diff --git a/audb/core/api.py b/audb/core/api.py
index 7ac6b2c0..b5207f2e 100644
--- a/audb/core/api.py
+++ b/audb/core/api.py
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@
 def available(
     *,
     only_latest: bool = False,
+    repositories: Repository | Sequence[Repository] = None,
 ) -> pd.DataFrame:
     r"""List all databases that are available to the user.
 
     Args:
         only_latest: include only latest version of database
+        repositories: search only in the given repositories
 
     Returns:
         table with database name as index,
@@ -59,7 +61,12 @@ def add_database(name: str, version: str, repository: Repository):
             ]
         )
 
-    for repository in config.REPOSITORIES:
+    if repositories is not None:
+        repositories = audeer.to_list(repositories)
+    else:
+        repositories = config.REPOSITORIES
+
+    for repository in repositories:
         try:
             backend_interface = repository.create_backend_interface()
             with backend_interface.backend as backend:
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 4fa1597d..7968f975 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -57,6 +57,27 @@ def test_available_broken_dataset(private_and_public_repository):
     assert "broken-dataset" not in df
 
 
+def test_available_repositories(tmpdir):
+    """Test repositories argument of available()."""
+    repositories = []
+    for n in range(2):
+        host = audeer.mkdir(tmpdir, f"host{n}")
+        repo = f"repo{n}"
+        repositories.append(audb.Repository(repo, host, "file-system"))
+        # Fake dataset by adding db.yaml file
+        audeer.touch(audeer.mkdir(host, repo, f"name{n}", "1.0.0"), "db.yaml")
+    df = audb.available(repositories=repositories)
+    assert len(df) == 2
+    for n, repository in enumerate(repositories):
+        # Test for string and list arguments
+        for repo_test in [repository, [repository]]:
+            df = audb.available(repositories=repo_test)
+            assert len(df) == 1
+            assert df.host.iloc[0] == repository.host
+            assert df.repository.iloc[0] == repository.name
+            assert df.index[0] == f"name{n}"
+
+
 def test_versions(tmpdir, repository):
     """Test versions() for non existing repositories.