diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Components/StatusChatList.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Components/StatusChatList.qml
index f96acc868d..07e7e2fdba 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Components/StatusChatList.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Components/StatusChatList.qml
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ Column {
 
     spacing: 4
 
+    property string categoryId: ""
     property string selectedChatId: ""
     property alias chatListItems: statusChatListItems
 
+    property var filterFn
+
     signal chatItemSelected(string id)
     signal chatItemUnmuted(string id)
 
@@ -33,6 +36,12 @@ Column {
 
             onClicked: statusChatList.chatItemSelected(model.chatId)
             onUnmute: statusChatList.chatItemUnmuted(model.chatId)
+            visible: {
+                if (!!statusChatList.filterFn) {
+                    return statusChatList.filterFn(model, statusChatList.categoryId)
+                }
+                return true
+            }
         }
     }
 }