diff --git a/onadata/apps/api/tests/viewsets/test_entity_list_viewset.py b/onadata/apps/api/tests/viewsets/test_entity_list_viewset.py
index 26b70961cd..53801d5b2a 100644
--- a/onadata/apps/api/tests/viewsets/test_entity_list_viewset.py
+++ b/onadata/apps/api/tests/viewsets/test_entity_list_viewset.py
@@ -162,6 +162,22 @@ def test_pagination(self):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertEqual(len(response.data), 1)
 
+    def test_filtering_by_project(self):
+        """Filter by project id works"""
+        self._project_create()
+        project_2 = Project.objects.create(
+            name="Other project",
+            created_by=self.user,
+            organization=self.user,
+        )
+        EntityList.objects.create(name="dataset_1", project=self.project)
+        EntityList.objects.create(name="dataset_2", project=project_2)
+        request = self.factory.get("/", data={"project": project_2.pk}, **self.extra)
+        response = self.view(request)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(len(response.data), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data[0]["name"], "dataset_2")
+
 
 @override_settings(TIME_ZONE="UTC")
 class GetSingleEntityListTestCase(TestAbstractViewSet):
diff --git a/onadata/apps/api/viewsets/entity_list_viewset.py b/onadata/apps/api/viewsets/entity_list_viewset.py
index 47d042a93e..0a10c965a1 100644
--- a/onadata/apps/api/viewsets/entity_list_viewset.py
+++ b/onadata/apps/api/viewsets/entity_list_viewset.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 from onadata.apps.api.tools import get_baseviewset_class
 from onadata.apps.logger.models import Entity, EntityList
+from onadata.libs.filters import EntityListProjectFilter
 from onadata.libs.mixins.cache_control_mixin import CacheControlMixin
 from onadata.libs.mixins.etags_mixin import ETagsMixin
 from onadata.libs.mixins.anon_user_public_entity_lists_mixin import (
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ class EntityListViewSet(
     serializer_class = EntityListSerializer
     permission_classes = (AllowAny,)
     pagination_class = StandardPageNumberPagination
+    filter_backends = (EntityListProjectFilter,)
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         if self.action == "retrieve":
diff --git a/onadata/libs/filters.py b/onadata/libs/filters.py
index e210ad658f..8238a97f13 100644
--- a/onadata/libs/filters.py
+++ b/onadata/libs/filters.py
@@ -344,17 +344,19 @@ def _xform_filter(self, request, view, keyword):
         if dataview:
             int_or_parse_error(
                 dataview,
-                "Invalid value for dataview ID. It must be a positive integer."
+                "Invalid value for dataview ID. It must be a positive integer.",
             )
             self.dataview = get_object_or_404(DataView, pk=dataview)
             # filter with fitlered dataset query
             dataview_kwargs = self._add_instance_prefix_to_dataview_filter_kwargs(
-                get_filter_kwargs(self.dataview.query))
+                get_filter_kwargs(self.dataview.query)
+            )
             xform_qs = XForm.objects.filter(pk=self.dataview.xform.pk)
         elif merged_xform:
             int_or_parse_error(
                 merged_xform,
-                "Invalid value for Merged Dataset ID. It must be a positive integer.")
+                "Invalid value for Merged Dataset ID. It must be a positive integer.",
+            )
             self.merged_xform = get_object_or_404(MergedXForm, pk=merged_xform)
             xform_qs = self.merged_xform.xforms.all()
         elif xform:
@@ -378,10 +380,7 @@ def _xform_filter(self, request, view, keyword):
             xforms = xform_qs.filter(shared_data=True)
         else:
             xforms = super().filter_queryset(request, xform_qs, view) | public_forms
-        return {
-            **{f"{keyword}__in": xforms},
-            **dataview_kwargs
-        }
+        return {**{f"{keyword}__in": xforms}, **dataview_kwargs}
 
     def _xform_filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view, keyword):
         kwarg = self._xform_filter(request, view, keyword)
@@ -748,3 +747,18 @@ def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
             return queryset.filter(shared=True)
 
         return queryset
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class EntityListProjectFilter(filters.BaseFilterBackend):
+    """EntityList `project` filter."""
+
+    # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        """Filter by project id"""
+        project_id = request.query_params.get("project")
+
+        if project_id:
+            return queryset.filter(project__pk=project_id)
+
+        return super().filter_queryset(request, queryset, view)