diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
index 97c709b21..32baf05e7 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.md
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@cyphar.com>
 Alexander O. Yuriev <alex@bach.cis.temple.edu>
 Algis Rudys <arudys@rice.edu>
 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
+Andy Zaugg <andy.zaugg@gmail.com>
 Aniello Del Sorbo <anidel@edu-gw.dia.unisa.it>
 Anton Gluck <gluc@midway.uchicago.edu>
 Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <misiek@pld.org.pl>
diff --git a/man/usermod.8.xml b/man/usermod.8.xml
index 79f1a5b8e..f8d9a9225 100644
--- a/man/usermod.8.xml
+++ b/man/usermod.8.xml
@@ -326,6 +326,17 @@
 	  </para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term>
+	  <option>-r</option>, <option>--remove</option>
+	</term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>
+	    Remove the user from named supplementary group(s). Use only with the
+	    <option>-G</option> option.
+	  </para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
 	<term>
 	  <option>-R</option>, <option>--root</option>&nbsp;<replaceable>CHROOT_DIR</replaceable>
diff --git a/src/usermod.c b/src/usermod.c
index 1069be1e1..4e0e88cf2 100644
--- a/src/usermod.c
+++ b/src/usermod.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static bool
     mflg = false,		/* create user's home directory if it doesn't exist */
     oflg = false,		/* permit non-unique user ID to be specified with -u */
     pflg = false,		/* new encrypted password */
+    rflg = false,		/* remove a user from a single group */
     sflg = false,		/* new shell program */
 #ifdef WITH_SELINUX
     Zflg = false,		/* new selinux user */
@@ -424,6 +425,9 @@ static /*@noreturn@*/void usage (int status)
 	(void) fputs (_("  -a, --append                  append the user to the supplemental GROUPS\n"
 	                "                                mentioned by the -G option without removing\n"
 	                "                                the user from other groups\n"), usageout);
+	(void) fputs (_("  -r, --remove                  remove the user from only the supplemental GROUPS\n"
+	                "                                mentioned by the -G option without removing\n"
+	                "                                the user from other groups\n"), usageout);
 	(void) fputs (_("  -h, --help                    display this help message and exit\n"), usageout);
 	(void) fputs (_("  -l, --login NEW_LOGIN         new value of the login name\n"), usageout);
 	(void) fputs (_("  -L, --lock                    lock the user account\n"), usageout);
@@ -751,6 +755,14 @@ static void update_group (void)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		* If rflg+Gflg  is passed in AKA -rG invert is_member flag, which removes
+		* mentioned groups while leaving the others.
+		*/
+		if (Gflg && rflg && was_member) {
+			is_member = !is_member;
+		}
+
 		ngrp = __gr_dup (grp);
 		if (NULL == ngrp) {
 			fprintf (stderr,
@@ -866,6 +878,14 @@ static void update_gshadow (void)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		* If rflg+Gflg  is passed in AKA -rG invert is_member, to remove targeted
+		* groups while leaving the user apart of groups not mentioned
+		*/
+		if (Gflg && rflg && was_member) {
+			is_member = !is_member;
+		}
+
 		nsgrp = __sgr_dup (sgrp);
 		if (NULL == nsgrp) {
 			fprintf (stderr,
@@ -1014,6 +1034,7 @@ static void process_flags (int argc, char **argv)
 			{"move-home",    no_argument,       NULL, 'm'},
 			{"non-unique",   no_argument,       NULL, 'o'},
 			{"password",     required_argument, NULL, 'p'},
+			{"remove",       no_argument,       NULL, 'r'},
 			{"root",         required_argument, NULL, 'R'},
 			{"prefix",       required_argument, NULL, 'P'},
 			{"shell",        required_argument, NULL, 's'},
@@ -1031,7 +1052,7 @@ static void process_flags (int argc, char **argv)
 			{NULL, 0, NULL, '\0'}
 		};
 		while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv,
-		                         "abc:d:e:f:g:G:hl:Lmop:R:s:u:UP:"
+		                         "abc:d:e:f:g:G:hl:Lmop:rR:s:u:UP:"
 #ifdef ENABLE_SUBIDS
 		                         "v:w:V:W:"
 #endif				/* ENABLE_SUBIDS */
@@ -1141,6 +1162,9 @@ static void process_flags (int argc, char **argv)
 				user_pass = optarg;
 				pflg = true;
 				break;
+			case 'r':
+				rflg = true;
+				break;
 			case 'R': /* no-op, handled in process_root_flag () */
 				break;
 			case 'P': /* no-op, handled in process_prefix_flag () */
@@ -1342,6 +1366,20 @@ static void process_flags (int argc, char **argv)
 		usage (E_USAGE);
 	}
 
+	if (rflg && (!Gflg)) {
+		fprintf (stderr,
+		         _("%s: %s flag is only allowed with the %s flag\n"),
+		         Prog, "-r", "-G");
+		usage (E_USAGE);
+	}
+
+	if (rflg && aflg) {
+		fprintf (stderr,
+		         _("%s: %s and %s are mutually exclusive flags\n"),
+		         Prog, "-r", "-a");
+		usage (E_USAGE);
+	}
+
 	if ((Lflg && (pflg || Uflg)) || (pflg && Uflg)) {
 		fprintf (stderr,
 		         _("%s: the -L, -p, and -U flags are exclusive\n"),