diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/Contracts.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/Contracts.pm
index 8c0c62ed93..e941d3e7c6 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/Contracts.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/Contracts.pm
@@ -37,11 +37,24 @@ sub query_params {
         },
         {
             param => 'status',
-            description => 'Filter for contracts with a specific status (except "terminated")',
+            description => 'Filter for contracts with a specific status (comma-separated list of statuses to include possible)',
             query => {
                 first => sub {
                     my $q = shift;
-                    { 'me.status' => $q };
+                    my @l = split /,/, $q;
+                    { 'me.status' => { -in => \@l }};
+                },
+                second => sub {},
+            },
+        },
+        {
+            param => 'not_status',
+            description => 'Filter for contracts not having a specific status (comma-separated list of statuses to exclude possible)',
+            query => {
+                first => sub {
+                    my $q = shift;
+                    my @l = split /,/, $q;
+                    { 'me.status' => { -not_in => \@l }};
                 },
                 second => sub {},
             },
@@ -92,7 +105,10 @@ sub GET :Allow {
     my $guard = $c->model('DB')->txn_scope_guard;
     {
         my $now = NGCP::Panel::Utils::DateTime::current_local;
-        my $contracts_rs = $self->item_rs($c,0,$now);
+        my $include_terminated =
+            defined $c->request->query_params->{status}
+            || defined $c->request->query_params->{not_status};
+        my $contracts_rs = $self->item_rs($c, $include_terminated ? 1 : 0, $now);
         (my $total_count, $contracts_rs, my $contracts_rows) = $self->paginate_order_collection($c, $contracts_rs);
         my $contracts = NGCP::Panel::Utils::Contract::acquire_contract_rowlocks(
             c => $c,
diff --git a/t/api-rest/api-contracts.t b/t/api-rest/api-contracts.t
index 0f040ea463..fc4c2c304d 100644
--- a/t/api-rest/api-contracts.t
+++ b/t/api-rest/api-contracts.t
@@ -677,6 +677,48 @@ my @allcontracts = ();
     $res = $ua->request($req);
     is($res->code, 404, "check fetching of terminated contract");
 
+    my $contact_q = 'contact_id='.$syscontact->{id};
+
+    $res = $ua->get($uri.'/api/contracts/?page=1&rows=50&'.$contact_q);
+    is($res->code, 200, "fetch unfiltered contracts for terminated contact");
+    my $unfiltered_items = JSON::from_json($res->decoded_content)->{_embedded}{'ngcp:contracts'};
+    my @unfiltered_items = !$unfiltered_items ? () : (ref $unfiltered_items eq 'ARRAY' ? @$unfiltered_items : ($unfiltered_items));
+    foreach my $item (@unfiltered_items) {
+        ok($item->{status} ne "terminated", "unfiltered collection still excludes terminated contracts");
+    }
+
+    $res = $ua->get($uri.'/api/contracts/?page=1&rows=50&status=terminated&'.$contact_q);
+    is($res->code, 200, "fetch contracts with status=terminated");
+    my $terminated_items = JSON::from_json($res->decoded_content)->{_embedded}{'ngcp:contracts'};
+    my @terminated_items = !$terminated_items ? () : (ref $terminated_items eq 'ARRAY' ? @$terminated_items : ($terminated_items));
+    ok(scalar(@terminated_items) > 0, "status=terminated returns contracts");
+    my %terminated_found;
+    foreach my $item (@terminated_items) {
+        is($item->{status}, "terminated", "status=terminated item is terminated");
+        $terminated_found{$item->{_links}->{self}->{href}} = 1;
+    }
+    foreach my $loc (@allcontracts) {
+        ok($terminated_found{$loc}, "terminated test contract $loc found via status=terminated");
+    }
+
+    $res = $ua->get($uri.'/api/contracts/?page=1&rows=50&not_status=terminated');
+    is($res->code, 200, "fetch contracts with not_status=terminated");
+    my $not_term_items = JSON::from_json($res->decoded_content)->{_embedded}{'ngcp:contracts'};
+    my @not_term_items = !$not_term_items ? () : (ref $not_term_items eq 'ARRAY' ? @$not_term_items : ($not_term_items));
+    foreach my $item (@not_term_items) {
+        ok($item->{status} ne "terminated", "not_status=terminated excludes terminated");
+        ok(!$terminated_found{$item->{_links}->{self}->{href}}, "terminated test contract not returned by not_status=terminated");
+    }
+
+    $res = $ua->get($uri.'/api/contracts/?page=1&rows=50&status=active,pending');
+    is($res->code, 200, "fetch contracts with status=active,pending");
+    my $ap_items = JSON::from_json($res->decoded_content)->{_embedded}{'ngcp:contracts'};
+    my @ap_items = !$ap_items ? () : (ref $ap_items eq 'ARRAY' ? @$ap_items : ($ap_items));
+    ok(scalar(@ap_items) > 0, "status=active,pending returns contracts");
+    foreach my $item (@ap_items) {
+        ok($item->{status} eq "active" || $item->{status} eq "pending", "status=active,pending item has allowed status");
+    }
+
     # check if deletion of contact is now ok
     # TODO: are we supposed to be able to delete a contact for a terminated
     # contract? there are still DB contstraints in the way!
diff --git a/t/api-rest2/Contracts.yaml b/t/api-rest2/Contracts.yaml
index b99bddcd33..fe543321e9 100644
--- a/t/api-rest2/Contracts.yaml
+++ b/t/api-rest2/Contracts.yaml
@@ -932,6 +932,72 @@
         is:
             code: 404
 
+#GET contracts with status=terminated
+-
+    name: GET contracts with status=terminated
+    type: item
+    method: GET
+    path: '/api/contracts/?page=1&rows=50&status=terminated&contact_id=${system_contact_id}'
+    retain:
+        terminated_contracts: body
+    perl_code: !!perl/code |
+        {
+            my ($retained) = @_;
+            my $embedded = $retained->{terminated_contracts}->{_embedded}->{'ngcp:contracts'};
+            my @items = !$embedded ? () : (ref $embedded eq 'ARRAY' ? @$embedded : ($embedded));
+            $retained->{terminated_statuses_ok} = (grep { $_->{status} ne 'terminated' } @items) ? 0 : 1;
+            $retained->{terminated_found} = (grep { ($_->{_links}{self}{href} // '') eq $retained->{contract_path} } @items) ? 1 : 0;
+        }
+    conditions:
+        is:
+            code: 200
+            '${terminated_statuses_ok}': 1
+            '${terminated_found}': 1
+
+#GET contracts with not_status=terminated
+-
+    name: GET contracts with not_status=terminated
+    type: item
+    method: GET
+    path: '/api/contracts/?page=1&rows=50&not_status=terminated'
+    retain:
+        not_terminated_contracts: body
+    perl_code: !!perl/code |
+        {
+            my ($retained) = @_;
+            my $embedded = $retained->{not_terminated_contracts}->{_embedded}->{'ngcp:contracts'};
+            my @items = !$embedded ? () : (ref $embedded eq 'ARRAY' ? @$embedded : ($embedded));
+            $retained->{not_terminated_statuses_ok} = (grep { $_->{status} eq 'terminated' } @items) ? 0 : 1;
+            $retained->{not_terminated_excludes_contract} = (grep { ($_->{_links}{self}{href} // '') eq $retained->{contract_path} } @items) ? 0 : 1;
+        }
+    conditions:
+        is:
+            code: 200
+            '${not_terminated_statuses_ok}': 1
+            '${not_terminated_excludes_contract}': 1
+
+#GET contracts with status=active,pending
+-
+    name: GET contracts with status=active,pending
+    type: item
+    method: GET
+    path: '/api/contracts/?page=1&rows=50&status=active,pending'
+    retain:
+        active_pending_contracts: body
+    perl_code: !!perl/code |
+        {
+            my ($retained) = @_;
+            my $embedded = $retained->{active_pending_contracts}->{_embedded}->{'ngcp:contracts'};
+            my @items = !$embedded ? () : (ref $embedded eq 'ARRAY' ? @$embedded : ($embedded));
+            $retained->{active_pending_count_ok} = scalar(@items) > 0 ? 1 : 0;
+            $retained->{active_pending_statuses_ok} = (grep { $_->{status} ne 'active' && $_->{status} ne 'pending' } @items) ? 0 : 1;
+        }
+    conditions:
+        is:
+            code: 200
+            '${active_pending_count_ok}': 1
+            '${active_pending_statuses_ok}': 1
+
 #terminate billingprofile
 -
     name: 'terminate billingprofile'