diff --git a/pagure/lib/__init__.py b/pagure/lib/__init__.py
index c319cea..7d7689f 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/__init__.py
@@ -1503,6 +1503,7 @@ def get_project(session, name, user=None):
 def search_issues(
         session, repo, issueid=None, issueuid=None, status=None,
         closed=False, tags=None, assignee=None, author=None, private=None,
+        priority=None,
         count=False):
     ''' Retrieve one or more issues associated to a project with the given
     criterias.
@@ -1542,6 +1543,8 @@ def search_issues(
         If user name is specified: private tickets reported by that user
         are included.
     :type private: False, None or str
+    :kwarg priority: the priority of the issues to search
+    :type priority: int or None
     :kwarg count: a boolean to specify if the method should return the list
         of Issues or just do a COUNT query.
     :type count: boolean
@@ -1575,6 +1578,10 @@ def search_issues(
         query = query.filter(
             model.Issue.status != 'Open'
         )
+    if priority:
+        query = query.filter(
+            model.Issue.priority == priority
+        )
     if tags is not None and tags != []:
         if isinstance(tags, basestring):
             tags = [tags]