diff --git a/cli/internal/context/context.go b/cli/internal/context/context.go
index 23b504f917805..d0acc652b2423 100644
--- a/cli/internal/context/context.go
+++ b/cli/internal/context/context.go
@@ -419,3 +419,32 @@ func (c *Context) resolveDepGraph(wg *errgroup.Group, workspace *fs.PackageJSON,
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// InternalDependencies finds all dependencies required by the slice of starting
+// packages, as well as the starting packages themselves.
+func (c *Context) InternalDependencies(start []string) ([]string, error) {
+	vertices := make(dag.Set)
+	for _, v := range start {
+		vertices.Add(v)
+	}
+	s := make(dag.Set)
+	memoFunc := func(v dag.Vertex, d int) error {
+		s.Add(v)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err := c.WorkspaceGraph.DepthFirstWalk(vertices, memoFunc); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Use for loop so we can coerce to string
+	// .List() returns a list of interface{} types, but
+	// we know they are strings.
+	targets := make([]string, 0, s.Len())
+	for _, dep := range s.List() {
+		targets = append(targets, dep.(string))
+	}
+	sort.Strings(targets)
+
+	return targets, nil
+}
diff --git a/cli/internal/prune/prune.go b/cli/internal/prune/prune.go
index 1e34a4c5f00bf..7c2770896e162 100644
--- a/cli/internal/prune/prune.go
+++ b/cli/internal/prune/prune.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package prune
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/vercel/turbo/cli/internal/config"
 
@@ -21,13 +22,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 type opts struct {
-	scope     string
+	scope     []string
 	docker    bool
 	outputDir string
 }
 
 func addPruneFlags(opts *opts, flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
-	flags.StringVar(&opts.scope, "scope", "", "Specify package to act as entry point for pruned monorepo (required).")
+	flags.StringArrayVar(&opts.scope, "scope", nil, "Specify package(s) to act as entry points for pruned monorepo (required).")
 	flags.BoolVar(&opts.docker, "docker", false, "Output pruned workspace into 'full' and 'json' directories optimized for Docker layer caching.")
 	flags.StringVar(&opts.outputDir, "out-dir", "out", "Set the root directory for files output by this command")
 	// No-op the cwd flag while the root level command is not yet cobra
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func GetCmd(helper *cmdutil.Helper) *cobra.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			if opts.scope == "" {
+			if len(opts.scope) == 0 {
 				err := errors.New("at least one target must be specified")
 				base.LogError(err.Error())
 				return err
@@ -93,24 +94,28 @@ func (p *prune) prune(opts *opts) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not construct graph")
 	}
-	p.base.Logger.Trace("scope", "value", opts.scope)
-	target, scopeIsValid := ctx.WorkspaceInfos[opts.scope]
-	if !scopeIsValid {
-		return errors.Errorf("invalid scope: package %v not found", opts.scope)
-	}
 	outDir := p.base.RepoRoot.UntypedJoin(opts.outputDir)
 	fullDir := outDir
 	if opts.docker {
 		fullDir = fullDir.UntypedJoin("full")
 	}
 
-	p.base.Logger.Trace("target", "value", target.Name)
-	p.base.Logger.Trace("directory", "value", target.Dir)
-	p.base.Logger.Trace("external deps", "value", target.UnresolvedExternalDeps)
-	p.base.Logger.Trace("internal deps", "value", target.InternalDeps)
+	p.base.Logger.Trace("scope", "value", strings.Join(opts.scope, ", "))
 	p.base.Logger.Trace("docker", "value", opts.docker)
 	p.base.Logger.Trace("out dir", "value", outDir.ToString())
 
+	for _, scope := range opts.scope {
+		p.base.Logger.Trace("scope", "value", scope)
+		target, scopeIsValid := ctx.WorkspaceInfos[scope]
+		if !scopeIsValid {
+			return errors.Errorf("invalid scope: package %v not found", scope)
+		}
+		p.base.Logger.Trace("target", "value", target.Name)
+		p.base.Logger.Trace("directory", "value", target.Dir)
+		p.base.Logger.Trace("external deps", "value", target.UnresolvedExternalDeps)
+		p.base.Logger.Trace("internal deps", "value", target.InternalDeps)
+	}
+
 	canPrune, err := ctx.PackageManager.CanPrune(p.base.RepoRoot)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@ func (p *prune) prune(opts *opts) error {
 		return errors.New("Cannot prune without parsed lockfile")
 	}
 
-	p.base.UI.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Generating pruned monorepo for %v in %v", ui.Bold(opts.scope), ui.Bold(outDir.ToString())))
+	p.base.UI.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Generating pruned monorepo for %v in %v", ui.Bold(strings.Join(opts.scope, ", ")), ui.Bold(outDir.ToString())))
 
 	packageJSONPath := outDir.UntypedJoin("package.json")
 	if err := packageJSONPath.EnsureDir(); err != nil {
@@ -143,18 +148,11 @@ func (p *prune) prune(opts *opts) error {
 		}
 	}
 	workspaces := []turbopath.AnchoredSystemPath{}
-	targets := []string{opts.scope}
-	internalDeps, err := ctx.WorkspaceGraph.Ancestors(opts.scope)
+	targets, err := ctx.InternalDependencies(opts.scope)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "could find traverse the dependency graph to find topological dependencies")
-	}
-
-	// Use for loop so we can coerce to string
-	// .List() returns a list of interface{} types, but
-	// we know they are strings.
-	for _, dep := range internalDeps.List() {
-		targets = append(targets, dep.(string))
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not traverse the dependency graph to find topological dependencies")
 	}
+	p.base.Logger.Trace("targets", "value", targets)
 
 	lockfileKeys := make([]string, 0, len(rootPackageJSON.TransitiveDeps))
 	lockfileKeys = append(lockfileKeys, rootPackageJSON.TransitiveDeps...)