diff --git a/watcher/api/controllers/v1/audit_template.py b/watcher/api/controllers/v1/audit_template.py
index 3870e0433..9b223b718 100644
--- a/watcher/api/controllers/v1/audit_template.py
+++ b/watcher/api/controllers/v1/audit_template.py
@@ -197,10 +197,11 @@ class AuditTemplatesController(rest.RestController):
         'detail': ['GET'],
     }
 
-    def _get_audit_templates_collection(self, marker, limit,
+    def _get_audit_templates_collection(self, filters, marker, limit,
                                         sort_key, sort_dir, expand=False,
                                         resource_url=None):
-
+        api_utils.validate_search_filters(
+            filters, objects.audit_template.AuditTemplate.fields.keys())
         limit = api_utils.validate_limit(limit)
         sort_dir = api_utils.validate_sort_dir(sort_dir)
 
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ class AuditTemplatesController(rest.RestController):
 
         audit_templates = objects.AuditTemplate.list(
             pecan.request.context,
+            filters,
             limit,
             marker_obj, sort_key=sort_key,
             sort_dir=sort_dir)
@@ -223,26 +225,30 @@ class AuditTemplatesController(rest.RestController):
                                                           sort_key=sort_key,
                                                           sort_dir=sort_dir)
 
-    @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(AuditTemplateCollection, types.uuid, int,
-                         wtypes.text, wtypes.text)
-    def get_all(self, marker=None, limit=None,
+    @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(AuditTemplateCollection, wtypes.text,
+                         types.uuid, int, wtypes.text, wtypes.text)
+    def get_all(self, goal=None, marker=None, limit=None,
                 sort_key='id', sort_dir='asc'):
         """Retrieve a list of audit templates.
 
+        :param goal: goal name to filter by (case sensitive)
         :param marker: pagination marker for large data sets.
         :param limit: maximum number of resources to return in a single result.
         :param sort_key: column to sort results by. Default: id.
         :param sort_dir: direction to sort. "asc" or "desc". Default: asc.
         """
-        return self._get_audit_templates_collection(marker, limit, sort_key,
-                                                    sort_dir)
+        filters = api_utils.as_filters_dict(goal=goal)
 
-    @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(AuditTemplateCollection, types.uuid, int,
+        return self._get_audit_templates_collection(
+            filters, marker, limit, sort_key, sort_dir)
+
+    @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(AuditTemplateCollection, wtypes.text, types.uuid, int,
                          wtypes.text, wtypes.text)
-    def detail(self, marker=None, limit=None,
+    def detail(self, goal=None, marker=None, limit=None,
                sort_key='id', sort_dir='asc'):
         """Retrieve a list of audit templates with detail.
 
+        :param goal: goal name to filter by (case sensitive)
         :param marker: pagination marker for large data sets.
         :param limit: maximum number of resources to return in a single result.
         :param sort_key: column to sort results by. Default: id.
@@ -253,9 +259,11 @@ class AuditTemplatesController(rest.RestController):
         if parent != "audit_templates":
             raise exception.HTTPNotFound
 
+        filters = api_utils.as_filters_dict(goal=goal)
+
         expand = True
         resource_url = '/'.join(['audit_templates', 'detail'])
-        return self._get_audit_templates_collection(marker, limit,
+        return self._get_audit_templates_collection(filters, marker, limit,
                                                     sort_key, sort_dir, expand,
                                                     resource_url)
 
@@ -263,7 +271,7 @@ class AuditTemplatesController(rest.RestController):
     def get_one(self, audit_template):
         """Retrieve information about the given audit template.
 
-        :param audit template_uuid: UUID or name of an audit template.
+        :param audit audit_template: UUID or name of an audit template.
         """
         if self.from_audit_templates:
             raise exception.OperationNotPermitted
diff --git a/watcher/api/controllers/v1/utils.py b/watcher/api/controllers/v1/utils.py
index 4fa0dc3df..18b4c625a 100644
--- a/watcher/api/controllers/v1/utils.py
+++ b/watcher/api/controllers/v1/utils.py
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ def validate_sort_dir(sort_dir):
     return sort_dir
 
 
+def validate_search_filters(filters, allowed_fields):
+    # Very leightweight validation for now
+    # todo: improve this (e.g. https://www.parse.com/docs/rest/guide/#queries)
+    for filter_name in filters.keys():
+        if filter_name not in allowed_fields:
+            raise wsme.exc.ClientSideError(
+                _("Invalid filter: %s") % filter_name)
+
+
 def apply_jsonpatch(doc, patch):
     for p in patch:
         if p['op'] == 'add' and p['path'].count('/') == 1:
@@ -58,3 +67,12 @@ def apply_jsonpatch(doc, patch):
                         ' the resource is not allowed')
                 raise wsme.exc.ClientSideError(msg % p['path'])
     return jsonpatch.apply_patch(doc, jsonpatch.JsonPatch(patch))
+
+
+def as_filters_dict(**filters):
+    filters_dict = {}
+    for filter_name, filter_value in filters.items():
+        if filter_value:
+            filters_dict[filter_name] = filter_value
+
+    return filters_dict
diff --git a/watcher/objects/audit_template.py b/watcher/objects/audit_template.py
index 7dac13b99..33bdb870b 100644
--- a/watcher/objects/audit_template.py
+++ b/watcher/objects/audit_template.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class AuditTemplate(base.WatcherObject):
         return audit_template
 
     @classmethod
-    def list(cls, context, limit=None, marker=None,
+    def list(cls, context, filters=None, limit=None, marker=None,
              sort_key=None, sort_dir=None):
         """Return a list of :class:`AuditTemplate` objects.
 
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ class AuditTemplate(base.WatcherObject):
                         argument, even though we don't use it.
                         A context should be set when instantiating the
                         object, e.g.: AuditTemplate(context)
+        :param filters: dict mapping the filter key to a value.
         :param limit: maximum number of resources to return in a single result.
         :param marker: pagination marker for large data sets.
         :param sort_key: column to sort results by.
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ class AuditTemplate(base.WatcherObject):
 
         db_audit_templates = cls.dbapi.get_audit_template_list(
             context,
+            filters=filters,
             limit=limit,
             marker=marker,
             sort_key=sort_key,
diff --git a/watcher/tests/api/v1/test_audit_templates.py b/watcher/tests/api/v1/test_audit_templates.py
index 5224132af..7039961e7 100644
--- a/watcher/tests/api/v1/test_audit_templates.py
+++ b/watcher/tests/api/v1/test_audit_templates.py
@@ -207,6 +207,25 @@ class TestListAuditTemplate(api_base.FunctionalTest):
         next_marker = response['audit_templates'][-1]['uuid']
         self.assertIn(next_marker, response['next'])
 
+    def test_filter_by_goal(self):
+        cfg.CONF.set_override('goals', {"DUMMY": "DUMMY", "BASIC": "BASIC"},
+                              group='watcher_goals', enforce_type=True)
+
+        for id_ in range(2):
+            obj_utils.create_test_audit_template(
+                self.context, id=id_, uuid=utils.generate_uuid(),
+                name='My Audit Template {0}'.format(id_),
+                goal="DUMMY")
+
+        for id_ in range(2, 5):
+            obj_utils.create_test_audit_template(
+                self.context, id=id_, uuid=utils.generate_uuid(),
+                name='My Audit Template {0}'.format(id_),
+                goal="BASIC")
+
+        response = self.get_json('/audit_templates?goal=BASIC')
+        self.assertEqual(3, len(response['audit_templates']))
+
 
 class TestPatch(api_base.FunctionalTest):
 
diff --git a/watcher/tests/api/v1/test_utils.py b/watcher/tests/api/v1/test_utils.py
index fcc7bebad..a5e0bc86a 100644
--- a/watcher/tests/api/v1/test_utils.py
+++ b/watcher/tests/api/v1/test_utils.py
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 
 import wsme
 
+from oslo_config import cfg
+
 from watcher.api.controllers.v1 import utils
 from watcher.tests import base
 
-from oslo_config import cfg
-
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 
 
@@ -47,3 +47,21 @@ class TestApiUtils(base.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(wsme.exc.ClientSideError,
                           utils.validate_sort_dir,
                           'fake-sort')
+
+    def test_validate_search_filters(self):
+        allowed_fields = ["allowed", "authorized"]
+
+        test_filters = {"allowed": 1, "authorized": 2}
+        try:
+            utils.validate_search_filters(test_filters, allowed_fields)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            self.fail(exc)
+
+    def test_validate_search_filters_with_invalid_key(self):
+        allowed_fields = ["allowed", "authorized"]
+
+        test_filters = {"allowed": 1, "unauthorized": 2}
+
+        self.assertRaises(
+            wsme.exc.ClientSideError, utils.validate_search_filters,
+            test_filters, allowed_fields)
diff --git a/watcher/tests/common/test_clients.py b/watcher/tests/common/test_clients.py
index 78b2a9006..95deb04f7 100644
--- a/watcher/tests/common/test_clients.py
+++ b/watcher/tests/common/test_clients.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class TestClients(base.BaseTestCase):
     @mock.patch.object(clients.OpenStackClients, 'session')
     def test_clients_neutron_diff_vers(self, mock_session):
         '''neutronclient currently only has one version (v2)'''
-        cfg.CONF.set_override('api_version', '2',
+        cfg.CONF.set_override('api_version', '2.0',
                               group='neutron_client')
         osc = clients.OpenStackClients()
         osc._neutron = None