diff --git a/docs/help.md b/docs/help.md
index 4e592e8..a5784e8 100644
--- a/docs/help.md
+++ b/docs/help.md
@@ -330,9 +330,10 @@ Usage: llm models list [OPTIONS]
   List available models
 
 Options:
-  --options  Show options for each model, if available
-  --async    List async models
-  --help     Show this message and exit.
+  --options         Show options for each model, if available
+  --async           List async models
+  -q, --query TEXT  Search for models matching this string
+  --help            Show this message and exit.
 ```
 
 (help-models-default)=
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 4ac07e8..01a2840 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -246,11 +246,18 @@ llm models
 ```
 Example output:
 ```
-OpenAI Chat: gpt-3.5-turbo (aliases: 3.5, chatgpt)
-OpenAI Chat: gpt-3.5-turbo-16k (aliases: chatgpt-16k, 3.5-16k)
-OpenAI Chat: gpt-4 (aliases: 4, gpt4)
-OpenAI Chat: gpt-4-32k (aliases: 4-32k)
-PaLM 2: chat-bison-001 (aliases: palm, palm2)
+OpenAI Chat: gpt-4o (aliases: 4o)
+OpenAI Chat: gpt-4o-mini (aliases: 4o-mini)
+OpenAI Chat: o1-preview
+OpenAI Chat: o1-mini
+GeminiPro: gemini-1.5-pro-002
+GeminiPro: gemini-1.5-flash-002
+...
+```
+
+Add `-q term` to search for models matching a specific search term:
+```bash
+llm models -q gpt-4o
 ```
 
 Add `--options` to also see documentation for the options supported by each model:
diff --git a/llm/cli.py b/llm/cli.py
index f4a9d32..4c7c8ee 100644
--- a/llm/cli.py
+++ b/llm/cli.py
@@ -1076,12 +1076,15 @@ _type_lookup = {
     "--options", is_flag=True, help="Show options for each model, if available"
 )
 @click.option("async_", "--async", is_flag=True, help="List async models")
-def models_list(options, async_):
+@click.option("-q", "--query", help="Search for models matching this string")
+def models_list(options, async_, query):
     "List available models"
     models_that_have_shown_options = set()
     for model_with_aliases in get_models_with_aliases():
         if async_ and not model_with_aliases.async_model:
             continue
+        if query and not model_with_aliases.matches(query):
+            continue
         extra = ""
         if model_with_aliases.aliases:
             extra = " (aliases: {})".format(", ".join(model_with_aliases.aliases))
diff --git a/llm/models.py b/llm/models.py
index 8a75dc4..fe0faed 100644
--- a/llm/models.py
+++ b/llm/models.py
@@ -757,6 +757,16 @@ class ModelWithAliases:
     async_model: AsyncModel
     aliases: Set[str]
 
+    def matches(self, query: str) -> bool:
+        query = query.lower()
+        all_strings = []
+        all_strings.extend(self.aliases)
+        if self.model:
+            all_strings.append(str(self.model))
+        if self.async_model:
+            all_strings.append(str(self.async_model.model_id))
+        return any(query in alias.lower() for alias in all_strings)
+
 
 @dataclass
 class EmbeddingModelWithAliases:
diff --git a/tests/test_llm.py b/tests/test_llm.py
index bc9649d..4502c3c 100644
--- a/tests/test_llm.py
+++ b/tests/test_llm.py
@@ -604,6 +604,14 @@ def test_llm_models_async(user_path):
     assert "AsyncMockModel: mock" in result.output
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("option", ("-q", "--query"))
+def test_llm_models_query(user_path, option):
+    runner = CliRunner()
+    result = runner.invoke(cli, ["models", option, "mockmodel"], catch_exceptions=False)
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert result.output == "MockModel: mock\n"
+
+
 def test_llm_user_dir(tmpdir, monkeypatch):
     user_dir = str(tmpdir / "u")
     monkeypatch.setenv("LLM_USER_PATH", user_dir)