diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/list/http.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/list/http.go
index 765cf8b0c..191ba0d18 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/list/http.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/list/http.go
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ type FilterOptions struct {
 	Fork        bool
 	Source      bool
 	Language    string
-	Topic       string
+	Topic       []string
 	Archived    bool
 	NonArchived bool
 	Fields      []string
 }
 
 func listRepos(client *http.Client, hostname string, limit int, owner string, filter FilterOptions) (*RepositoryList, error) {
-	if filter.Language != "" || filter.Archived || filter.NonArchived || filter.Topic != "" || filter.Visibility == "internal" {
+	if filter.Language != "" || filter.Archived || filter.NonArchived || len(filter.Topic) > 0 || filter.Visibility == "internal" {
 		return searchRepos(client, hostname, limit, owner, filter)
 	}
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func searchQuery(owner string, filter FilterOptions) string {
 			Fork:     fork,
 			Is:       []string{filter.Visibility},
 			Language: filter.Language,
-			Topic:    []string{filter.Topic},
+			Topic:    filter.Topic,
 			User:     owner,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/list/list.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/list/list.go
index a7e21e0ee..d6ebd1b0a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/list/list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/list/list.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type ListOptions struct {
 	Fork        bool
 	Source      bool
 	Language    string
-	Topic       string
+	Topic       []string
 	Archived    bool
 	NonArchived bool
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func NewCmdList(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ListOptions) error) *cobra.Comman
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Source, "source", false, "Show only non-forks")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Fork, "fork", false, "Show only forks")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Language, "language", "l", "", "Filter by primary coding language")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Topic, "topic", "", "Filter by topic")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&opts.Topic, "topic", "", nil, "Filter by topic")
 	cmdutil.StringEnumFlag(cmd, &opts.Visibility, "visibility", "", "", []string{"public", "private", "internal"}, "Filter by repository visibility")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Archived, "archived", false, "Show only archived repositories")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.NonArchived, "no-archived", false, "Omit archived repositories")
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func listRun(opts *ListOptions) error {
 		fmt.Fprintln(opts.IO.ErrOut, "warning: this query uses the Search API which is capped at 1000 results maximum")
 	}
 	if opts.IO.IsStdoutTTY() {
-		hasFilters := filter.Visibility != "" || filter.Fork || filter.Source || filter.Language != "" || filter.Topic != ""
+		hasFilters := filter.Visibility != "" || filter.Fork || filter.Source || filter.Language != "" || len(filter.Topic) > 0
 		title := listHeader(listResult.Owner, len(listResult.Repositories), listResult.TotalCount, hasFilters)
 		fmt.Fprintf(opts.IO.Out, "\n%s\n\n", title)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/list/list_test.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/list/list_test.go
index 50d0e380d..e6fb918d0 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/list/list_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/list/list_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestNewCmdList(t *testing.T) {
 				Fork:        false,
 				Source:      false,
 				Language:    "",
-				Topic:       "",
+				Topic:       []string(nil),
 				Archived:    false,
 				NonArchived: false,
 			},
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestNewCmdList(t *testing.T) {
 				Fork:        false,
 				Source:      false,
 				Language:    "",
-				Topic:       "",
+				Topic:       []string(nil),
 				Archived:    false,
 				NonArchived: false,
 			},
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestNewCmdList(t *testing.T) {
 				Fork:        false,
 				Source:      false,
 				Language:    "",
-				Topic:       "",
+				Topic:       []string(nil),
 				Archived:    false,
 				NonArchived: false,
 			},
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func TestNewCmdList(t *testing.T) {
 				Fork:        false,
 				Source:      false,
 				Language:    "",
-				Topic:       "",
+				Topic:       []string(nil),
 				Archived:    false,
 				NonArchived: false,
 			},
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func TestNewCmdList(t *testing.T) {
 				Fork:        false,
 				Source:      false,
 				Language:    "",
-				Topic:       "",
+				Topic:       []string(nil),
 				Archived:    false,
 				NonArchived: false,
 			},
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestNewCmdList(t *testing.T) {
 				Fork:        true,
 				Source:      false,
 				Language:    "",
-				Topic:       "",
+				Topic:       []string(nil),
 				Archived:    false,
 				NonArchived: false,
 			},
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestNewCmdList(t *testing.T) {
 				Fork:        false,
 				Source:      true,
 				Language:    "",
-				Topic:       "",
+				Topic:       []string(nil),
 				Archived:    false,
 				NonArchived: false,
 			},
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func TestNewCmdList(t *testing.T) {
 				Fork:        false,
 				Source:      false,
 				Language:    "go",
-				Topic:       "",
+				Topic:       []string(nil),
 				Archived:    false,
 				NonArchived: false,
 			},
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func TestNewCmdList(t *testing.T) {
 				Fork:        false,
 				Source:      false,
 				Language:    "",
-				Topic:       "",
+				Topic:       []string(nil),
 				Archived:    true,
 				NonArchived: false,
 			},
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func TestNewCmdList(t *testing.T) {
 				Fork:        false,
 				Source:      false,
 				Language:    "",
-				Topic:       "",
+				Topic:       []string(nil),
 				Archived:    false,
 				NonArchived: true,
 			},
@@ -188,7 +188,22 @@ func TestNewCmdList(t *testing.T) {
 				Fork:        false,
 				Source:      false,
 				Language:    "",
-				Topic:       "cli",
+				Topic:       []string{"cli"},
+				Archived:    false,
+				NonArchived: false,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "with multiple topic",
+			cli:  "--topic cli --topic multiple-topic",
+			wants: ListOptions{
+				Limit:       30,
+				Owner:       "",
+				Visibility:  "",
+				Fork:        false,
+				Source:      false,
+				Language:    "",
+				Topic:       []string{"cli", "multiple-topic"},
 				Archived:    false,
 				NonArchived: false,
 			},