diff --git a/bin/is b/bin/is
index 80065f876f05a54ccefed0c2b34edede4e283124..1fa03f8866d6a051fb2a09a05ed46ba9fdac59f6 100755
--- a/bin/is
+++ b/bin/is
@@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ def c_new(args):
     '''
     SourceImage.create(args.path, args.force)
 
+def c_payload(args):
+    '''
+    List payloads
+    '''
+    repoman = load_repositories(args)
+    repoman.show_payloads(args.payload, o_images=args.images, o_json=args.json)
+
 def c_prepare_chroot(args):
     '''
     Helper to prepare a path to be chrooted
@@ -603,6 +610,15 @@ def arg_parser_init():
                    help="overwrite existing source image")
     p.add_argument("path", help="new image directory path")
     p.set_defaults(func=c_new)
+    # payload command parser
+    p = subparser.add_parser("payload", help=c_payload.__doc__.lower())
+    p.add_argument("-j", "--json", action="store_true",
+                   help="output is formated in json")
+    p.add_argument("-i", "--images", action="store_true",
+                   help="list images using payload")
+    p.add_argument("payload", nargs='*', default=[""],
+                   help="payload md5 pattern")
+    p.set_defaults(func=c_payload)
     # prepare_chroot command parser
     p = subparser.add_parser("prepare_chroot",
                               help=c_prepare_chroot.__doc__.lower())
diff --git a/completion/bash/is b/completion/bash/is
index 1f4288f26c3d0f2ccbc0c724be62d7f7b1a49c2e..deba6b56ad605f9a3cd0e645285e416e210cff55 100644
--- a/completion/bash/is
+++ b/completion/bash/is
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ _is() {
    _get_first_arg
    cmds=('add' 'build' 'cat' 'changelog' 'check' 'chroot' 'clean' 'copy' 'del'
        'extract' 'get' 'help' 'info' 'init' 'install' 'list' 'move' 'new' 'repo'
-       'search' 'version' 'diff' 'prepare_chroot' 'unprepare_chroot')
+       'search' 'version' 'diff' 'payload' 'prepare_chroot' 'unprepare_chroot')
    opts=('-h'  '--help'
    '-V'  '--version'
    '-v'  '--verbosity'
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ _is() {
          [[ "$cur" == -* ]] && _opt '-h --help -f --force' && return 0
          _filedir -d
       ;;
+      payload)
+         [[ "$cur" == -* ]] && _opt '-h --help -j --json -i --images' && return 0
+      ;;
       prepare_chroot)
          [[ "$cur" == -* ]] && _opt '-h --help -m --no-mount' && return 0
          _filedir -d
diff --git a/installsystems/repository.py b/installsystems/repository.py
index 65682b74859bf7e7caf6632d9589dbd6b38c582f..33a876fbce500bec070b3e150609a4c6b2bf124f 100644
--- a/installsystems/repository.py
+++ b/installsystems/repository.py
@@ -376,6 +376,25 @@ class Repository(object):
             images.append(d)
         return images
 
+    def payloads(self):
+        '''
+        Return a dict of informations on payloads
+        '''
+        db_payloads = self.db.ask("SELECT payload.md5,payload.size,payload.isdir,image.name,image.version,payload.name FROM payload inner join image on payload.image_md5 = image.md5").fetchall()
+        res = {}
+        for payload in db_payloads:
+            md5 = payload[0]
+            # create entry if not exists
+            if md5 not in res:
+                res[md5] = {"size": payload[1], "isdir": payload[2], "images": {}}
+            # add image to list
+            imgpath = "%s/%s:%s" % (self.config.name, payload[3], payload[4])
+            res[md5]["images"][imgpath] = {"repo": self.config.name,
+                                           "imgname": payload[3],
+                                           "imgver": payload[4],
+                                           "payname": payload[5]}
+        return res
+
     def search(self, pattern):
         '''
         Search pattern in a repository
@@ -742,6 +761,56 @@ class RepositoryManager(object):
         if len(s) > 0:
             out(s)
 
+    def select_payloads(self, pattern):
+        '''
+        Return a list of available payloads
+        '''
+        if len(self.onlines) == 0:
+            raise Exception("No online repository")
+        # building payload list
+        paylist = {}
+        for reponame in self.onlines:
+            for md5, info in self[reponame].payloads().items():
+                if md5 not in paylist:
+                    paylist[md5] = info
+                else:
+                    paylist[md5]["images"].update(info["images"])
+        # check if pattern is md5 startpath
+        if pattern is not None:
+            for md5 in paylist.keys():
+                if not md5.startswith(pattern):
+                    del paylist[md5]
+        return paylist
+
+    def show_payloads(self, patterns, o_images=False, o_json=False):
+        '''
+        Show payloads inside manager
+        '''
+        # get payload list
+        payloads = {}
+        for pattern in patterns:
+            payloads.update(self.select_payloads(pattern))
+        # display result
+        if o_json:
+            s = json.dumps(payloads)
+        else:
+            l = []
+            for payname in sorted(payloads.keys()):
+                pay = payloads[payname]
+                l.append(u"#l##y#%s#R#" % payname)
+                l.append(u" size: %s" % istools.human_size(pay["size"]))
+                l.append(u" directory: %s" % bool(pay["isdir"]))
+                l.append(u" image count: %d" % len(pay["images"]))
+                l.append(u" names: %s" % ", ".join(set((v["payname"] for v in pay["images"].values()))))
+                if o_images:
+                    l.append(u" images:")
+                    for path, obj in pay["images"].items():
+                        l.append(u"   %s#R#/#l##b#%s#R#:#p#%s#R# (%s)" % (
+                                obj["repo"], obj["imgname"], obj["imgver"], obj["payname"]))
+            s = os.linesep.join(l)
+        if len(s) > 0:
+            out(s)
+
     def purge_cache(self, pattern):
         '''
         Remove local cached repository files