diff --git a/crates/tangled-api/src/client.rs b/crates/tangled-api/src/client.rs
index e291e99..82ec51f 100644
--- a/crates/tangled-api/src/client.rs
+++ b/crates/tangled-api/src/client.rs
@@ -926,6 +926,35 @@ impl TangledClient {
         Self::uri_rkey(&res.uri).ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing rkey in issue state uri"))
     }
 
+    pub async fn list_issue_states(
+        &self,
+        author_did: &str,
+        bearer: Option<&str>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<IssueState>> {
+        #[derive(Deserialize)]
+        struct Item {
+            #[allow(dead_code)]
+            uri: String,
+            #[allow(dead_code)]
+            cid: Option<String>,
+            value: IssueState,
+        }
+        #[derive(Deserialize)]
+        struct ListRes {
+            #[serde(default)]
+            records: Vec<Item>,
+        }
+        let params = vec![
+            ("repo", author_did.to_string()),
+            ("collection", "sh.tangled.repo.issue.state".to_string()),
+            ("limit", "100".to_string()),
+        ];
+        let res: ListRes = self
+            .get_json("com.atproto.repo.listRecords", &params, bearer)
+            .await?;
+        Ok(res.records.into_iter().map(|it| it.value).collect())
+    }
+
     pub async fn get_pull_record(
         &self,
         author_did: &str,
@@ -1365,6 +1394,12 @@ pub struct IssueRecord {
     pub issue: Issue,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct IssueState {
+    pub issue: String,
+    pub state: String,
+}
+
 // Pull record value (subset)
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct PullTarget {
diff --git a/crates/tangled-api/src/lib.rs b/crates/tangled-api/src/lib.rs
index 661c21a..4c85466 100644
--- a/crates/tangled-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/tangled-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ pub mod client;
 
 pub use client::TangledClient;
 pub use client::{
-    CreateRepoOptions, DefaultBranch, Issue, IssueRecord, Language, Languages, Pull, PullRecord,
-    RepoRecord, Repository, Secret,
+    CreateRepoOptions, DefaultBranch, Issue, IssueRecord, IssueState, Language, Languages, Pull,
+    PullRecord, RepoRecord, Repository, Secret,
 };
diff --git a/crates/tangled-cli/src/commands/issue.rs b/crates/tangled-cli/src/commands/issue.rs
index 6f2a377..28cc54c 100644
--- a/crates/tangled-cli/src/commands/issue.rs
+++ b/crates/tangled-cli/src/commands/issue.rs
@@ -34,13 +34,51 @@ async fn list(args: IssueListArgs) -> Result<()> {
         None
     };
 
-    let items = client
+    let mut items = client
         .list_issues(
             &session.did,
             repo_filter_at.as_deref(),
             Some(session.access_jwt.as_str()),
         )
         .await?;
+
+    // Filter by state if requested
+    if let Some(state_filter) = &args.state {
+        let state_nsid = match state_filter.as_str() {
+            "open" => "sh.tangled.repo.issue.state.open",
+            "closed" => "sh.tangled.repo.issue.state.closed",
+            other => {
+                return Err(anyhow!(format!(
+                    "unknown state '{}', expected 'open' or 'closed'",
+                    other
+                )))
+            }
+        };
+
+        // Fetch issue states
+        let states = client
+            .list_issue_states(&session.did, Some(session.access_jwt.as_str()))
+            .await?;
+
+        // Build map of issue AT-URI to current state
+        let mut issue_states = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+        for state in states {
+            issue_states.insert(state.issue, state.state);
+        }
+
+        // Filter issues by state
+        items.retain(|it| {
+            let issue_at = format!(
+                "at://{}/sh.tangled.repo.issue/{}",
+                it.author_did, it.rkey
+            );
+            match issue_states.get(&issue_at) {
+                Some(state) => state == state_nsid,
+                None => state_nsid == "sh.tangled.repo.issue.state.open", // default to open
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     if items.is_empty() {
         println!("No issues found (showing only issues you created)");
     } else {