diff --git a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/json/schema/metadataIngestion/databaseServiceMetadataPipeline.json b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/json/schema/metadataIngestion/databaseServiceMetadataPipeline.json
index 1f658bda434..1cb68ba1aad 100644
--- a/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/json/schema/metadataIngestion/databaseServiceMetadataPipeline.json
+++ b/catalog-rest-service/src/main/resources/json/schema/metadataIngestion/databaseServiceMetadataPipeline.json
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@
       "description": "Regex exclude tables or databases that matches the pattern.",
       "$ref": "../type/filterPattern.json#/definitions/filterPattern"
     },
+    "databaseFilterPattern": {
+      "description": "Regex to only fetch databases that matches the pattern.",
+      "$ref": "../type/filterPattern.json#/definitions/filterPattern"
+    },
     "dbtConfigSource": {
       "title": "DBT Configuration Source",
       "description": "Available sources to fetch DBT catalog and manifest files.",
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/postgres.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/postgres.py
index e7b4144a612..c1acd1bca2e 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/postgres.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/postgres.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from metadata.generated.schema.type.entityReference import EntityReference
 from metadata.ingestion.api.source import InvalidSourceException, SourceStatus
 from metadata.ingestion.source.sql_source import SQLSource
 from metadata.utils.connections import get_connection
+from metadata.utils.filters import filter_by_database
 from metadata.utils.logger import ingestion_logger
 
 TableKey = namedtuple("TableKey", ["schema", "table_name"])
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ class PostgresSource(SQLSource):
             for res in results:
                 row = list(res)
                 try:
+                    if filter_by_database(
+                        self.source_config.databaseFilterPattern, database_name=row[0]
+                    ):
+                        self.status.filter(row[0], "Database pattern not allowed")
+                        continue
                     logger.info(f"Ingesting from database: {row[0]}")
                     self.service_connection.database = row[0]
                     self.engine = get_connection(
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/filters.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/filters.py
index b10a30fe6bc..36d92dbd0d1 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/filters.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/filters.py
@@ -160,3 +160,18 @@ def filter_by_fqn(fqn_filter_pattern: Optional[FilterPattern], fqn: str) -> bool
     :return: True for filtering, False otherwise
     """
     return _filter(fqn_filter_pattern, fqn)
+
+
+def filter_by_database(
+    database_filter_pattern: Optional[FilterPattern], database_name: str
+) -> bool:
+    """
+    Return True if the schema needs to be filtered, False otherwise
+
+    Include takes precedence over exclude
+
+    :param database_filter_pattern: Model defining database filtering logic
+    :param database_name: table database name
+    :return: True for filtering, False otherwise
+    """
+    return _filter(database_filter_pattern, database_name)
diff --git a/openmetadata-airflow-apis/examples/deploy_dag.json b/openmetadata-airflow-apis/examples/deploy_dag.json
index 0702b4ef0d1..376c1f2f05b 100644
--- a/openmetadata-airflow-apis/examples/deploy_dag.json
+++ b/openmetadata-airflow-apis/examples/deploy_dag.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         "sampleDataQuery": "select * from {}.{} limit 50",
         "enableDataProfiler": false,
         "schemaFilterPattern": null,
+        "databaseFilterPattern":null,
         "tableFilterPattern": null,
         "dbtCatalogFilePath": null,
         "dbtManifestFilePath": null