diff --git a/pkg/restore/restore.go b/pkg/restore/restore.go
index 264d24dda..2cbe532b5 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/restore.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/restore.go
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ func (ctx *restoreContext) restoreItem(obj *unstructured.Unstructured, groupReso
 	// Check if group/resource should be restored. We need to do this here since
 	// this method may be getting called for an additional item which is a group/resource
 	// that's excluded.
-	if !ctx.resourceIncludesExcludes.ShouldInclude(groupResource.String()) {
+	if !ctx.resourceIncludesExcludes.ShouldInclude(groupResource.String()) && !ctx.resourceMustHave.Has(groupResource.String()) {
 		restoreLogger.Info("Not restoring item because resource is excluded")
 		return warnings, errs, itemExists
 	}