diff --git a/doc/api/resources/events.rst b/doc/api/resources/events.rst
index 67f18b05bd..20791101c5 100644
--- a/doc/api/resources/events.rst
+++ b/doc/api/resources/events.rst
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ Endpoints
    :query page: The page number in case of a multi-page result set, default is 1
    :query is_public: If set to ``true``/``false``, only events with a matching value of ``is_public`` are returned.
    :query live: If set to ``true``/``false``, only events with a matching value of ``live`` are returned.
+   :query testmode: If set to ``true``/``false``, only events with a matching value of ``testmode`` are returned.
    :query has_subevents: If set to ``true``/``false``, only events with a matching value of ``has_subevents`` are returned.
    :query is_future: If set to ``true`` (``false``), only events that happen currently or in the future are (not) returned. Event series are never (always) returned.
    :query is_past: If set to ``true`` (``false``), only events that are over are (not) returned. Event series are never (always) returned.
diff --git a/src/pretix/api/views/event.py b/src/pretix/api/views/event.py
index e564de0576..b8e939f662 100644
--- a/src/pretix/api/views/event.py
+++ b/src/pretix/api/views/event.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ with scopes_disabled():
 
         class Meta:
             model = Event
-            fields = ['is_public', 'live', 'has_subevents']
+            fields = ['is_public', 'live', 'has_subevents', 'testmode']
 
         def ends_after_qs(self, queryset, name, value):
             expr = (
diff --git a/src/tests/api/test_events.py b/src/tests/api/test_events.py
index 5085dc708a..4b61be8a99 100644
--- a/src/tests/api/test_events.py
+++ b/src/tests/api/test_events.py
@@ -158,6 +158,13 @@ def test_event_list(token_client, organizer, event):
     assert resp.status_code == 200
     assert [TEST_EVENT_RES] == resp.data['results']
 
+    resp = token_client.get('/api/v1/organizers/{}/events/?testmode=true'.format(organizer.slug))
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert [] == resp.data['results']
+    resp = token_client.get('/api/v1/organizers/{}/events/?testmode=false'.format(organizer.slug))
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert [TEST_EVENT_RES] == resp.data['results']
+
     resp = token_client.get('/api/v1/organizers/{}/events/?is_public=false'.format(organizer.slug))
     assert resp.status_code == 200
     assert [] == resp.data['results']