diff --git a/cmd/cli/node/list.go b/cmd/cli/node/list.go
index 4b45f35e21..a891930dcc 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/node/list.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/node/list.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package node
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
@@ -14,14 +15,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 var defaultColumnGroups = []string{"labels", "capacity"}
-var orderByFields = []string{"id", "type", "available_cpu", "available_memory", "available_disk", "available_gpu"}
+var orderByFields = []string{"id", "type", "available_cpu", "available_memory", "available_disk", "available_gpu", "status"}
+var filterStatusValues = []string{"approved", "pending", "rejected"}
 
 // ListOptions is a struct to support node command
 type ListOptions struct {
 	output.OutputOptions
 	cliflags.ListOptions
-	ColumnGroups []string
-	Labels       string
+	ColumnGroups   []string
+	Labels         string
+	FilterByStatus string
 }
 
 // NewListOptions returns initialized Options
@@ -43,11 +46,13 @@ func NewListCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 	nodeCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&o.ColumnGroups, "show", o.ColumnGroups,
 		fmt.Sprintf("What column groups to show. Zero or more of: %q", maps.Keys(toggleColumns)))
-
 	nodeCmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.Labels, "labels", o.Labels,
 		"Filter nodes by labels. See https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels/ for more information.")
 	nodeCmd.Flags().AddFlagSet(cliflags.ListFlags(&o.ListOptions))
 	nodeCmd.Flags().AddFlagSet(cliflags.OutputFormatFlags(&o.OutputOptions))
+	nodeCmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.FilterByStatus, "filter-status", o.FilterByStatus,
+		fmt.Sprintf("Filter nodes by status. One of: %q", filterStatusValues))
+
 	return nodeCmd
 }
 
@@ -63,8 +68,16 @@ func (o *ListOptions) run(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 			util.Fatal(cmd, fmt.Errorf("could not parse labels: %w", err), 1)
 		}
 	}
+
+	if o.FilterByStatus != "" {
+		if !slices.Contains(filterStatusValues, o.FilterByStatus) {
+			util.Fatal(cmd, fmt.Errorf("cannot use '%s' as filter status value, should be one of: %q", o.FilterByStatus, filterStatusValues), 1)
+		}
+	}
+
 	response, err := util.GetAPIClientV2(cmd).Nodes().List(ctx, &apimodels.ListNodesRequest{
-		Labels: labelRequirements,
+		Labels:         labelRequirements,
+		FilterByStatus: o.FilterByStatus,
 		BaseListRequest: apimodels.BaseListRequest{
 			Limit:     o.Limit,
 			NextToken: o.NextToken,
diff --git a/pkg/publicapi/apimodels/node.go b/pkg/publicapi/apimodels/node.go
index ab4540af4b..27f5cb944d 100644
--- a/pkg/publicapi/apimodels/node.go
+++ b/pkg/publicapi/apimodels/node.go
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ type GetNodeResponse struct {
 
 type ListNodesRequest struct {
 	BaseListRequest
-	Labels []labels.Requirement `query:"-"` // don't auto bind as it requires special handling
+	Labels         []labels.Requirement `query:"-"` // don't auto bind as it requires special handling
+	FilterByStatus string               `query:"filter-status"`
 }
 
 // ToHTTPRequest is used to convert the request to an HTTP request
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ func (o *ListNodesRequest) ToHTTPRequest() *HTTPRequest {
 	for _, v := range o.Labels {
 		r.Params.Add("labels", v.String())
 	}
+
+	if o.FilterByStatus != "" {
+		r.Params.Add("filter-status", o.FilterByStatus)
+	}
+
 	return r
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/publicapi/endpoint/orchestrator/node.go b/pkg/publicapi/endpoint/orchestrator/node.go
index 236c5b388c..bae1810d4d 100644
--- a/pkg/publicapi/endpoint/orchestrator/node.go
+++ b/pkg/publicapi/endpoint/orchestrator/node.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package orchestrator
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ func (e *Endpoint) listNodes(c echo.Context) error {
 		sortFnc = func(a, b *models.NodeInfo) int {
 			return util.Compare[uint64]{}.CmpRev(capacity(a).GPU, capacity(b).GPU)
 		}
+	case "approval", "status":
+		sortFnc = func(a, b *models.NodeInfo) int {
+			return util.Compare[string]{}.Cmp(a.Approval.String(), b.Approval.String())
+		}
 	default:
 		return echo.NewHTTPError(http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid order_by")
 	}
@@ -97,9 +102,15 @@ func (e *Endpoint) listNodes(c echo.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// filter nodes
+	args.FilterByStatus = strings.ToUpper(args.FilterByStatus)
+
+	// filter nodes, first by status, then by label selectors
 	res := make([]*models.NodeInfo, 0)
 	for i, node := range allNodes {
+		if args.FilterByStatus != "" && args.FilterByStatus != node.Approval.String() {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if selector.Matches(labels.Set(node.Labels)) {
 			res = append(res, &allNodes[i])
 		}