diff --git a/ara/api/tests/tests_play.py b/ara/api/tests/tests_play.py
index d9eb28e..e7833f2 100644
--- a/ara/api/tests/tests_play.py
+++ b/ara/api/tests/tests_play.py
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ class PlayTestCase(APITestCase):
         request = self.client.get("/api/v1/plays/%s" % play.id)
         self.assertEqual(play.name, request.data["name"])
 
+    def test_get_play_by_playbook(self):
+        play = factories.PlayFactory(name="play1")
+        factories.PlayFactory(name="play2")
+        request = self.client.get("/api/v1/plays?playbook=1")
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(request.data["results"]))
+        self.assertEqual(play.name, request.data["results"][0]["name"])
+
     def test_get_play_duration(self):
         started = timezone.now()
         ended = started + datetime.timedelta(hours=1)
diff --git a/ara/api/views.py b/ara/api/views.py
index e6c4fef..0ea0fff 100644
--- a/ara/api/views.py
+++ b/ara/api/views.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class PlaybookFilesDetail(NestedViewSetMixin, viewsets.ModelViewSet):
 class PlayViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
     queryset = models.Play.objects.all()
     serializer_class = serializers.PlaySerializer
+    filter_backends = (DjangoFilterBackend,)
+    filter_fields = ("playbook",)
 
 
 class TaskViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):