diff --git a/osc-staging.py b/osc-staging.py
index d164fae51..b6e928ac8 100644
--- a/osc-staging.py
+++ b/osc-staging.py
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ def clean_args(args):
 @cmdln.option('--merge', action='store_true', help='propose merge where applicable and store details to allow future merges')
 @cmdln.option('--try-strategies', action='store_true', default=False, help='apply strategies and keep any with desireable outcome')
 @cmdln.option('--strategy', help='apply a specific strategy')
+@cmdln.option('--match-filter', help='xpath by which to filter requests on the basis of the reviews they received', default=None)
 @cmdln.option('--no-color', action='store_true', help='strip colors from output (or add staging.color = 0 to the .oscrc general section')
 @cmdln.option('--remove-exclusion', action='store_true', help='unignore selected requests automatically', default=False)
 @cmdln.option('--save', action='store_true', help='save the result to the pseudometa package')
@@ -158,6 +159,14 @@ def do_staging(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
 
     "list" will list/supersede requests for ring packages or all if no rings.
 
+        By just calling list, the staging plugin will list all the request included
+        in the backlog section of the web UI. It is also possible to optionally limit
+        results with an XPATH filter. As an example, the following would list all
+        packages which have received a positive review from a member of the
+        licensedigger group or the factory-auto one
+
+        list --match-filter "state/@name='review' and review[(@by_group='factory-auto' or @by_group='licensedigger') and @state='accepted']"
+
     "lock" acquire a hold on the project in order to execute multiple commands
         and prevent others from interrupting. An example:
 
@@ -309,7 +318,7 @@ def do_staging(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
         osc staging frozenage [STAGING...]
         osc staging ignore [-m MESSAGE] REQUEST...
         osc staging unignore [--cleanup] [REQUEST...|all]
-        osc staging list [--supersede] [--adi-details]
+        osc staging list [--adi-details] [--match-filter] [--supersede]
         osc staging lock [-m MESSAGE]
         osc staging select [--no-freeze] [--remove-exclusion] [--move [--filter-from STAGING]]
             STAGING REQUEST...
@@ -580,7 +589,7 @@ def do_staging(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
         elif cmd == 'unignore':
             UnignoreCommand(api).perform(args[1:], opts.cleanup)
         elif cmd == 'list':
-            ListCommand(api).perform(supersede=opts.supersede, adi_details=opts.adi_details)
+            ListCommand(api).perform(adi_details=opts.adi_details, match_filter=opts.match_filter, supersede=opts.supersede)
         elif cmd == 'lock':
             lock.hold(opts.message)
         elif cmd == 'adi':
diff --git a/osclib/list_command.py b/osclib/list_command.py
index 9af760c16..b30f427a2 100644
--- a/osclib/list_command.py
+++ b/osclib/list_command.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def print_request(self, request):
 
         print(' ', line)
 
-    def perform(self, supersede=False, adi_details=False):
+    def perform(self, adi_details=False, match_filter=None, supersede=False):
         """
         Perform the list command
         """
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def perform(self, supersede=False, adi_details=False):
         if supersede:
             SupersedeCommand(self.api).perform()
 
-        requests = self.api.get_open_requests()
+        requests = self.api.get_open_requests(match_filter=match_filter)
         if not len(requests):
             return
 
diff --git a/osclib/stagingapi.py b/osclib/stagingapi.py
index 9b52cd867..59a6996ba 100644
--- a/osclib/stagingapi.py
+++ b/osclib/stagingapi.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ def del_ignored_request(self, request_id):
         http_DELETE(url, data=ET.tostring(root))
 
     @memoize(session=True, add_invalidate=True)
-    def get_open_requests(self, query_extra=None):
+    def get_open_requests(self, match_filter=None, query_extra=None):
         """
         Get all requests with open review for staging project
         that are not yet included in any staging project
@@ -585,12 +585,14 @@ def get_open_requests(self, query_extra=None):
         # expect Request objects
 
         requests = []
+        target = f"target[@project='{self.project}']"
 
         # xpath query, using the -m, -r, -s options
-        where = f"@by_group='{self.cstaging_group}' and @state='new'"
-        target = f"target[@project='{self.project}']"
+        if not match_filter:
+            review_where = f"review[@by_group='{self.cstaging_group}' and @state='new']"
+            match_filter = f"state/@name='review' and {review_where}"
 
-        query = {'match': f"state/@name='review' and review[{where}] and {target}"}
+        query = {'match': f"{match_filter} and {target}"}
         if query_extra is not None:
             query.update(query_extra)
         url = self.makeurl(['search', 'request'], query)