diff --git a/backup.go b/backup.go
index aa0333916..6d4cb6239 100644
--- a/backup.go
+++ b/backup.go
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2/pb"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2/y"
@@ -199,6 +202,25 @@ func (l *KVLoader) Finish() error {
 	return l.throttle.Finish()
 }
 
+// IDFromString returns the ID corresponding to the input string.
+// Requires that s was produced by a previous call to ID.String.
+func IDFromString(s string) (uint64, error) {
+	s = strings.TrimPrefix(s, "0x")
+	id, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 16, 64)
+	return id, err
+}
+
+const badgerKeySep = "/"
+
+func decodeBadgerKeyForDocID(key []byte) (uint64, error) {
+	components := strings.SplitN(string(key), badgerKeySep, 4)
+	if id, err := IDFromString(components[0]); err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("parsing docid failed: %v %w", components[0], err)
+	} else {
+		return id, nil
+	}
+}
+
 // Load reads a protobuf-encoded list of all entries from a reader and writes
 // them to the database. This can be used to restore the database from a backup
 // made by calling DB.Backup(). If more complex logic is needed to restore a badger
@@ -252,3 +274,62 @@ func (db *DB) Load(r io.Reader, maxPendingWrites int) error {
 	db.orc.txnMark.Done(db.orc.nextTxnTs - 1)
 	return nil
 }
+
+// LoadForRange reads a protobuf-encoded list of all entries from a reader and writes
+// them to the database if the docID is within the appropriate range . This can be used
+// to restore the database from a backup // made by calling DB.Backup(). If more complex logic is needed to restore a badger
+// backup, the KVLoader interface should be used instead.
+//
+// DB.LoadForRange() should be called on a database that is not running any other
+// concurrent transactions while it is running.
+func (db *DB) LoadForRange(r io.Reader, maxPendingWrites int, minID uint64, maxID uint64) error {
+	br := bufio.NewReaderSize(r, 16<<10)
+	unmarshalBuf := make([]byte, 1<<10)
+
+	ldr := db.NewKVLoader(maxPendingWrites)
+	for {
+		var sz uint64
+		err := binary.Read(br, binary.LittleEndian, &sz)
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		} else if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if cap(unmarshalBuf) < int(sz) {
+			unmarshalBuf = make([]byte, sz)
+		}
+
+		if _, err = io.ReadFull(br, unmarshalBuf[:sz]); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		list := &pb.KVList{}
+		if err := proto.Unmarshal(unmarshalBuf[:sz], list); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		for _, kv := range list.Kv {
+			if id, err := decodeBadgerKeyForDocID(kv.Key); err != nil {
+				return err
+			} else if id < minID || id > maxID {
+				continue
+			}
+			if err := ldr.Set(kv); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			// Update nextTxnTs, memtable stores this
+			// timestamp in badger head when flushed.
+			if kv.Version >= db.orc.nextTxnTs {
+				db.orc.nextTxnTs = kv.Version + 1
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := ldr.Finish(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	db.orc.txnMark.Done(db.orc.nextTxnTs - 1)
+	return nil
+}