diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05cf1a7..aa823be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Simple tool to create a list of docker tags from a given version string.
 DOCKER_AUTOTAG_OUTPUT_FILE=
 # adds a given suffix to every determined tag
 DOCKER_AUTOTAG_SUFFIX=
+# returns only tags with the applied suffix
+DOCKER_AUTOTAG_SUFFIX_STRICT=False
 # version string to use; returns 'latest' if nothing is specified
 DOCKER_AUTOTAG_VERSION=
 # comma-seprated list of static tags to add to the result set
@@ -59,6 +61,9 @@ DOCKER_AUTOTAG_IGNORE_PRERELEASE=True DOCKER_AUTOTAG_VERSION=1.0.0-beta docker-a
 DOCKER_AUTOTAG_SUFFIX=amd64 DOCKER_AUTOTAG_VERSION=1.0.0 docker-autotag
 # 1.0.0,1.0,1,1.0.0-amd64,1.0-amd64,1-amd64
 
+DOCKER_AUTOTAG_SUFFIX=amd64 DOCKER_AUTOTAG_SUFFIX_STRICT=True DOCKER_AUTOTAG_VERSION=1.0.0 docker-autotag
+# 1.0.0-amd64,1.0-amd64,1-amd64
+
 DOCKER_AUTOTAG_EXTRA_TAGS=extra1,extra2 DOCKER_AUTOTAG_VERSION=1.0.0 docker-autotag
 # 1.0.0,1.0,1,extra1,extra2
 ```
diff --git a/dockerautotag/cli.py b/dockerautotag/cli.py
index 1b59d45..36d39c7 100644
--- a/dockerautotag/cli.py
+++ b/dockerautotag/cli.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class Autotag:
         config["file"] = normalize_path(output_raw)
 
         config["suffix"] = os.environ.get("DOCKER_AUTOTAG_SUFFIX", None)
+        config["suffix_strict"] = to_bool(os.environ.get("DOCKER_AUTOTAG_SUFFIX_STRICT", False))
         config["version"] = os.environ.get("DOCKER_AUTOTAG_VERSION", None)
         config["extra"] = os.environ.get("DOCKER_AUTOTAG_EXTRA_TAGS", None)
         config["force_latest"] = to_bool(os.environ.get("DOCKER_AUTOTAG_FORCE_LATEST", False))
@@ -58,11 +59,14 @@ class Autotag:
         return tags + e
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _tag_suffix(tags, suffix):
+    def _tag_suffix(tags, suffix, suffix_strict):
         if not suffix:
             return tags
 
-        res = copy.deepcopy(tags)
+        res = []
+        if not suffix_strict:
+            res = copy.deepcopy(tags)
+
         for t in tags:
             if t == "latest":
                 res.append(suffix)
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ class Autotag:
         config = self.config
 
         v = self._default_tags(config["version"], config["ignore_pre"], config["force_latest"])
-        v = self._tag_suffix(v, config["suffix"])
+        v = self._tag_suffix(v, config["suffix"], config["suffix_strict"])
         v = self._tag_extra(v, config["extra"])
 
         if config["file"]: