diff --git a/odoo/http.py b/odoo/http.py
index 1ea60b9194d..e66497ccdba 100644
--- a/odoo/http.py
+++ b/odoo/http.py
@@ -1488,8 +1488,14 @@ def db_filter(dbs, httprequest=None):
     d, _, r = h.partition('.')
     if d == "www" and r:
         d = r.partition('.')[0]
-    r = odoo.tools.config['dbfilter'].replace('%h', h).replace('%d', d)
-    dbs = [i for i in dbs if re.match(r, i)]
+    if odoo.tools.config['dbfilter']:
+        r = odoo.tools.config['dbfilter'].replace('%h', h).replace('%d', d)
+        dbs = [i for i in dbs if re.match(r, i)]
+    else:
+        # In case --db-filter is not provided and --database is passed, Odoo will
+        # use the value of --database as a comma seperated list of exposed databases.
+        exposed_dbs = set(db.strip() for db in odoo.tools.config['db_name'].split(','))
+        dbs = sorted(exposed_dbs.intersection(dbs))
     return dbs
 
 def db_monodb(httprequest=None):
diff --git a/odoo/service/db.py b/odoo/service/db.py
index e335e5b685d..bdcf0e404d9 100644
--- a/odoo/service/db.py
+++ b/odoo/service/db.py
@@ -326,6 +326,14 @@ def exp_db_exist(db_name):
 def list_dbs(force=False):
     if not odoo.tools.config['list_db'] and not force:
         raise odoo.exceptions.AccessDenied()
+
+    if not odoo.tools.config['dbfilter'] and odoo.tools.config['db_name']:
+        # In case --db-filter is not provided and --database is passed, Odoo will not
+        # fetch the list of databases available on the postgres server and instead will
+        # use the value of --database as comma seperated list of exposed databases.
+        res = sorted(db.strip() for db in odoo.tools.config['db_name'].split(','))
+        return res
+
     chosen_template = odoo.tools.config['db_template']
     templates_list = tuple(set(['postgres', chosen_template]))
     db = odoo.sql_db.db_connect('postgres')
diff --git a/odoo/tools/config.py b/odoo/tools/config.py
index 97c0d2f3d09..375f55b4714 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/config.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/config.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class configmanager(object):
 
         # WEB
         group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, "Web interface Configuration")
-        group.add_option("--db-filter", dest="dbfilter", my_default='.*',
+        group.add_option("--db-filter", dest="dbfilter", my_default='',
                          help="Filter listed database", metavar="REGEXP")
         parser.add_option_group(group)