diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 416bc97..32575c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning][].
 [keep a changelog]: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 [semantic versioning]: https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html
 
+## 2.1.5
+
+### Added
+- `pl.volcano` now accepts a gene name (`str`) or list of gene names (`list[str]`) for the `top` parameter to annotate specific features on volcano plots
+
 ## 2.1.4
 
 ### Changes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 63f2b1f..ca5fd2f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires = [ "hatchling" ]
 
 [project]
 name = "decoupler"
-version = "2.1.4"
+version = "2.1.5"
 description = "Python package to perform enrichment analysis from omics data."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
diff --git a/src/decoupler/pl/_volcano.py b/src/decoupler/pl/_volcano.py
index 2035bd7..8afa379 100644
--- a/src/decoupler/pl/_volcano.py
+++ b/src/decoupler/pl/_volcano.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def volcano(
     y: str,
     net: pd.DataFrame | None = None,
     name: str | None = None,
-    top: int = 5,
+    top: int | str | list[str] = 5,
     thr_stat: float = 0.5,
     thr_sign: float = 0.05,
     max_stat: float | None = None,
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ def volcano(
     name
         Name of the source to subset ``net``.
     top
-        Number of top differentially abundant features to show.
+        Number of top differentially abundant features to show. Can also be a gene name
+        (``str``) or a list of gene names (``list[str]``) to annotate specific features.
     thr_stat
         Significance threshold for change statitsics.
     thr_sign
@@ -76,7 +77,14 @@ def volcano(
     assert isinstance(data, pd.DataFrame), m
     assert {x, y}.issubset(data.columns), m
     assert (net is None) == (name is None), "net and name must be both defined or both None"
-    assert isinstance(top, int) and top > 0, "top must be int and > 0"
+    if isinstance(top, str):
+        top = [top]
+    if isinstance(top, list):
+        assert all(isinstance(g, str) for g in top), "top must contain only str gene names"
+        missing = [g for g in top if g not in data.index]
+        assert not missing, f"gene names not found in data.index: {missing}"
+    else:
+        assert isinstance(top, int) and top > 0, "top must be int, str, list[str], and int must be > 0"
     assert isinstance(thr_stat, int | float) and thr_stat > 0, "thr_stat must be numeric and > 0"
     assert isinstance(thr_sign, int | float) and thr_sign > 0, "thr_sign must be numeric and > 0"
     if max_stat is None:
@@ -127,8 +135,11 @@ def volcano(
     bp.ax.set_xlabel(x)
     bp.ax.set_ylabel(rf"$-\log_{{10}}({y})$")
     # Show top sign features
-    signs = df[up_msk | dw_msk].sort_values("pval", ascending=False)
-    signs = signs.iloc[:top]
+    if isinstance(top, list):
+        signs = df[df.index.isin(top)]
+    else:
+        signs = df[up_msk | dw_msk].sort_values("pval", ascending=False)
+        signs = signs.iloc[:top]
     texts = []
     for x, y, s in zip(signs["stat"], signs["pval"], signs.index, strict=False):
         texts.append(bp.ax.text(x, y, s))
diff --git a/tests/pl/test_volcano.py b/tests/pl/test_volcano.py
index c69efef..d8c0854 100644
--- a/tests/pl/test_volcano.py
+++ b/tests/pl/test_volcano.py
@@ -32,3 +32,21 @@ def test_volcano(
     else:
         with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
             dc.pl.volcano(data=deg, x="stat", y="padj", net=net, name=name, return_fig=True)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "top,a_err",
+    [
+        ["G03", False],
+        [["G01", "G03"], False],
+        [["G01", "NONEXISTENT"], True],
+    ],
+)
+def test_volcano_top_genes(deg, top, a_err):
+    if not a_err:
+        fig = dc.pl.volcano(data=deg, x="stat", y="padj", top=top, return_fig=True)
+        assert isinstance(fig, Figure)
+        plt.close(fig)
+    else:
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            dc.pl.volcano(data=deg, x="stat", y="padj", top=top, return_fig=True)