diff --git a/dm/config/task.go b/dm/config/task.go
index 489c7c1ce3..8ee279b953 100644
--- a/dm/config/task.go
+++ b/dm/config/task.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	bf "github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/binlog-filter"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/column-mapping"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/filter"
-	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/table-router"
+	router "github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/table-router"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
diff --git a/dm/worker/worker_test.go b/dm/worker/worker_test.go
index 464d6edec5..deda978d39 100644
--- a/dm/worker/worker_test.go
+++ b/dm/worker/worker_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ func (t *testServer) TestTaskAutoResume(c *C) {
 	// start task
 	cli := t.createClient(c, fmt.Sprintf("127.0.0.1:%d", port))
 	subtaskCfgBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./subtask.toml")
-	_, err = cli.StartSubTask(context.Background(), &pb.StartSubTaskRequest{Task: string(subtaskCfgBytes)})
+	// strings.Replace is used here to uncomment extra-args to avoid mydumper connecting to DB and generating arg --tables-list which will cause failure
+	_, err = cli.StartSubTask(context.Background(), &pb.StartSubTaskRequest{Task: strings.Replace(string(subtaskCfgBytes), "#extra-args", "extra-args", 1)})
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	// check task in paused state
diff --git a/mydumper/mydumper.go b/mydumper/mydumper.go
index 2fa9f9946f..fafe1efa0d 100644
--- a/mydumper/mydumper.go
+++ b/mydumper/mydumper.go
@@ -53,13 +53,14 @@ func NewMydumper(cfg *config.SubTaskConfig) *Mydumper {
 		cfg:    cfg,
 		logger: log.With(zap.String("task", cfg.Name), zap.String("unit", "dump")),
 	}
-	m.args = m.constructArgs()
 	return m
 }
 
 // Init implements Unit.Init
 func (m *Mydumper) Init() error {
-	return nil // always return nil
+	var err error
+	m.args, err = m.constructArgs()
+	return err
 }
 
 // Process implements Unit.Process
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ func (m *Mydumper) IsFreshTask() (bool, error) {
 }
 
 // constructArgs constructs arguments for exec.Command
-func (m *Mydumper) constructArgs() []string {
+func (m *Mydumper) constructArgs() ([]string, error) {
 	cfg := m.cfg
 	db := cfg.From
 
@@ -263,11 +264,19 @@ func (m *Mydumper) constructArgs() []string {
 	if len(extraArgs) > 0 {
 		ret = append(ret, ParseArgLikeBash(extraArgs)...)
 	}
+	if needToGenerateDoTables(extraArgs) {
+		m.logger.Info("Tables needed to dump are not given, now we will start to generate table list that mydumper needs to dump through black-white list from given fromDB")
+		doTables, err := fetchMyDumperDoTables(cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		ret = append(ret, "--tables-list", doTables)
+	}
 
 	m.logger.Info("create mydumper", zap.Strings("argument", ret))
 
 	ret = append(ret, "--password", db.Password)
-	return ret
+	return ret, nil
 }
 
 // logArgs constructs arguments for log from SubTaskConfig
diff --git a/mydumper/mydumper_test.go b/mydumper/mydumper_test.go
index bf14427b4e..0461316031 100644
--- a/mydumper/mydumper_test.go
+++ b/mydumper/mydumper_test.go
@@ -14,12 +14,16 @@
 package mydumper
 
 import (
+	"database/sql"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	. "github.com/pingcap/check"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/filter"
+	router "github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/table-router"
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/dm/dm/config"
+	"github.com/pingcap/dm/pkg/conn"
 )
 
 var _ = Suite(&testMydumperSuite{})
@@ -29,7 +33,9 @@ func TestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 type testMydumperSuite struct {
-	cfg *config.SubTaskConfig
+	cfg                     *config.SubTaskConfig
+	origApplyNewBaseDB      func(config config.DBConfig) (*conn.BaseDB, error)
+	origFetchTargetDoTables func(*sql.DB, *filter.Filter, *router.Table) (map[string][]*filter.Table, error)
 }
 
 func (m *testMydumperSuite) SetUpSuite(c *C) {
@@ -50,15 +56,68 @@ func (m *testMydumperSuite) SetUpSuite(c *C) {
 			Dir: "./dumped_data",
 		},
 	}
+
+	m.origApplyNewBaseDB = applyNewBaseDB
+	m.origFetchTargetDoTables = fetchTargetDoTables
+	applyNewBaseDB = func(config config.DBConfig) (*conn.BaseDB, error) {
+		return &conn.BaseDB{}, nil
+	}
+	fetchTargetDoTables = func(db *sql.DB, bw *filter.Filter, router *router.Table) (map[string][]*filter.Table, error) {
+		mapper := make(map[string][]*filter.Table)
+		mapper["mockDatabase"] = append(mapper["mockDatabase"], &filter.Table{
+			Schema: "mockDatabase",
+			Name:   "mockTable1",
+		})
+		mapper["mockDatabase"] = append(mapper["mockDatabase"], &filter.Table{
+			Schema: "mockDatabase",
+			Name:   "mockTable2",
+		})
+		return mapper, nil
+	}
 }
 
-func (m *testMydumperSuite) TestArgs(c *C) {
+func (m *testMydumperSuite) TearDownSuite(c *C) {
+	applyNewBaseDB = m.origApplyNewBaseDB
+	fetchTargetDoTables = m.origFetchTargetDoTables
+}
+
+func generateArgsAndCompare(c *C, m *testMydumperSuite, expectedExtraArgs, extraArgs string) {
 	expected := strings.Fields("--host 127.0.0.1 --port 3306 --user root " +
 		"--outputdir ./dumped_data --threads 4 --chunk-filesize 64 --skip-tz-utc " +
-		"--regex ^(?!(mysql|information_schema|performance_schema)) " +
-		"--password 123")
-	m.cfg.MydumperConfig.ExtraArgs = "--regex '^(?!(mysql|information_schema|performance_schema))'"
+		expectedExtraArgs + " --password 123")
+	m.cfg.MydumperConfig.ExtraArgs = extraArgs
+
 	mydumper := NewMydumper(m.cfg)
-	args := mydumper.constructArgs()
+	args, err := mydumper.constructArgs()
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(args, DeepEquals, expected)
 }
+
+func testThroughGivenArgs(c *C, m *testMydumperSuite, arg, index string) {
+	quotedIndex := "'" + index + "'" // add quotes for constructArgs
+	generateArgsAndCompare(c, m, arg+" "+index, arg+" "+quotedIndex)
+}
+
+func (m *testMydumperSuite) TestShouldNotGenerateExtraArgs(c *C) {
+	// -x, --regex
+	index := "^(?!(mysql|information_schema|performance_schema))"
+	testThroughGivenArgs(c, m, "-x", index)
+	testThroughGivenArgs(c, m, "--regex", index)
+	// -T, --tables-list
+	index = "testDatabase.testTable"
+	testThroughGivenArgs(c, m, "-T", index)
+	testThroughGivenArgs(c, m, "--tables-list", index)
+	// -B, --database
+	index = "testDatabase"
+	testThroughGivenArgs(c, m, "-B", index)
+	testThroughGivenArgs(c, m, "--database", index)
+}
+
+func (m *testMydumperSuite) TestShouldGenerateExtraArgs(c *C) {
+	expectedMockResult := "--tables-list mockDatabase.mockTable1,mockDatabase.mockTable2"
+	// empty extraArgs
+	generateArgsAndCompare(c, m, expectedMockResult, "")
+	// extraArgs doesn't contains -T/-B/-x args
+	statement := "--statement-size=100"
+	generateArgsAndCompare(c, m, statement+" "+expectedMockResult, statement)
+}
diff --git a/mydumper/util.go b/mydumper/util.go
index 737b6468d3..65317fe420 100644
--- a/mydumper/util.go
+++ b/mydumper/util.go
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@
 
 package mydumper
 
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/pingcap/dm/dm/config"
+	"github.com/pingcap/dm/pkg/conn"
+	"github.com/pingcap/dm/pkg/utils"
+
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/filter"
+	router "github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/table-router"
+)
+
+var applyNewBaseDB = conn.DefaultDBProvider.Apply
+var fetchTargetDoTables = utils.FetchTargetDoTables
+
 // ParseArgLikeBash parses list arguments like bash, which helps us to run
 // executable command via os/exec more likely running from bash
 func ParseArgLikeBash(args []string) []string {
@@ -37,3 +51,46 @@ func trimOutQuotes(arg string) string {
 	}
 	return arg
 }
+
+// fetchMyDumperDoTables fetches and filters the tables that needed to be dumped through black-white list and route rules
+func fetchMyDumperDoTables(cfg *config.SubTaskConfig) (string, error) {
+	fromDB, err := applyNewBaseDB(cfg.From)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer fromDB.Close()
+	bw := filter.New(cfg.CaseSensitive, cfg.BWList)
+	r, err := router.NewTableRouter(cfg.CaseSensitive, cfg.RouteRules)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	sourceTables, err := fetchTargetDoTables(fromDB.DB, bw, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	var filteredTables []string
+	// TODO: For tables which contains special chars like ' , ` mydumper will fail while dumping. Once this bug is fixed on mydumper we should add quotes to table.Schema and table.Name
+	for _, tables := range sourceTables {
+		for _, table := range tables {
+			filteredTables = append(filteredTables, table.Schema+"."+table.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Join(filteredTables, ","), nil
+}
+
+// needToGenerateDoTables will check whether customers specify the databases/tables that needed to be dumped
+// If not, this function will return true to notify mydumper to generate args
+func needToGenerateDoTables(args []string) bool {
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		if arg == "-B" || arg == "--database" {
+			return false
+		}
+		if arg == "-T" || arg == "--tables-list" {
+			return false
+		}
+		if arg == "-x" || arg == "--regex" {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/common.go b/pkg/utils/common.go
index 753d0c7bb3..26b80ba8ec 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/common.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/common.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	tmysql "github.com/pingcap/parser/mysql"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/dbutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/filter"
-	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/table-router"
+	router "github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools/pkg/table-router"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
diff --git a/tests/all_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/all_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml
index e53a9d7f90..4e22d0768c 100644
--- a/tests/all_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/all_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 64
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "-B all_mode"
+    extra-args: ""
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/compatibility/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/compatibility/conf/dm-task.yaml
index b089d4d528..08fe6877a4 100644
--- a/tests/compatibility/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/compatibility/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 64
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "-B compatibility"
+    extra-args: ""
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/dmctl_basic/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/dmctl_basic/conf/dm-task.yaml
index 6b861842fc..74912cd2be 100644
--- a/tests/dmctl_basic/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/dmctl_basic/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 64
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "--regex '^dmctl.*'"
+    extra-args: ""
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/http_apis/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/http_apis/conf/dm-task.yaml
index 33da3f2b4e..4b1c90f579 100644
--- a/tests/http_apis/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/http_apis/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 0
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "-B http_apis --statement-size=100"
+    extra-args: "--statement-size=100"
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/incremental_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/incremental_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml
index ed76ab6bed..30724e4cfd 100644
--- a/tests/incremental_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/incremental_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 64
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "-B incremental_mode"
+    extra-args: ""
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/initial_unit/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/initial_unit/conf/dm-task.yaml
index ad31d77dcd..f4515f9870 100644
--- a/tests/initial_unit/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/initial_unit/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 0
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "-B initial_unit --statement-size=100"
+    extra-args: "--statement-size=100"
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/load_interrupt/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/load_interrupt/conf/dm-task.yaml
index b6f21924be..e33175801a 100644
--- a/tests/load_interrupt/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/load_interrupt/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 0
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "-B load_interrupt --statement-size=100"
+    extra-args: "--statement-size=100"
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/online_ddl/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/online_ddl/conf/dm-task.yaml
index 16586fea84..4957af3ebb 100644
--- a/tests/online_ddl/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/online_ddl/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 64
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "-B online_ddl"
+    extra-args: ""
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/print_status/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/print_status/conf/dm-task.yaml
index a3427e5463..8bf4298d66 100644
--- a/tests/print_status/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/print_status/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 0
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "-B print_status --statement-size=5000"
+    extra-args: "--statement-size=5000"
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/relay_interrupt/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/relay_interrupt/conf/dm-task.yaml
index 5c71f396fd..8291577e02 100644
--- a/tests/relay_interrupt/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/relay_interrupt/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 0
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "-B relay_interrupt --statement-size=100"
+    extra-args: "--statement-size=100"
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/safe_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/safe_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml
index f188c213cb..93495c3fd0 100644
--- a/tests/safe_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/safe_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 64
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "-B safe_mode_test"
+    extra-args: ""
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/sequence_safe_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/sequence_safe_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml
index 8811591386..1a31a7cb92 100644
--- a/tests/sequence_safe_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/sequence_safe_mode/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 64
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "-B sequence_safe_mode_test"
+    extra-args: ""
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/sequence_sharding/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/sequence_sharding/conf/dm-task.yaml
index ed425fc560..c809bf532a 100644
--- a/tests/sequence_sharding/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/sequence_sharding/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 64
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "--regex '^sharding_seq.*'"
+    extra-args: ""
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/sharding/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/sharding/conf/dm-task.yaml
index 49fa40096a..fd2a7ec7ad 100644
--- a/tests/sharding/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/sharding/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 64
     skip-tz-utc: true
-    extra-args: "--regex '^sharding.*'"
+    extra-args: ""
 
 loaders:
   global:
diff --git a/tests/start_task/conf/dm-task.yaml b/tests/start_task/conf/dm-task.yaml
index f7fcb809a7..a51b9087e2 100644
--- a/tests/start_task/conf/dm-task.yaml
+++ b/tests/start_task/conf/dm-task.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ mydumpers:
     threads: 4
     chunk-filesize: 0
     skip-tz-utc: true
+    # start_task integration_test will add failpoint to function fetchTables will cause mydumper failing to start and won't rebuild dm-worker during restart so extra-args is given here
     extra-args: "-B start_task --statement-size=100"
 
 loaders: