diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 21e2666..494f340 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Known issues:
 
 ## not yet released
 
+- [joyent/node-triton#80] Add `triton network list public=true|false`
+  filtering. Note that this filtering is client-side.
+
 - [joyent/node-triton#146] Add `--wait` flag to `triton instance rename`.
 
 - [joyent/node-triton#133] Add `triton inst fwrule list` and `triton fwrules` shortcuts
diff --git a/lib/do_network/do_list.js b/lib/do_network/do_list.js
index 7cc963c..056f3e6 100644
--- a/lib/do_network/do_list.js
+++ b/lib/do_network/do_list.js
@@ -5,21 +5,20 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2016 Joyent, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2017 Joyent, Inc.
  *
  * `triton network list ...`
  */
 
 var tabula = require('tabula');
+var vasync = require('vasync');
 
 var common = require('../common');
+var errors = require('../errors');
+
 
-// to be passed as query string args to /my/networks
 var validFilters = [
-    'id',
-    'name',
-    'public',
-    'description'
+    'public'
 ];
 
 // columns default without -o
@@ -32,12 +31,10 @@ var columnsDefaultLong = 'id,name,subnet,gateway,fabric,vlan,public';
 var sortDefault = 'name';
 
 function do_list(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
+    var self = this;
     if (opts.help) {
         this.do_help('help', {}, [subcmd], callback);
         return;
-    } else if (args.length !== 0) {
-        callback(new Error('invalid args: ' + args));
-        return;
     }
 
     var columns = columnsDefault;
@@ -49,18 +46,55 @@ function do_list(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
     columns = columns.split(',');
 
     var sort = opts.s.split(',');
-    var tritonapi = this.top.tritonapi;
+    var filters;
+    try {
+        filters = common.kvToObj(args, validFilters);
+    } catch (e) {
+        callback(e);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (filters.hasOwnProperty('public')) {
+        filters.public =
+            common.boolFromString(filters.public, null, 'public');
+    }
 
-    common.cliSetupTritonApi({cli: this.top}, function onSetup(setupErr) {
-        if (setupErr) {
-            callback(setupErr);
-        }
-        tritonapi.cloudapi.listNetworks(function (err, networks) {
-            if (err) {
-                callback(err);
-                return;
+    vasync.pipeline({arg: {cli: this.top}, funcs: [
+        common.cliSetupTritonApi,
+
+        function searchNetworks(arg, next) {
+            self.top.tritonapi.cloudapi.listNetworks(function (err, networks) {
+                 if (err) {
+                     next(err);
+                     return;
+                 }
+                 arg.networks = networks;
+                 next();
+            });
+        },
+
+        function filterNetworks(arg, next) {
+            var filteredNetworks = [];
+            var filterKeys = Object.keys(filters);
+            for (var i = 0; i < arg.networks.length; i++) {
+                var network = arg.networks[i];
+                var keepIt = true;
+                for (var j = 0; j < filterKeys.length; j++) {
+                    var k = filterKeys[j];
+                    if (network[k] !== filters[k]) {
+                        keepIt = false;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (keepIt) {
+                    filteredNetworks.push(network);
+                }
             }
+            arg.filteredNetworks = filteredNetworks;
+            next();
+       },
 
+       function doneNetworks(arg, next) {
+            var networks = arg.filteredNetworks;
             if (opts.json) {
                 common.jsonStream(networks);
             } else {
@@ -75,9 +109,9 @@ function do_list(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
                     sort: sort
                 });
             }
-            callback();
-        });
-    });
+            next();
+        }
+    ]}, callback);
 }
 
 do_list.options = [
@@ -91,13 +125,16 @@ do_list.options = [
     sortDefault: sortDefault
 }));
 
-do_list.synopses = ['{{name}} {{cmd}}'];
+do_list.synopses = ['{{name}} {{cmd}} [FILTERS...]'];
 
 do_list.help = [
     'List available networks.',
     '',
     '{{usage}}',
     '',
+    'Filters:',
+    '    FIELD=true|false   Boolean filter. Supported fields: public',
+    '',
     '{{options}}',
     'Fields (most are self explanatory, the client adds some for convenience):',
     '    vlan       A shorter alias for "vlan_id".',
diff --git a/test/integration/cli-networks.test.js b/test/integration/cli-networks.test.js
index 4a3cb32..1d822dd 100644
--- a/test/integration/cli-networks.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/cli-networks.test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, Joyent, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2017 Joyent, Inc.
  */
 
 /*
@@ -66,6 +66,52 @@ test('triton networks', function (tt) {
         });
     });
 
+    tt.test(' triton networks public=false', function (t) {
+        h.triton('networks public=false -H -o public',
+        function (err, stdout, stderr) {
+            if (h.ifErr(t, err))
+                return t.end();
+            var results = stdout.trim().split('\n');
+            results.forEach(function (result) {
+                t.equal(false, common.boolFromString(result, null, 'public'));
+            });
+            t.end();
+        });
+    });
+
+    tt.test(' triton network list public=false', function (t) {
+        h.triton('network list public=false -H -o public',
+        function (err, stdout, stderr) {
+            if (h.ifErr(t, err))
+                return t.end();
+            var results = stdout.trim().split('\n');
+            results.forEach(function (result) {
+                t.equal(false, common.boolFromString(result, null, 'public'));
+            });
+            t.end();
+        });
+    });
+
+    tt.test(' triton network list public=true', function (t) {
+        h.triton('network list public=true -H -o public',
+        function (err, stdout, stderr) {
+            if (h.ifErr(t, err))
+                return t.end();
+            var results = stdout.trim().split('\n');
+            results.forEach(function (result) {
+                t.equal(true, common.boolFromString(result, null, 'public'));
+            });
+            t.end();
+        });
+    });
+
+    tt.test(' triton network list public=bogus', function (t) {
+        h.triton('network list public=bogus', function (err, stdout, stderr) {
+            t.ok(err, err);
+            t.end();
+        });
+    });
+
     tt.test(' triton networks -l', function (t) {
         h.triton('networks -l', function (err, stdout, stderr) {
             if (h.ifErr(t, err))