diff --git a/hbase-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/http/jmx/JMXJsonServlet.java b/hbase-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/http/jmx/JMXJsonServlet.java
index 7e3a79df9d3f..a61e61684dac 100644
--- a/hbase-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/http/jmx/JMXJsonServlet.java
+++ b/hbase-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/http/jmx/JMXJsonServlet.java
@@ -212,7 +212,11 @@ public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) thro
         if (qry == null) {
           qry = "*:*";
         }
-        if (beanWriter.write(this.mBeanServer, new ObjectName(qry), null, description) != 0) {
+        String excl = request.getParameter("excl");
+        ObjectName excluded = excl == null ? null : new ObjectName(excl);
+
+        if (beanWriter.write(this.mBeanServer, new ObjectName(qry),
+            null, description, excluded) != 0) {
           beanWriter.flush();
           response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
         }
diff --git a/hbase-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/JSONBean.java b/hbase-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/JSONBean.java
index 0dbe0fdf78cd..4afc567e2184 100644
--- a/hbase-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/JSONBean.java
+++ b/hbase-http/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/JSONBean.java
@@ -66,8 +66,13 @@ public interface Writer extends Closeable {
 
     void write(String key, String value) throws IOException;
 
-    int write(MBeanServer mBeanServer, ObjectName qry, String attribute, boolean description)
-        throws IOException;
+    default int write(MBeanServer mBeanServer, ObjectName qry, String attribute,
+        boolean description) throws IOException {
+      return write(mBeanServer, qry, attribute, description, null);
+    }
+
+    int write(MBeanServer mBeanServer, ObjectName qry, String attribute, boolean description,
+        ObjectName excluded) throws IOException;
 
     void flush() throws IOException;
   }
@@ -118,8 +123,8 @@ public void write(String key, String value) throws IOException {
 
       @Override
       public int write(MBeanServer mBeanServer, ObjectName qry, String attribute,
-          boolean description) throws IOException {
-        return JSONBean.write(jsonWriter, mBeanServer, qry, attribute, description);
+          boolean description, ObjectName excluded) throws IOException {
+        return JSONBean.write(jsonWriter, mBeanServer, qry, attribute, description, excluded);
       }
     };
   }
@@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ public int write(MBeanServer mBeanServer, ObjectName qry, String attribute,
    * @return Return non-zero if failed to find bean. 0
    */
   private static int write(JsonWriter writer, MBeanServer mBeanServer, ObjectName qry,
-      String attribute, boolean description) throws IOException {
+      String attribute, boolean description, ObjectName excluded) throws IOException {
     LOG.debug("Listing beans for {}", qry);
     Set<ObjectName> names = null;
     names = mBeanServer.queryNames(qry, null);
@@ -137,6 +142,9 @@ private static int write(JsonWriter writer, MBeanServer mBeanServer, ObjectName
     Pattern[] matchingPattern = null;
     while (it.hasNext()) {
       ObjectName oname = it.next();
+      if (excluded != null && excluded.apply(oname)) {
+        continue;
+      }
       MBeanInfo minfo;
       String code = "";
       String descriptionStr = null;
diff --git a/hbase-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/http/jmx/TestJMXJsonServlet.java b/hbase-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/http/jmx/TestJMXJsonServlet.java
index e907a3260b0b..02248d6bcd29 100644
--- a/hbase-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/http/jmx/TestJMXJsonServlet.java
+++ b/hbase-http/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/http/jmx/TestJMXJsonServlet.java
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ public static void assertNotFind(String re, String value) {
     assertReFind("\"name\"\\s*:\\s*\"java.lang:type=Memory\"", result);
     assertReFind("\"committed\"\\s*:", result);
     assertReFind("\\}\\);$", result);
+
+    // test exclude the specific mbean
+    result = readOutput(new URL(baseUrl,
+        "/jmx?excl=Hadoop:service=HBase,name=RegionServer,sub=Regions"));
+    LOG.info("/jmx RESULT: " + result);
+    assertNotFind("\"name\"\\s*:\\s*\"Hadoop:service=HBase,name=RegionServer,sub=Regions\"",result);
   }
 
   @Test