diff --git a/backend/box/api/types.go b/backend/box/api/types.go
index 363fa3353..d3549f6aa 100644
--- a/backend/box/api/types.go
+++ b/backend/box/api/types.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (e *Error) Error() string {
 var _ error = (*Error)(nil)
 
 // ItemFields are the fields needed for FileInfo
-var ItemFields = "type,id,sequence_id,etag,sha1,name,size,created_at,modified_at,content_created_at,content_modified_at,item_status,shared_link"
+var ItemFields = "type,id,sequence_id,etag,sha1,name,size,created_at,modified_at,content_created_at,content_modified_at,item_status,shared_link,owned_by"
 
 // Types of things in Item
 const (
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ type Item struct {
 		URL    string `json:"url,omitempty"`
 		Access string `json:"access,omitempty"`
 	} `json:"shared_link"`
+	OwnedBy struct {
+		Type  string `json:"type"`
+		ID    string `json:"id"`
+		Name  string `json:"name"`
+		Login string `json:"login"`
+	} `json:"owned_by"`
 }
 
 // ModTime returns the modification time of the item
diff --git a/backend/box/box.go b/backend/box/box.go
index eeb8157b8..addcc4fc9 100644
--- a/backend/box/box.go
+++ b/backend/box/box.go
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ func init() {
 			Default:  1000,
 			Help:     "Size of listing chunk 1-1000.",
 			Advanced: true,
+		}, {
+			Name:     "owned_by",
+			Default:  "",
+			Help:     "Only show items owned by the login (email address) passed in.",
+			Advanced: true,
 		}, {
 			Name:     config.ConfigEncoding,
 			Help:     config.ConfigEncodingHelp,
@@ -254,6 +259,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	RootFolderID  string               `config:"root_folder_id"`
 	AccessToken   string               `config:"access_token"`
 	ListChunk     int                  `config:"list_chunk"`
+	OwnedBy       string               `config:"owned_by"`
 }
 
 // Fs represents a remote box
@@ -619,6 +625,9 @@ OUTER:
 			if activeOnly && item.ItemStatus != api.ItemStatusActive {
 				continue
 			}
+			if f.opt.OwnedBy != "" && f.opt.OwnedBy != item.OwnedBy.Login {
+				continue
+			}
 			item.Name = f.opt.Enc.ToStandardName(item.Name)
 			if fn(item) {
 				found = true