diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/gitlab/GitlabRepository.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/gitlab/GitlabRepository.java
index 90361b896720..40c42a4df2a3 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/gitlab/GitlabRepository.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/gitlab/GitlabRepository.java
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ public class GitlabRepository extends NewBaseRepositoryImpl {
 
   @Override
   public Task[] getIssues(@Nullable String query, int offset, int limit, boolean withClosed) throws Exception {
-    return ContainerUtil.map2Array(fetchIssues((offset / limit) + 1, limit), GitlabTask.class, new Function<GitlabIssue, GitlabTask>() {
+    final List<GitlabIssue> issues = fetchIssues((offset / limit) + 1, limit, !withClosed);
+    return ContainerUtil.map2Array(issues, GitlabTask.class, new Function<GitlabIssue, GitlabTask>() {
       @Override
       public GitlabTask fun(GitlabIssue issue) {
         return new GitlabTask(GitlabRepository.this, issue);
@@ -159,14 +160,19 @@ public class GitlabRepository extends NewBaseRepositoryImpl {
   }
 
   @NotNull
-  public List<GitlabIssue> fetchIssues(int pageNumber, int pageSize) throws Exception {
+  public List<GitlabIssue> fetchIssues(int pageNumber, int pageSize, boolean openedOnly) throws Exception {
     ensureProjectsDiscovered();
-    final URI url = new URIBuilder(getIssuesUrl())
+    final URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder(getIssuesUrl())
       .addParameter("page", String.valueOf(pageNumber))
       .addParameter("per_page", String.valueOf(pageSize))
-      .build();
+      // Ordering was added in v7.8
+      .addParameter("order_by", "updated_at");
+    if (openedOnly) {
+      // Filtering by state was added in v7.3
+      uriBuilder.addParameter("state", "opened");
+    }
     final ResponseHandler<List<GitlabIssue>> handler = new GsonMultipleObjectsDeserializer<GitlabIssue>(GSON, LIST_OF_ISSUES_TYPE);
-    return getHttpClient().execute(new HttpGet(url), handler);
+    return getHttpClient().execute(new HttpGet(uriBuilder.build()), handler);
   }
 
   private String getIssuesUrl() {
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/integration/GitlabIntegrationTest.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/integration/GitlabIntegrationTest.java
index b28c190826e3..3e5af94f2f53 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/integration/GitlabIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/integration/GitlabIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.intellij.tasks.integration;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.intellij.tasks.Task;
 import com.intellij.tasks.TaskManagerTestCase;
 import com.intellij.tasks.gitlab.GitlabRepository;
 import com.intellij.tasks.gitlab.GitlabTask;
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import com.intellij.tasks.gitlab.model.GitlabProject;
 import com.intellij.tasks.impl.LocalTaskImpl;
 import com.intellij.tasks.impl.TaskUtil;
 import com.intellij.tasks.impl.gson.TaskGsonUtil;
+import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
  */
 public class GitlabIntegrationTest extends TaskManagerTestCase {
   private static final Gson GSON = TaskGsonUtil.createDefaultBuilder().create();
+  private static final String SERVER_URL = "http://trackers-tests.labs.intellij.net:8045";
   private GitlabRepository myRepository;
 
   public void testCommitMessageFormat() throws Exception {
@@ -55,9 +58,27 @@ public class GitlabIntegrationTest extends TaskManagerTestCase {
 
   }
 
+  public void testIssueFilteringByState() throws Exception {
+    final GitlabProject project = ContainerUtil.find(myRepository.getProjects(), p -> p.getName().equals("Issue Filtering Tests"));
+    assertNotNull(project);
+    myRepository.setCurrentProject(project);
+
+    final Task[] allIssues = myRepository.getIssues("", 0, 20, true);
+    assertSize(2, allIssues);
+    assertNotNull(ContainerUtil.find(allIssues, task -> task.isClosed() && task.getSummary().equals("Closed issue #1")));
+    assertNotNull(ContainerUtil.find(allIssues, task -> !task.isClosed() && task.getSummary().equals("Opened issue #1")));
+
+    final Task[] openedIssues = myRepository.getIssues("", 0, 20, false);
+    assertSize(1, openedIssues);
+    assertFalse(openedIssues[0].isClosed());
+    assertEquals("Opened issue #1", openedIssues[0].getSummary());
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
     super.setUp();
     myRepository = new GitlabRepository();
+    myRepository.setUrl(SERVER_URL);
+    myRepository.setPassword("PqbBxWaqFxZijQXKPLLo"); // buildtest
   }
 }