diff --git a/progit/lib.py b/progit/lib.py
index 82f418f..64ad2ba 100644
--- a/progit/lib.py
+++ b/progit/lib.py
@@ -661,7 +661,8 @@ def get_project(session, name, user=None):
     return query.first()
 
 
-def get_issues(session, repo, status=None, closed=False, tags=None):
+def get_issues(
+        session, repo, status=None, closed=False, tags=None, assignee=None):
     ''' Retrieve all the issues associated to a project
 
     Watch out that the closed argument is incompatible with the status
@@ -708,6 +709,12 @@ def get_issues(session, repo, status=None, closed=False, tags=None):
         ).filter(
             model.TagIssue.tag.in_(tags)
         )
+    if assignee is not None:
+        query = query.filter(
+            model.Issue.assignee_id == model.User.id
+        ).filter(
+            model.User.user == assignee
+        )
 
     return query.all()