diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index e6bf9fe..bcb58a8 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -156,6 +156,18 @@ const remove_cookies = [
 'wsj.com',
 ]
 
+// select specific cookie(s) to hold from remove_cookies domains
+const remove_cookies_select_hold = {
+	'.nrc.nl': ['nmt_closed_cookiebar'],
+	'.washingtonpost.com': ['wp_gdpr'],
+	'.wsj.com': ['wsjregion']
+}
+
+// select only specific cookie(s) to drop from remove_cookies domains
+const remove_cookies_select_drop = {
+	'www.nrc.nl': ['counter']
+}
+
 // Override User-Agent with Googlebot
 const use_google_bot = [
 'barrons.com',
@@ -372,6 +384,17 @@ browser.webRequest.onCompleted.addListener(function(details) {
         if (cookies[i].firstPartyDomain !== undefined) {
           cookie.firstPartyDomain = cookies[i].firstPartyDomain;
         }
+
+		var cookie_domain = cookies[i].domain;
+		// hold specific cookie(s) from remove_cookies domains
+		if ((cookie_domain in remove_cookies_select_hold) && remove_cookies_select_hold[cookie_domain].includes(cookies[i].name)){
+			continue; // don't remove specific cookie
+		}
+		// drop only specific cookie(s) from remove_cookies domains
+		if ((cookie_domain in remove_cookies_select_drop) && !(remove_cookies_select_drop[cookie_domain].includes(cookies[i].name))){
+			continue; // only remove specific cookie
+		}
+
         browser.cookies.remove(cookie);
       }
     });