diff --git a/docs/ragenix.1 b/docs/ragenix.1
index 78ab95e..58e6f38 100644
--- a/docs/ragenix.1
+++ b/docs/ragenix.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" generated with Ronn-NG/v0.9.1
-.\" http://github.com/apjanke/ronn-ng/tree/0.9.1
-.TH "RAGENIX" "1" "January 2022" ""
+.\" generated with Ronn-NG/v0.10.1
+.\" http://github.com/apjanke/ronn-ng/tree/0.10.1
+.TH "RAGENIX" "1" "January 1980" ""
 .SH "NAME"
 \fBragenix\fR \- age\-encrypted secrets for Nix
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Use the given \fIPROGRAM\fR to open the decrypted file for editing\. Defaults to
 .IP
 Giving the special token \fB\-\fR as a \fIPROGRAM\fR causes \fBragenix\fR to read from standard input\. In this case, \fBragenix\fR stream\-encrypts data from standard input only and does not open the file for editing\.
 .TP
-\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-rekey\fR
-Decrypt all secrets given in the rules configuration file and encrypt them with the defined public keys\. If a secret file does not exist yet, it is ignored\. This option is useful to grant a new recipient access to one or multiple secrets\.
+\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-rekey\fR [PATH]
+Decrypt secrets given in the rules configuration file and encrypt them with the defined public keys\. If no paths are given, rekey all secrets\. If no paths are given and a secret file does not exist yet, it is ignored\. This option is useful to grant a new recipient access to one or multiple secrets\.
 .IP
 If the \fB\-\-identity\fR option is not given, \fBragenix\fR tries to decrypt \fIPATH\fR with the default SSH private keys\. See \fB\-\-identity\fR for details\.
 .IP
diff --git a/docs/ragenix.1.html b/docs/ragenix.1.html
index 5959865..48f7bbf 100644
--- a/docs/ragenix.1.html
+++ b/docs/ragenix.1.html
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ <h2 id="OPTIONS">OPTIONS</h2>
   input only and does not open the file for editing.</p>
 </dd>
 <dt>
-<code>-r</code>, <code>--rekey</code>
-</dt>
-<dd>  Decrypt all secrets given in the rules configuration file and encrypt them
-  with the defined public keys. If a secret file does not exist yet, it is
+<code>-r</code>, <code>--rekey</code> [PATH]</dt>
+<dd>  Decrypt secrets given in the rules configuration file and encrypt them
+  with the defined public keys. If no paths are given, rekey all secrets.
+  If no paths are given and a secret file does not exist yet, it is
   ignored. This option is useful to grant a new recipient access to one or
   multiple secrets.
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ <h2 id="AUTHORS">AUTHORS</h2>
 
   <ol class='man-decor man-foot man foot'>
     <li class='tl'></li>
-    <li class='tc'>January 2022</li>
+    <li class='tc'>January 1980</li>
     <li class='tr'>ragenix(1)</li>
   </ol>
 
diff --git a/docs/ragenix.1.ronn b/docs/ragenix.1.ronn
index 9d77c9d..22b7957 100644
--- a/docs/ragenix.1.ronn
+++ b/docs/ragenix.1.ronn
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ store.
     standard input. In this case, `ragenix` stream-encrypts data from standard
     input only and does not open the file for editing.
 
-* `-r`, `--rekey`:
-    Decrypt all secrets given in the rules configuration file and encrypt them
-    with the defined public keys. If a secret file does not exist yet, it is
+* `-r`, `--rekey` [PATH]:
+    Decrypt secrets given in the rules configuration file and encrypt them
+    with the defined public keys. If no paths are given, rekey all secrets.
+    If no paths are given and a secret file does not exist yet, it is
     ignored. This option is useful to grant a new recipient access to one or
     multiple secrets.
 
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 252c1b7..c50d0e9 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Opts {
     pub edit: Option<String>,
     pub editor: Option<String>,
     pub identities: Option<Vec<String>>,
-    pub rekey: bool,
+    pub rekey: Option<Vec<String>>,
     pub rules: String,
     pub schema: bool,
     pub verbose: bool,
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ fn build() -> Command {
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("rekey")
-                .help("re-encrypts all secrets with specified recipients")
+                .help("re-encrypts secrets with specified recipients")
                 .long("rekey")
                 .short('r')
-                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
+                .num_args(0..)
+                .value_name("FILE")
+                .value_hint(ValueHint::FilePath),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("identity")
@@ -107,7 +109,9 @@ where
         identities: matches
             .get_many::<String>("identity")
             .map(|vals| vals.cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>()),
-        rekey: matches.get_flag("rekey"),
+        rekey: matches
+            .get_many::<String>("rekey")
+            .map(|vals| vals.cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>()),
         rules: matches
             .get_one::<String>("rules")
             .cloned()
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cbad641..1a00d73 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use color_eyre::eyre::{eyre, Result};
-use std::{env, fs, path::Path, process};
+use std::{env, path::PathBuf, process};
 
 mod age;
 mod cli;
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         let identities = opts.identities.unwrap_or_default();
 
         if let Some(path) = &opts.edit {
-            let path_normalized = util::normalize_path(Path::new(path));
-            let edit_path = std::env::current_dir()
-                .and_then(fs::canonicalize)
-                .map(|p| p.join(path_normalized))?;
+            let edit_path = util::canonicalize_rule_path(path)?;
             let rule = rules
                 .into_iter()
                 .find(|x| x.path == edit_path)
@@ -41,8 +38,22 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             // `EDITOR`/`--editor` is mandatory if action is `--edit`
             let editor = &opts.editor.unwrap();
             ragenix::edit(&rule, &identities, editor, &mut std::io::stdout())?;
-        } else if opts.rekey {
-            ragenix::rekey(&rules, &identities, &mut std::io::stdout())?;
+        } else if let Some(paths) = opts.rekey {
+            if paths.is_empty() {
+                // Option passed but no files specified - rekey all
+                ragenix::rekey(&rules, &identities, true, &mut std::io::stdout())?;
+            } else {
+                let paths_normalized = paths
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(util::canonicalize_rule_path)
+                    .collect::<Result<Vec<PathBuf>>>()?;
+                let chosen_rules = rules
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .filter(|x| paths_normalized.contains(&x.path))
+                    .collect::<Vec<ragenix::RagenixRule>>();
+
+                ragenix::rekey(&chosen_rules, &identities, false, &mut std::io::stdout())?;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ragenix/mod.rs b/src/ragenix/mod.rs
index 7b14a8a..f066f45 100644
--- a/src/ragenix/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ragenix/mod.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_rules<P: AsRef<Path>>(rules_path: P) -> Result<Vec<RagenixRu
 pub(crate) fn rekey(
     entries: &[RagenixRule],
     identities: &[String],
+    no_exist_ok: bool,
     mut writer: impl Write,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     let identities = age::get_identities(identities)?;
@@ -155,8 +156,10 @@ pub(crate) fn rekey(
         if entry.path.exists() {
             writeln!(writer, "Rekeying {}", entry.path.display())?;
             age::rekey(&entry.path, &identities, &entry.public_keys)?;
-        } else {
+        } else if no_exist_ok {
             writeln!(writer, "Does not exist, ignored: {}", entry.path.display())?;
+        } else {
+            return Err(eyre!("Does not exist: {}", entry.path.display()));
         }
     }
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index e6e96c6..7f6d5d1 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Util functions
 
 use std::{
-    fs::File,
+    fs::{self, File},
     io,
     path::{Component, Path, PathBuf},
 };
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ pub(crate) fn normalize_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
     ret
 }
 
+/// Make an input path absolute relative to the current directory (rules format)
+pub(crate) fn canonicalize_rule_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<PathBuf> {
+    let path_normalized = normalize_path(path.as_ref());
+    Ok(std::env::current_dir()
+        .and_then(fs::canonicalize)
+        .map(|p| p.join(path_normalized))?)
+}
+
 /// Hash a file using SHA-256
 pub(crate) fn sha256<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
     let mut file = File::open(path)?;
diff --git a/tests/ragenix.rs b/tests/ragenix.rs
index bc03b93..abe2059 100644
--- a/tests/ragenix.rs
+++ b/tests/ragenix.rs
@@ -367,6 +367,88 @@ fn rekeying_fails_no_valid_identites() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "recursive-nix"), ignore)]
+fn rekeying_one_works() -> Result<()> {
+    let (_dir, path) = copy_example_to_tmpdir()?;
+
+    let files = &["root.passwd.age"];
+    let expected = files
+        .iter()
+        .map(|s| path.join(s))
+        .map(|p| format!("Rekeying {}", p.display()))
+        .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+        .join("\n")
+        + "\n";
+
+    let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin(crate_name!())?;
+    let assert = cmd
+        .current_dir(&path)
+        .arg("--rekey")
+        .arg(files[0])
+        .arg("--identity")
+        .arg("keys/id_ed25519")
+        .assert();
+
+    assert.success().stdout(expected);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "recursive-nix"), ignore)]
+fn rekeying_one_multiple_works() -> Result<()> {
+    let (_dir, path) = copy_example_to_tmpdir()?;
+
+    let files = &["github-runner.token.age", "root.passwd.age"];
+    let expected = files
+        .iter()
+        .map(|s| path.join(s))
+        .map(|p| format!("Rekeying {}", p.display()))
+        .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+        .join("\n")
+        + "\n";
+
+    let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin(crate_name!())?;
+    let assert = cmd
+        .current_dir(&path)
+        .arg("--rekey")
+        .arg(files[0])
+        .arg(files[1])
+        .arg("--identity")
+        .arg("keys/id_ed25519")
+        .assert();
+
+    assert.success().stdout(expected);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "recursive-nix"), ignore)]
+fn rekeying_one_fails_not_existing_files() -> Result<()> {
+    let (_dir, path) = copy_example_to_tmpdir()?;
+
+    let missing_file = path.join("root.passwd.age");
+    fs::remove_file(&missing_file)?;
+
+    let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin(crate_name!())?;
+    let assert = cmd
+        .current_dir(&path)
+        .arg("--rekey")
+        .arg(&missing_file)
+        .arg("--identity")
+        .arg("keys/id_ed25519")
+        .assert();
+
+    assert.failure().stderr(predicate::str::contains(format!(
+        "Does not exist: {}",
+        missing_file.display()
+    )));
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn prints_schema() -> Result<()> {
     let mut cmd = Command::cargo_bin(crate_name!())?;