diff --git a/docs/commands/vmmap.md b/docs/commands/vmmap.md
index 73f20b36e..c51b4edd3 100644
--- a/docs/commands/vmmap.md
+++ b/docs/commands/vmmap.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ differs from one architecture to another (this is one of the main reasons I star
 place). For example, you can learn that ELF running on SPARC architectures always have their `.data`
 and `heap` sections set as Read/Write/Execute.
 
-`vmmap` accepts one argument, either a pattern to match again mapping names, or an address to
-determine which section it belongs to.
+`vmmap` accepts one argument, either a pattern to match again mapping names, an address to determine
+which section it belongs to, or the permissions of the sections to match.
 
 ![vmmap-grep](https://i.imgur.com/ZFF4QVf.png)
 
diff --git a/gef.py b/gef.py
index 22b9b5e94..87cac6dfb 100644
--- a/gef.py
+++ b/gef.py
@@ -8791,6 +8791,24 @@ def do_invoke(self, argv: List[str]) -> None:
                 addr = int(argv[0], 0)
                 if addr >= entry.page_start and addr < entry.page_end:
                     self.print_entry(entry)
+            elif argv[0][0] in 'r-?' and \
+                    argv[0][1] in 'w-?' and \
+                    argv[0][2] in 'x-?':
+                correct = True
+                perms_dict = [Permission.READ, Permission.WRITE,
+                                  Permission.EXECUTE]
+
+                for c, perm in zip(argv[0], perms_dict):
+                    if c == '?':
+                        continue
+                    elif c == '-':
+                        correct = correct and not entry.permission & perm
+                    else:
+                        correct = correct and entry.permission & perm
+
+
+                if correct:
+                    self.print_entry(entry)
             else:
                 addr = safe_parse_and_eval(argv[0])
                 if addr is not None and addr >= entry.page_start and addr < entry.page_end:
diff --git a/tests/commands/vmmap.py b/tests/commands/vmmap.py
index 591d3b387..63f4c2f1e 100644
--- a/tests/commands/vmmap.py
+++ b/tests/commands/vmmap.py
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ def test_cmd_vmmap(self):
 
         res = gdb.execute("vmmap $rip", to_string=True)
         self.assertEqual(len(res.splitlines()), 2)
+
+        res = gdb.execute("vmmap r-?", to_string=True)
+        self.assertGreater(len(res.splitlines()), 1)