diff --git a/pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go b/pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go
index d58357ac4..f3e1f7871 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/issue/list/list.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type ListOptions struct {
 	Mention      string
 	Milestone    string
 	Search       string
+	IssueType    string
 	WebMode      bool
 	Exporter     cmdutil.Exporter
 
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ func NewCmdList(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ListOptions) error) *cobra.Comman
 			$ gh issue list --milestone "The big 1.0"
 			$ gh issue list --search "error no:assignee sort:created-asc"
 			$ gh issue list --state all
+			$ gh issue list --type Bug
 		`),
 		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
 		Args:    cmdutil.NoArgsQuoteReminder,
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ func NewCmdList(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ListOptions) error) *cobra.Comman
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Mention, "mention", "", "Filter by mention")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Milestone, "milestone", "m", "", "Filter by milestone number or title")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Search, "search", "S", "", "Search issues with `query`")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.IssueType, "type", "", "Filter by issue type `name`")
 	cmdutil.AddJSONFlags(cmd, &opts.Exporter, api.IssueFields)
 
 	return cmd
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ func listRun(opts *ListOptions) error {
 		Mention:   opts.Mention,
 		Milestone: opts.Milestone,
 		Search:    opts.Search,
+		IssueType: opts.IssueType,
 		Fields:    fields,
 	}
 
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@ func listRun(opts *ListOptions) error {
 func issueList(client *http.Client, detector fd.Detector, repo ghrepo.Interface, filters prShared.FilterOptions, limit int) (*api.IssuesAndTotalCount, error) {
 	apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(client)
 
-	if filters.Search != "" || len(filters.Labels) > 0 || filters.Milestone != "" {
+	if filters.Search != "" || len(filters.Labels) > 0 || filters.Milestone != "" || filters.IssueType != "" {
 		if milestoneNumber, err := strconv.ParseInt(filters.Milestone, 10, 32); err == nil {
 			milestone, err := milestoneByNumber(client, repo, int32(milestoneNumber))
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/params.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/params.go
index 76f096efd..32d74b301 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/params.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/shared/params.go
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ type FilterOptions struct {
 	Entity     string
 	Fields     []string
 	HeadBranch string
+	IssueType  string
 	Labels     []string
 	Mention    string
 	Milestone  string
@@ -212,6 +213,9 @@ func (opts *FilterOptions) IsDefault() bool {
 	if opts.Search != "" {
 		return false
 	}
+	if opts.IssueType != "" {
+		return false
+	}
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -236,6 +240,15 @@ func SearchQueryBuild(options FilterOptions, advancedIssueSearchSyntax bool) str
 	case "merged":
 		is = "merged"
 	}
+
+	searchTerms := options.Search
+	if options.IssueType != "" {
+		if searchTerms != "" {
+			searchTerms += " "
+		}
+		searchTerms += "type:" + options.IssueType
+	}
+
 	query := search.Query{
 		Qualifiers: search.Qualifiers{
 			Assignee:  options.Assignee,
@@ -251,7 +264,7 @@ func SearchQueryBuild(options FilterOptions, advancedIssueSearchSyntax bool) str
 			Is:        []string{is},
 			Type:      options.Entity,
 		},
-		ImmutableKeywords: options.Search,
+		ImmutableKeywords: searchTerms,
 	}
 
 	if !advancedIssueSearchSyntax {