
+                 default=None),
     click.option('-s', '--subreddit', multiple=True, default=None, type=str),
-    click.option('-v', '--verbose', default=None, count=True),
-    click.option('-u', '--user', type=str, multiple=True, default=None),
     click.option('-t', '--time', type=click.Choice(('all', 'hour', 'day', 'week', 'month', 'year')), default=None),
-    click.option('-S', '--sort', type=click.Choice(('hot', 'top', 'new',
-                                                    'controversial', 'rising', 'relevance')), default=None),
+    click.option('-u', '--user', type=str, multiple=True, default=None),
+    click.option('-v', '--verbose', default=None, count=True),
 ]
 
 _downloader_options = [
diff --git a/bdfr/configuration.py b/bdfr/configuration.py
index 36a1860..bc4c541 100644
--- a/bdfr/configuration.py
+++ b/bdfr/configuration.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class Configuration(Namespace):
         self.exclude_id_file = []
         self.file_scheme: str = '{REDDITOR}_{TITLE}_{POSTID}'
         self.folder_scheme: str = '{SUBREDDIT}'
+        self.include_id_file = []
         self.limit: Optional[int] = None
         self.link: list[str] = []
         self.log: Optional[str] = None
diff --git a/bdfr/connector.py b/bdfr/connector.py
index 0e78c8c..a379847 100644
--- a/bdfr/connector.py
+++ b/bdfr/connector.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import configparser
 import importlib.resources
+import itertools
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import re
@@ -78,7 +79,12 @@ class RedditConnector(metaclass=ABCMeta):
         self.create_reddit_instance()
         self.args.user = list(filter(None, [self.resolve_user_name(user) for user in self.args.user]))
 
-        self.excluded_submission_ids = self.read_excluded_ids()
+        self.excluded_submission_ids = set.union(
+            self.read_id_files(self.args.exclude_id_file),
+            set(self.args.exclude_id),
+        )
+
+        self.args.link = list(itertools.chain(self.args.link, self.read_id_files(self.args.include_id_file)))
 
         self.master_hash_list = {}
         self.authenticator = self.create_authenticator()
@@ -403,13 +409,13 @@ class RedditConnector(metaclass=ABCMeta):
         except prawcore.Forbidden:
             raise errors.BulkDownloaderException(f'Source {subreddit.display_name} is private and cannot be scraped')
 
-    def read_excluded_ids(self) -> set[str]:
+    @staticmethod
+    def read_id_files(file_locations: list[str]) -> set[str]:
         out = []
-        out.extend(self.args.exclude_id)
-        for id_file in self.args.exclude_id_file:
+        for id_file in file_locations:
             id_file = Path(id_file).resolve().expanduser()
             if not id_file.exists():
-                logger.warning(f'ID exclusion file at {id_file} does not exist')
+                logger.warning(f'ID file at {id_file} does not exist')
                 continue
             with open(id_file, 'r') as file:
                 for line in file:
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/test_download_integration.py b/tests/integration_tests/test_download_integration.py
index 305fe99..cb4a273 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/test_download_integration.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/test_download_integration.py
@@ -306,3 +306,17 @@ def test_cli_download_disable_modules(test_args: list[str], tmp_path: Path):
     assert result.exit_code == 0
     assert 'skipped due to disabled module' in result.output
     assert 'Downloaded submission' not in result.output
+
+
+@pytest.mark.online
+@pytest.mark.reddit
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not does_test_config_exist, reason='A test config file is required for integration tests')
+def test_cli_download_include_id_file(tmp_path: Path):
+    test_file = Path(tmp_path, 'include.txt')
+    test_args = ['--include-id-file', str(test_file)]
+    test_file.write_text('odr9wg\nody576')
+    runner = CliRunner()
+    test_args = create_basic_args_for_download_runner(test_args, tmp_path)
+    result = runner.invoke(cli, test_args)
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert 'Downloaded submission' in result.output
diff --git a/tests/test_connector.py b/tests/test_connector.py
index 15eede1..2dd76f9 100644
--- a/tests/test_connector.py
+++ b/tests/test_connector.py
@@ -339,11 +339,10 @@ def test_split_subreddit_entries(test_subreddit_entries: list[str], expected: se
     assert results == expected
 
 
-def test_read_excluded_submission_ids_from_file(downloader_mock: MagicMock, tmp_path: Path):
+def test_read_submission_ids_from_file(downloader_mock: MagicMock, tmp_path: Path):
     test_file = tmp_path / 'test.txt'
     test_file.write_text('aaaaaa\nbbbbbb')
-    downloader_mock.args.exclude_id_file = [test_file]
-    results = RedditConnector.read_excluded_ids(downloader_mock)
+    results = RedditConnector.read_id_files([str(test_file)])
     assert results == {'aaaaaa', 'bbbbbb'}