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
+}