diff --git a/nova/objects/instance_mapping.py b/nova/objects/instance_mapping.py
index 601ed069afb5..26eb407d0b86 100644
--- a/nova/objects/instance_mapping.py
+++ b/nova/objects/instance_mapping.py
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ class InstanceMapping(base.NovaTimestampObject, base.NovaObject):
 @base.NovaObjectRegistry.register
 class InstanceMappingList(base.ObjectListBase, base.NovaObject):
     # Version 1.0: Initial version
-    VERSION = '1.0'
+    # Version 1.1: Added get_by_cell_id method.
+    VERSION = '1.1'
 
     fields = {
         'objects': fields.ListOfObjectsField('InstanceMapping'),
@@ -155,3 +156,16 @@ class InstanceMappingList(base.ObjectListBase, base.NovaObject):
 
         return base.obj_make_list(context, cls(), objects.InstanceMapping,
                 db_mappings)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    @db_api.api_context_manager.reader
+    def _get_by_cell_id_from_db(context, cell_id):
+        return (context.session.query(api_models.InstanceMapping)
+                .options(joinedload('cell_mapping'))
+                .filter(api_models.InstanceMapping.cell_id == cell_id)).all()
+
+    @base.remotable_classmethod
+    def get_by_cell_id(cls, context, cell_id):
+        db_mappings = cls._get_by_cell_id_from_db(context, cell_id)
+        return base.obj_make_list(context, cls(), objects.InstanceMapping,
+                db_mappings)
diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/db/test_instance_mapping.py b/nova/tests/functional/db/test_instance_mapping.py
index 5f1f618b7fa2..f975d4a0faff 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/db/test_instance_mapping.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/db/test_instance_mapping.py
@@ -147,3 +147,26 @@ class InstanceMappingListTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
             mapping = mappings[db_mapping.instance_uuid]
             for key in instance_mapping.InstanceMapping.fields.keys():
                 self.assertEqual(db_mapping[key], mapping[key])
+
+    def test_instance_mapping_list_get_by_cell_id(self):
+        """Tests getting all of the InstanceMappings for a given CellMapping id
+        """
+        # we shouldn't have any instance mappings yet
+        inst_mapping_list = (
+            instance_mapping.InstanceMappingList.get_by_cell_id(
+                self.context, sample_cell_mapping['id'])
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(inst_mapping_list))
+        # now create an instance mapping in a cell
+        db_inst_mapping1 = create_mapping()
+        # let's also create an instance mapping that's not in a cell to make
+        # sure our filtering is working
+        db_inst_mapping2 = create_mapping(cell_id=None)
+        self.assertIsNone(db_inst_mapping2['cell_id'])
+        # now we should list out one instance mapping for the cell
+        inst_mapping_list = (
+            instance_mapping.InstanceMappingList.get_by_cell_id(
+                self.context, db_inst_mapping1['cell_id'])
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(inst_mapping_list))
+        self.assertEqual(db_inst_mapping1['id'], inst_mapping_list[0].id)
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py
index 9c53bc09e3d7..52b583afce47 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_objects.py
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ object_data = {
     'InstanceInfoCache': '1.5-cd8b96fefe0fc8d4d337243ba0bf0e1e',
     'InstanceList': '2.2-ff71772c7bf6d72f6ef6eee0199fb1c9',
     'InstanceMapping': '1.0-65de80c491f54d19374703c0753c4d47',
-    'InstanceMappingList': '1.0-9e982e3de1613b9ada85e35f69b23d47',
+    'InstanceMappingList': '1.1-14d4a4296c3cbf51e660b657dc37b19e',
     'InstanceNUMACell': '1.3-6991a20992c5faa57fae71a45b40241b',
     'InstanceNUMATopology': '1.3-ec0030cb0402a49c96da7051c037082a',
     'InstancePCIRequest': '1.1-b1d75ebc716cb12906d9d513890092bf',