diff --git a/lib/client/gnt_job.py b/lib/client/gnt_job.py
index 78eec77f798353971dc72872b6a4c5409f535642..3bdbd0d6f15df5ea93f2b0823cba52a00768c644 100644
--- a/lib/client/gnt_job.py
+++ b/lib/client/gnt_job.py
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ def ListJobs(opts, args):
   """
   selected_fields = ParseFields(opts.output, _LIST_DEF_FIELDS)
 
+  if opts.archived and "archived" not in selected_fields:
+    selected_fields.append("archived")
+
   fmtoverride = {
     "status": (_FormatStatus, False),
     "summary": (lambda value: ",".join(str(item) for item in value), False),
@@ -387,12 +390,17 @@ _FINISHED_OPT = \
              const=constants.JOBS_FINALIZED,
              help="Show finished jobs only")
 
+_ARCHIVED_OPT = \
+  cli_option("--archived", default=False,
+             action="store_true", dest="archived",
+             help="Include archived jobs in list (slow and expensive)")
+
 
 commands = {
   "list": (
     ListJobs, [ArgJobId()],
     [NOHDR_OPT, SEP_OPT, FIELDS_OPT, VERBOSE_OPT, FORCE_FILTER_OPT,
-     _PENDING_OPT, _RUNNING_OPT, _ERROR_OPT, _FINISHED_OPT],
+     _PENDING_OPT, _RUNNING_OPT, _ERROR_OPT, _FINISHED_OPT, _ARCHIVED_OPT],
     "[job_id ...]",
     "Lists the jobs and their status. The available fields can be shown"
     " using the \"list-fields\" command (see the man page for details)."
diff --git a/man/gnt-job.rst b/man/gnt-job.rst
index 58adc1842c0b378a363f155dcef5dd95c1cdce56..56d38174682a5d3536da1698fc7762937653db49 100644
--- a/man/gnt-job.rst
+++ b/man/gnt-job.rst
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ fields will be added to the default list. This allows one to quickly
 see the default list plus a few other fields, instead of retyping
 the entire list of fields.
 
+To include archived jobs in the list the ``--archived`` option can be
+used.
+
 The following options can be used to show only specific jobs:
 
 ``--pending``