diff --git a/cmd/issueList.go b/cmd/issueList.go
index d4fb310b..7100c0e6 100644
--- a/cmd/issueList.go
+++ b/cmd/issueList.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var issueLabels []string
+var issueState string
 
 var issueListCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "list",
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ var issueListCmd = &cobra.Command{
 				PerPage: 10,
 			},
 			Labels:  issueLabels,
-			State:   gitlab.String("opened"),
+			State:   &issueState,
 			OrderBy: gitlab.String("updated_at"),
 		})
 		if err != nil {
@@ -51,5 +52,8 @@ var issueListCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	issueListCmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(
 		&issueLabels, "label", "l", []string{}, "filter issues by label")
+	issueListCmd.Flags().StringVarP(
+		&issueState, "state", "s", "opened",
+		"filter issues by state (opened/closed)")
 	issueCmd.AddCommand(issueListCmd)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/issueList_test.go b/cmd/issueList_test.go
index dee784c4..eb6cdd53 100644
--- a/cmd/issueList_test.go
+++ b/cmd/issueList_test.go
@@ -38,3 +38,18 @@ func Test_issueListFlagLabel(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Log(issues)
 	require.Equal(t, "#3 test filter labels 1", issues[0])
 }
+
+func Test_issueListStateClosed(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := copyTestRepo(t)
+	cmd := exec.Command("../lab_bin", "issue", "list", "-s", "closed")
+	cmd.Dir = repo
+
+	b, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	issues := strings.Split(string(b), "\n")
+	t.Log(issues)
+	require.Equal(t, "#4 test closed issue", issues[0])
+}