diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/167-docker_compose-profiles-option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/167-docker_compose-profiles-option.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..402d9a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/167-docker_compose-profiles-option.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - docker_compose - added ``profiles`` option to specify service profiles when starting services
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/167).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_compose.py b/plugins/modules/docker_compose.py
index 767b09f2..258704c6 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_compose.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_compose.py
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ options:
       - Files are loaded and merged in the order given.
     type: list
     elements: path
+  profiles:
+    description:
+      - List of profiles to enable when starting services.
+      - Equivalent to C(docker-compose --profile).
+      - Requires C(docker-compose) version 1.28.0 or greater.
+    type: list
+    elements: str
+    version_added: 1.8.0
   state:
     description:
       - Desired state of the project.
@@ -632,6 +640,9 @@ class ContainerManager(DockerBaseClass):
         if self.files:
             self.options[u'--file'] = self.files
 
+        if self.profiles:
+            self.options[u'--profile'] = self.profiles
+
         if not HAS_COMPOSE:
             self.client.fail("Unable to load docker-compose. Try `pip install docker-compose`. Error: %s" %
                              to_native(HAS_COMPOSE_EXC))
@@ -1114,6 +1125,7 @@ def main():
         project_src=dict(type='path'),
         project_name=dict(type='str',),
         files=dict(type='list', elements='path'),
+        profiles=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
         state=dict(type='str', default='present', choices=['absent', 'present']),
         definition=dict(type='dict'),
         hostname_check=dict(type='bool', default=False),
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/docker_compose/tasks/tests/options.yml b/tests/integration/targets/docker_compose/tasks/tests/options.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05f82f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/docker_compose/tasks/tests/options.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+---
+- name: Registering container name
+  set_fact:
+    pname: "{{ cname_prefix }}"
+    cname_1: "{{ cname_prefix ~ '1' }}"
+    cname_2: "{{ cname_prefix ~ '2' }}"
+
+####################################################################
+## Profiles ########################################################
+####################################################################
+
+- block:
+    - name: Define service
+      set_fact:
+        test_service: |
+          version: '2'
+          services:
+            {{ cname_1 }}:
+              image: "{{ docker_test_image_alpine }}"
+              command: '/bin/sh -c "sleep 10m"'
+              profiles:
+                - profile_1
+                - profile_all
+              stop_grace_period: 1s
+            {{ cname_2 }}:
+              image: "{{ docker_test_image_alpine }}"
+              command: '/bin/sh -c "sleep 10m"'
+              profiles:
+                - profile_2
+                - profile_all
+              stop_grace_period: 1s
+        test_cases:
+          - test_name: enable 1
+            profiles_value:
+              - profile_1
+          - test_name: stop all services
+            profiles_value:
+              - profile_1
+            stopped_value: true
+          - test_name: enable 2
+            profiles_value:
+              - profile_2
+          - test_name: stop all services
+            profiles_value:
+              - profile_2
+            stopped_value: true
+          - test_name: enable both
+            profiles_value:
+              - profile_1
+              - profile_2
+          - test_name: stop all services
+            profiles_value:
+              - profile_1
+              - profile_2
+            stopped_value: true
+          - test_name: enable all
+            profiles_value:
+              - profile_all
+
+    - name: Profiles ({{ test_case.test_name }})
+      docker_compose:
+        project_name: "{{ pname }}"
+        definition: "{{ test_service | from_yaml }}"
+        profiles: "{{ test_case.profiles_value }}"
+        stopped: "{{ test_case.stopped_value | default(omit) }}"
+        state: present
+      register: profiles_outputs
+      loop: "{{ test_cases }}"
+      loop_control:
+        loop_var: test_case
+
+    - name: Cleanup
+      docker_compose:
+        project_name: "{{ pname }}"
+        state: absent
+        definition: "{{ test_service | from_yaml }}"
+
+    - assert:
+        that:
+          - profiles_outputs.results[0].services[cname_1][cname_1_name].state.running
+          - profiles_outputs.results[0].services[cname_2] == {}
+          - not profiles_outputs.results[1].services[cname_1][cname_1_name].state.running
+          - profiles_outputs.results[1].services[cname_2] == {}
+          - not profiles_outputs.results[2].services[cname_1][cname_1_name].state.running
+          - profiles_outputs.results[2].services[cname_2][cname_2_name].state.running
+          - not profiles_outputs.results[3].services[cname_1][cname_1_name].state.running
+          - not profiles_outputs.results[3].services[cname_2][cname_2_name].state.running
+          - profiles_outputs.results[4].services[cname_1][cname_1_name].state.running
+          - profiles_outputs.results[4].services[cname_2][cname_2_name].state.running
+          - not profiles_outputs.results[5].services[cname_1][cname_1_name].state.running
+          - not profiles_outputs.results[5].services[cname_2][cname_2_name].state.running
+          - profiles_outputs.results[6].services[cname_1][cname_1_name].state.running
+          - profiles_outputs.results[6].services[cname_2][cname_2_name].state.running
+      vars:
+        cname_1_name: "{{ pname + '_' + cname_1 + '_1' }}"
+        cname_2_name: "{{ pname + '_' + cname_2 + '_1' }}"
+  when: docker_compose_version is version('1.28.0', '>=')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/setup_docker_compose/tasks/setup.yml b/tests/integration/targets/setup_docker_compose/tasks/setup.yml
index 4de31bf9..c82fb817 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/setup_docker_compose/tasks/setup.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/setup_docker_compose/tasks/setup.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@
       name: "{{ docker_compose_pip_packages }}"
       extra_args: "-c {{ remote_constraints }}"
 
+  - name: Register docker-compose version
+    command: "{{ ansible_python.executable }} -c 'import compose; print(compose.__version__)'"
+    register: docker_compose_version
+    ignore_errors: true
+
+  - name: Declare docker-compose version
+    set_fact:
+      docker_compose_version: "{{ docker_compose_version.stdout | default('0.0.0') }}"
+
   - name: Declare docker-compose as existing
     set_fact:
       has_docker_compose: true