diff --git a/src/aleph/db/accessors/messages.py b/src/aleph/db/accessors/messages.py
index 08be2a457..cbccee4af 100644
--- a/src/aleph/db/accessors/messages.py
+++ b/src/aleph/db/accessors/messages.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def make_matching_messages_query(
     refs: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None,
     chains: Optional[Sequence[Chain]] = None,
     message_type: Optional[MessageType] = None,
+    message_types: Optional[Sequence[MessageType]] = None,
     start_date: Optional[Union[float, dt.datetime]] = None,
     end_date: Optional[Union[float, dt.datetime]] = None,
     content_hashes: Optional[Sequence[ItemHash]] = None,
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ def make_matching_messages_query(
         select_stmt = select_stmt.where(MessageDb.sender.in_(addresses))
     if chains:
         select_stmt = select_stmt.where(MessageDb.chain.in_(chains))
+    if message_types:
+        select_stmt = select_stmt.where(MessageDb.type.in_(message_types))
     if message_type:
         select_stmt = select_stmt.where(MessageDb.type == message_type)
     if start_datetime:
diff --git a/src/aleph/web/controllers/messages.py b/src/aleph/web/controllers/messages.py
index 6d1f409b1..47d49655a 100644
--- a/src/aleph/web/controllers/messages.py
+++ b/src/aleph/web/controllers/messages.py
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ class BaseMessageQueryParams(BaseModel):
         "-1 means most recent messages first, 1 means older messages first.",
     )
     message_type: Optional[MessageType] = Field(
-        default=None, alias="msgType", description="Message type."
+        default=None, alias="msgType", description="Message type. Deprecated: use msgTypes instead"
+    )
+    message_types: Optional[List[MessageType]] = Field(
+        default=None, alias="msgTypes", description="Accepted message types."
     )
     addresses: Optional[List[str]] = Field(
         default=None, description="Accepted values for the 'sender' field."
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ def validate_field_dependencies(cls, values):
         "content_types",
         "chains",
         "channels",
+        "message_types",
         "tags",
         pre=True,
     )
@@ -356,7 +360,6 @@ async def messages_ws(request: web.Request) -> web.WebSocketResponse:
     except ValidationError as e:
         raise web.HTTPUnprocessableEntity(body=e.json(indent=4))
 
-    message_filters = query_params.dict(exclude_none=True)
     history = query_params.history
 
     if history:
diff --git a/tests/api/test_list_messages.py b/tests/api/test_list_messages.py
index 5d97d4e97..69b4534f1 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_list_messages.py
+++ b/tests/api/test_list_messages.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import datetime as dt
 import itertools
+from collections import defaultdict
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Sequence, Union, Tuple
 
 import aiohttp
@@ -221,6 +222,24 @@ async def test_get_messages_filter_by_tags(
     assert messages[0]["item_hash"] == amend_message_db.item_hash
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("type_field", ("msgType", "msgTypes"))
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_get_by_message_type(fixture_messages, ccn_api_client, type_field: str):
+    messages_by_type = defaultdict(list)
+    for message in fixture_messages:
+        messages_by_type[message["type"]].append(message)
+
+    for message_type, expected_messages in messages_by_type.items():
+        response = await ccn_api_client.get(
+            MESSAGES_URI, params={type_field: message_type}
+        )
+        assert response.status == 200, await response.text()
+        messages = (await response.json())["messages"]
+        assert set(msg["item_hash"] for msg in messages) == set(
+            msg["item_hash"] for msg in expected_messages
+        )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_get_messages_filter_by_tags_no_match(fixture_messages, ccn_api_client):
     """