diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/music/filters.py b/api/funkwhale_api/music/filters.py
index feae9b81ca8c9c4092ba9ab9e79cfb3819ad0bbf..79b2d2c63872f2816316b2e711cb20037f0f630a 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/music/filters.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/music/filters.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from django.db.models import Q
+
 from django_filters import rest_framework as filters
 
 from funkwhale_api.audio import filters as audio_filters
@@ -112,6 +114,9 @@ class TrackFilter(
     scope = common_filters.ActorScopeFilter(
         actor_field="uploads__library__actor", distinct=True
     )
+    artist = filters.ModelChoiceFilter(
+        field_name="_", method="filter_artist", queryset=models.Artist.objects.all()
+    )
 
     class Meta:
         model = models.Track
@@ -119,7 +124,6 @@ class TrackFilter(
             "title": ["exact", "iexact", "startswith", "icontains"],
             "playable": ["exact"],
             "id": ["exact"],
-            "artist": ["exact"],
             "album": ["exact"],
             "license": ["exact"],
             "scope": ["exact"],
@@ -134,6 +138,9 @@ class TrackFilter(
         actor = utils.get_actor_from_request(self.request)
         return queryset.playable_by(actor, value).distinct()
 
+    def filter_artist(self, queryset, name, value):
+        return queryset.filter(Q(artist=value) | Q(album__artist=value))
+
 
 class UploadFilter(audio_filters.IncludeChannelsFilterSet):
     library = filters.CharFilter("library__uuid")
diff --git a/api/tests/music/test_filters.py b/api/tests/music/test_filters.py
index 9bb8fd15801a9dced3acd40fc822aae8487958fa..87d8c4816d34c1b681fafc10c554733bfc3c16c3 100644
--- a/api/tests/music/test_filters.py
+++ b/api/tests/music/test_filters.py
@@ -184,3 +184,22 @@ def test_library_filter_artist(factories, queryset_equal_list, mocker, anonymous
     )
 
     assert filterset.qs == [upload.track.artist]
+
+
+def test_track_filter_artist_includes_album_artist(
+    factories, mocker, queryset_equal_list, anonymous_user
+):
+    factories["music.Track"]()
+    track1 = factories["music.Track"]()
+    track2 = factories["music.Track"](
+        album__artist=track1.artist, artist=factories["music.Artist"]()
+    )
+
+    qs = models.Track.objects.all()
+    filterset = filters.TrackFilter(
+        {"artist": track1.artist.pk},
+        request=mocker.Mock(user=anonymous_user),
+        queryset=qs,
+    )
+
+    assert filterset.qs == [track2, track1]
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/1078.bugfix b/changes/changelog.d/1078.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fc966e9bd3f4afbdb032309088a2ea22a722eb72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/1078.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Include tracks by album artist when filtering by artist on /api/v1/tracks (#1078)