diff --git a/app/controllers/internal/classified_listings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/internal/classified_listings_controller.rb
index 7c6ccad81..110f216ee 100644
--- a/app/controllers/internal/classified_listings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/internal/classified_listings_controller.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class Internal::ClassifiedListingsController < Internal::ApplicationController
       ClassifiedListing.includes(%i[user classified_listing_category]).
         page(params[:page]).order("bumped_at DESC").per(50)
 
+    @classified_listings = @classified_listings.published unless include_unpublished?
     @classified_listings = @classified_listings.where(category: params[:filter]) if params[:filter].present?
   end
 
@@ -46,4 +47,8 @@ class Internal::ClassifiedListingsController < Internal::ApplicationController
     unpublish_listing if listing_params[:published] == "0"
     publish_listing if listing_params[:published] == "1"
   end
+
+  def include_unpublished?
+    params[:include_unpublished] == "1"
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/internal/classified_listings/index.html.erb b/app/views/internal/classified_listings/index.html.erb
index 4496311c2..d047c0ece 100644
--- a/app/views/internal/classified_listings/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/internal/classified_listings/index.html.erb
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
         </div>
         <div class="form-group">
           <%= label_tag(:filter, "Category") %>
-          <%= select_tag(:filter, options_for_select([""] + ClassifiedListing.categories_available.keys, params[:filter])) %>
+          <%= select_tag(:filter, options_for_select(ClassifiedListing.categories_available.keys, params[:filter]), include_blank: true) %>
+        </div>
+        <div class="form-group">
+          <%= label_tag(:include_unpublished, "Include unpublished listings") %>
+          <%= hidden_field_tag(:include_unpublished, 0) %>
+          <%= check_box_tag(:include_unpublished, 1, params[:include_unpublished] == "1") %>
         </div>
         <div class="form-group">
           <%= submit_tag("Filter") %>
diff --git a/spec/requests/internal/classified_listings_spec.rb b/spec/requests/internal/classified_listings_spec.rb
index 81b736b50..95569a5db 100644
--- a/spec/requests/internal/classified_listings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/internal/classified_listings_spec.rb
@@ -11,11 +11,25 @@ RSpec.describe "/internal/listings", type: :request do
     end
 
     it "clears listing cache" do
-      put "/internal/listings/#{classified_listing.id}", params: {
+      put internal_listing_path(id: classified_listing.id), params: {
         classified_listing: { title: "updated" }
       }
       sidekiq_perform_enqueued_jobs
       expect(CacheBuster).to have_received(:bust_classified_listings)
     end
+
+    describe "GET /internal/listings" do
+      let(:unpublished_listing) { create(:classified_listing, published: false) }
+
+      it "filters unpublished listings by default" do
+        get internal_listings_path
+        expect(response.body).not_to match(unpublished_listing.title)
+      end
+
+      it "includes unpublished listings when asked to" do
+        get internal_listings_path, params: { include_unpublished: "1" }
+        expect(response.body).to match(unpublished_listing.title)
+      end
+    end
   end
 end