diff --git a/cmd/client/container.go b/cmd/client/container.go
index 9b728459..eff55969 100644
--- a/cmd/client/container.go
+++ b/cmd/client/container.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
@@ -178,6 +179,21 @@ var listContainersCommand = cli.Command{
 			Name:  "quiet",
 			Usage: "list only container IDs",
 		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "id",
+			Value: "",
+			Usage: "filter by container id",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "pod",
+			Value: "",
+			Usage: "filter by container pod id",
+		},
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:  "state",
+			Value: "",
+			Usage: "filter by container state",
+		},
 	},
 	Action: func(context *cli.Context) error {
 		// Set up a connection to the server.
@@ -188,7 +204,7 @@ var listContainersCommand = cli.Command{
 		defer conn.Close()
 		client := pb.NewRuntimeServiceClient(conn)
 
-		err = ListContainers(client, context.Bool("quiet"))
+		err = ListContainers(client, context.Bool("quiet"), context.String("id"), context.String("pod"), context.String("state"))
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("listing containers failed: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -304,8 +320,33 @@ func ContainerStatus(client pb.RuntimeServiceClient, ID string) error {
 
 // ListContainers sends a ListContainerRequest to the server, and parses
 // the returned ListContainerResponse.
-func ListContainers(client pb.RuntimeServiceClient, quiet bool) error {
-	r, err := client.ListContainers(context.Background(), &pb.ListContainersRequest{})
+func ListContainers(client pb.RuntimeServiceClient, quiet bool, id string, podID string, state string) error {
+	filter := &pb.ContainerFilter{}
+	if id != "" {
+		filter.Id = &id
+	}
+	if podID != "" {
+		filter.PodSandboxId = &podID
+	}
+	if state != "" {
+		st := pb.ContainerState_UNKNOWN
+		switch state {
+		case "created":
+			st = pb.ContainerState_CREATED
+			filter.State = &st
+		case "running":
+			st = pb.ContainerState_RUNNING
+			filter.State = &st
+		case "stopped":
+			st = pb.ContainerState_EXITED
+			filter.State = &st
+		default:
+			log.Fatalf("--state should be one of created, running or stopped")
+		}
+	}
+	r, err := client.ListContainers(context.Background(), &pb.ListContainersRequest{
+		Filter: filter,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/server/container.go b/server/container.go
index 08ed4b06..da8da6b5 100644
--- a/server/container.go
+++ b/server/container.go
@@ -411,10 +411,54 @@ func (s *Server) RemoveContainer(ctx context.Context, req *pb.RemoveContainerReq
 	return &pb.RemoveContainerResponse{}, nil
 }
 
+// filterContainer returns whether passed container matches filtering criteria
+func filterContainer(c *pb.Container, filter *pb.ContainerFilter) bool {
+	if filter != nil {
+		if filter.State != nil {
+			if *c.State != *filter.State {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+		// TODO(mrunalp): Add support for label filtering
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // ListContainers lists all containers by filters.
 func (s *Server) ListContainers(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ListContainersRequest) (*pb.ListContainersResponse, error) {
 	var ctrs []*pb.Container
-	for _, ctr := range s.state.containers.List() {
+	filter := req.Filter
+	ctrList := s.state.containers.List()
+
+	// Filter using container id and pod id first.
+	if filter != nil {
+		if filter.Id != nil {
+			c := s.state.containers.Get(*filter.Id)
+			if c != nil {
+				if filter.PodSandboxId != nil {
+					if c.Sandbox() == *filter.PodSandboxId {
+						ctrList = []*oci.Container{c}
+					} else {
+						ctrList = []*oci.Container{}
+					}
+
+				} else {
+					ctrList = []*oci.Container{c}
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			if filter.PodSandboxId != nil {
+				pod := s.state.sandboxes[*filter.PodSandboxId]
+				if pod == nil {
+					ctrList = []*oci.Container{}
+				} else {
+					ctrList = pod.containers.List()
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, ctr := range ctrList {
 		if err := s.runtime.UpdateStatus(ctr); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -441,7 +485,10 @@ func (s *Server) ListContainers(ctx context.Context, req *pb.ListContainersReque
 		}
 		c.State = &rState
 
-		ctrs = append(ctrs, c)
+		// Filter by other criteria such as state and labels.
+		if filterContainer(c, req.Filter) {
+			ctrs = append(ctrs, c)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return &pb.ListContainersResponse{
diff --git a/test/ctr.bats b/test/ctr.bats
index de300682..90444032 100644
--- a/test/ctr.bats
+++ b/test/ctr.bats
@@ -142,3 +142,100 @@ function teardown() {
 	stop_ocid
 }
 
+@test "ctr list filtering" {
+	# this test requires docker, thus it can't yet be run in a container
+	if [ "$TRAVIS" = "true" ]; then # instead of $TRAVIS, add a function is_containerized to skip here
+		skip "cannot yet run this test in a container, use sudo make localintegration"
+	fi
+
+	start_ocid
+	run ocic pod create --config "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json --name pod1
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	pod1_id="$output"
+	run ocic ctr create --config "$TESTDATA"/container_redis.json --pod "$pod1_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	ctr1_id="$output"
+	run ocic ctr start --id "$ctr1_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	run ocic pod create --config "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json --name pod2
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	pod2_id="$output"
+	run ocic ctr create --config "$TESTDATA"/container_redis.json --pod "$pod2_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	ctr2_id="$output"
+	run ocic pod create --config "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json --name pod3
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	pod3_id="$output"
+	run ocic ctr create --config "$TESTDATA"/container_redis.json --pod "$pod3_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	ctr3_id="$output"
+	run ocic ctr start --id "$ctr3_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	run ocic ctr stop --id "$ctr3_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	run ocic ctr list --id "$ctr1_id" --quiet
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" != "" ]]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "$ctr1_id"  ]]
+	run ocic ctr list --id "$ctr2_id" --pod "$pod2_id" --quiet
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" != "" ]]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "$ctr2_id"  ]]
+	run ocic ctr list --id "$ctr2_id" --pod "$pod3_id" --quiet
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" == "" ]]
+	run ocic ctr list --state created --quiet
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" != "" ]]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "$ctr2_id"  ]]
+	run ocic ctr list --state running --quiet
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" != "" ]]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "$ctr1_id"  ]]
+	run ocic ctr list --state stopped --quiet
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" != "" ]]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "$ctr3_id"  ]]
+	run ocic ctr list --pod "$pod1_id" --quiet
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" != "" ]]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "$ctr1_id"  ]]
+	run ocic ctr list --pod "$pod2_id" --quiet
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" != "" ]]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "$ctr2_id"  ]]
+	run ocic ctr list --pod "$pod3_id" --quiet
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "$output" != "" ]]
+	[[ "$output" =~ "$ctr3_id"  ]]
+	run ocic pod remove --id "$pod1_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	run ocic pod remove --id "$pod2_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	run ocic pod remove --id "$pod3_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	cleanup_ctrs
+	cleanup_pods
+	stop_ocid
+}