diff --git a/app/dao/notifications_dao.py b/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
index fedf8b46d..86cdda671 100644
--- a/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
+++ b/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ def _filter_query(query, filter_dict=None):
     # filter by status
     statuses = multidict.getlist('status')
     if statuses:
+        statuses = Notification.substitute_status(statuses)
         query = query.filter(Notification.status.in_(statuses))
 
     # filter by template
diff --git a/tests/app/dao/test_notification_dao.py b/tests/app/dao/test_notification_dao.py
index ea7779ecb..fe768631f 100644
--- a/tests/app/dao/test_notification_dao.py
+++ b/tests/app/dao/test_notification_dao.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import pytest
 from freezegun import freeze_time
 from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError, IntegrityError
 
-from app import db
-
 from app.models import (
     Notification,
     NotificationHistory,
@@ -17,6 +15,7 @@ from app.models import (
     NotificationStatistics,
     TemplateStatistics,
     NOTIFICATION_STATUS_TYPES,
+    NOTIFICATION_STATUS_TYPES_FAILED,
     KEY_TYPE_NORMAL,
     KEY_TYPE_TEAM,
     KEY_TYPE_TEST
@@ -683,7 +682,10 @@ def test_get_all_notifications_for_job_by_status(notify_db, notify_db_session, s
     assert len(notifications().items) == len(NOTIFICATION_STATUS_TYPES)
 
     for status in NOTIFICATION_STATUS_TYPES:
-        assert len(notifications(filter_dict={'status': status}).items) == 1
+        if status == 'failed':
+            assert len(notifications(filter_dict={'status': status}).items) == len(NOTIFICATION_STATUS_TYPES_FAILED)
+        else:
+            assert len(notifications(filter_dict={'status': status}).items) == 1
 
     assert len(notifications(filter_dict={'status': NOTIFICATION_STATUS_TYPES[:3]}).items) == 3
 
diff --git a/tests/app/v2/notifications/test_get_notifications.py b/tests/app/v2/notifications/test_get_notifications.py
index af785b6b5..423243e6c 100644
--- a/tests/app/v2/notifications/test_get_notifications.py
+++ b/tests/app/v2/notifications/test_get_notifications.py
@@ -184,7 +184,30 @@ def test_get_all_notifications_filter_by_multiple_statuses(client, notify_db, no
 
 
 def test_get_all_notifications_filter_by_failed_status(client, notify_db, notify_db_session):
-    pass
+    created_notification = create_sample_notification(notify_db, notify_db_session, status="created")
+    failed_notifications = [
+        create_sample_notification(notify_db, notify_db_session, status=_status)
+        for _status in ["technical-failure", "temporary-failure", "permanent-failure"]
+    ]
+
+    auth_header = create_authorization_header(service_id=created_notification.service_id)
+    response = client.get(
+        path='/v2/notifications?status=failed',
+        headers=[('Content-Type', 'application/json'), auth_header])
+
+    json_response = json.loads(response.get_data(as_text=True))
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.headers['Content-type'] == "application/json"
+    assert json_response['links']['current'] == "/v2/notifications?status=failed"
+    assert 'next' in json_response['links'].keys()
+    assert len(json_response['notifications']) == 3
+
+    returned_notification_ids = [n['id'] for n in json_response['notifications']]
+    for _id in [_notification.id for _notification in failed_notifications]:
+        assert str(_id) in returned_notification_ids
+
+    assert created_notification.id not in returned_notification_ids
 
 
 def test_get_all_notifications_filter_by_id(client, notify_db, notify_db_session):