diff --git a/openstackclient/network/v2/port.py b/openstackclient/network/v2/port.py
index 84aef47757..c45b34ad33 100644
--- a/openstackclient/network/v2/port.py
+++ b/openstackclient/network/v2/port.py
@@ -792,6 +792,19 @@ class ListPort(command.Lister):
             metavar='<security-group>',
             help=_("List only ports associated with this security group"),
         )
+        # the API sadly reports these in upper case and while it would be
+        # wonderful to plaster over this ugliness client-side, there are
+        # already users in the wild doing this in upper case that we need to
+        # support
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--status',
+            metavar='<status>',
+            choices=('ACTIVE', 'BUILD', 'DOWN', 'ERROR'),
+            help=_(
+                "List ports according to their status "
+                "('ACTIVE', 'BUILD', 'DOWN', 'ERROR')"
+            ),
+        )
         identity_common.add_project_domain_option_to_parser(parser)
         parser.add_argument(
             '--fixed-ip',
@@ -859,6 +872,8 @@ class ListPort(command.Lister):
             filters['network_id'] = network.id
         if parsed_args.mac_address:
             filters['mac_address'] = parsed_args.mac_address
+        if parsed_args.status:
+            filters['status'] = parsed_args.status
         if parsed_args.project:
             project_id = identity_common.find_project(
                 identity_client,
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/unit/network/v2/test_port.py b/openstackclient/tests/unit/network/v2/test_port.py
index d7592e99be..81f3cd7e97 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/unit/network/v2/test_port.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/unit/network/v2/test_port.py
@@ -1712,6 +1712,29 @@ class TestListPort(compute_fakes.FakeClientMixin, TestPort):
         self.assertEqual(self.columns, columns)
         self.assertCountEqual(self.data, list(data))
 
+    def test_port_list_status(self):
+        arglist = [
+            '--status',
+            'ACTIVE',
+        ]
+        verifylist = [
+            ('status', 'ACTIVE'),
+        ]
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
+
+        columns, data = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+        filters = {
+            'status': 'ACTIVE',
+            'fields': LIST_FIELDS_TO_RETRIEVE,
+        }
+
+        self.network_client.ports.assert_called_once_with(**filters)
+        self.assertEqual(self.columns, columns)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.data,
+            list(data),
+        )
+
 
 class TestSetPort(TestPort):
     _port = network_fakes.create_one_port({'tags': ['green', 'red']})
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-port-list-status-option-f51da0aed0528a5d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-port-list-status-option-f51da0aed0528a5d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..762ea6dcaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-port-list-status-option-f51da0aed0528a5d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add ``--status`` option to ``port list`` command.
+    [Bug `1672680 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-openstackclient/+bug/1672680>`_]