diff --git a/bin/is b/bin/is
index b5505987693107d1ab935f9c082837739d214708..ec32bdce7ccbef29cd84e1d3b124f85904ff15d6 100755
--- a/bin/is
+++ b/bin/is
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ def load_repositories(args):
         args.cache = None
     # split filter in list
     if args.repo_filter is not None:
-        args.repo_filter = [f for f in  re.split("[ ,\n\t\v]+", args.repo_filter)
-                            if f != ""]
+        args.repo_filter = split_repositories(args.repo_filter)
     # init repo cache object
     repoman = RepositoryManager(args.cache, timeout=args.timeout, filter=args.repo_filter)
     # register repositories (order matter)
@@ -55,6 +54,14 @@ def load_repositories(args):
                          offline=hasattr(args, "force_offline") and args.force_offline)
     return repoman
 
+def split_repositories(repos, filter=None):
+    '''
+    Return a list of repository from an comma/space separated list of repo
+    '''
+    if filter is None:
+        filter = lambda x: x != ""
+    return [r for r in  re.split("[ ,\n\t\v]+", repos) if filter(r)]
+
 def select_image(name, repoman, best=False):
     '''
     Select and load a package image from a standard naming type
@@ -77,8 +84,8 @@ def select_image(name, repoman, best=False):
         if repo is None:
             # split search path as a list
             if args.repo_search is not None:
-                args.repo_search = [s for s in re.split("[ ,\n\t\v]+", args.repo_search)
-                                    if s in repoman.onlines]
+                args.repo_search = split_repositories(args.repo_search,
+                                                      lambda x: x in repoman.onlines)
             else:
                 args.repo_search = []
             # if we have only one repo, search in it
@@ -285,8 +292,11 @@ def c_list(parser, args):
     List images in repository or image content
     '''
     repoman = load_repositories(args)
+    if args.search is not None:
+        args.search = split_repositories(args.repo_search, lambda x: x in repoman.onlines)
     for pattern in args.image:
-        repoman.show_images(pattern, all_version=args.all_version, o_long=args.long, o_json=args.json,
+        repoman.show_images(pattern, all_version=args.all_version, search=args.search,
+                            o_long=args.long, o_json=args.json,
                             o_md5=args.md5, o_date=args.date, o_author=args.author,
                             o_size=args.size, o_url=args.url, o_description=args.description)
 
@@ -560,6 +570,8 @@ p_list.add_argument("-s", "--size", action="store_true", default=False,
                     help="display image size")
 p_list.add_argument("-u", "--url", action="store_true", default=False,
                     help="display image url")
+p_list.add_argument("-S", "--search", action="store_true", default=None,
+                    help="only list image in search path")
 p_list.add_argument("image", nargs="*", default=['*'],
                     help="image syntax is [repository/]image[:version]")
 p_list.set_defaults(func=c_list)
diff --git a/completion/bash/is b/completion/bash/is
index 4c0e0f0d76de3fd3f260aa53ab4036b451b37bb4..66bcfd634e6c0ba243bf099ee080f10430dd274a 100644
--- a/completion/bash/is
+++ b/completion/bash/is
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ _is() {
 	    (( args > 2 )) && _filedir
             ;;
 	list)
-            [[ "$cur" == -* ]] && _opt '-h --help -l --long -j --json -m --md5 -s --size -d --date -a --all-version -A --author -u --url -D --description --no-sync' && return 0
+            [[ "$cur" == -* ]] && _opt '-h --help -l --long -j --json -m --md5 -s --size -d --date -a --all-version -A --author -u --url -D --description -S --search --no-sync' && return 0
 	    _remote_image
             ;;
 	move)
diff --git a/installsystems/repository.py b/installsystems/repository.py
index 8128c0fc52c0994cfc5eb00affdf1f67da7f9f9d..6873835d7002d8759aee0e8323f9c63fb8d838b3 100644
--- a/installsystems/repository.py
+++ b/installsystems/repository.py
@@ -597,13 +597,15 @@ class RepositoryManager(object):
         '''
         return [ r.config.name for r in self.repos if r.config.offline ]
 
-    def images(self, pattern, all_version=True):
+    def images(self, pattern, all_version=True, search=None):
         '''
         Return a list of available images
         '''
+        if search is None:
+            search = self.onlines
         # building image list
         images = {}
-        for reponame in self.onlines:
+        for reponame in search:
             for img in self[reponame].images():
                 imgname = u"%s/%s:%s" % (reponame, img["name"], img["version"])
                 images[imgname] = img
@@ -686,7 +688,8 @@ class RepositoryManager(object):
                 s += "  (%s)" % repo.config.path
             out(s)
 
-    def show_images(self, pattern, all_version=True, o_json=False, o_long=False,
+    def show_images(self, pattern, all_version=True, search=None,
+                    o_json=False, o_long=False,
                     o_md5=False, o_date=False, o_author=False, o_size=False,
                     o_url=False, o_description=False):
         '''
@@ -696,7 +699,7 @@ class RepositoryManager(object):
         all images parameter can be given in arguments to displayed
         '''
         # get image list
-        images = self.images(pattern, all_version)
+        images = self.images(pattern, all_version, search)
         # display result
         if o_json:
             s = json.dumps(images)