diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 13a1ba9a7b..6ab0be698a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 * [BUGFIX] Ingester: Fix `user` and `type` labels for the `cortex_ingester_tsdb_head_samples_appended_total` TSDB metric. #5952
 * [BUGFIX] Querier: Enforce max query length check for `/api/v1/series` API even though `ignoreMaxQueryLength` is set to true. #6018
 * [BUGFIX] Ingester: Fix issue with the minimize token generator where it was not taking in consideration the current ownerhip of an instance when generating extra tokens. #6062
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Ruler: Add support for filtering by `state` and `health` field on Rules API. #6040
 
 ## 1.17.1 2024-05-20
 
diff --git a/pkg/ruler/api.go b/pkg/ruler/api.go
index f535e737ae..64d4e67626 100644
--- a/pkg/ruler/api.go
+++ b/pkg/ruler/api.go
@@ -135,11 +135,25 @@ func (a *API) PrometheusRules(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	state := strings.ToLower(req.URL.Query().Get("state"))
+	if state != "" && state != firingStateFilter && state != pendingStateFilter && state != inactiveStateFilter {
+		util_api.RespondError(logger, w, v1.ErrBadData, fmt.Sprintf("unsupported state value %q", state), http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
+	health := strings.ToLower(req.URL.Query().Get("health"))
+	if health != "" && health != unknownHealthFilter && health != okHealthFilter && health != errHealthFilter {
+		util_api.RespondError(logger, w, v1.ErrBadData, fmt.Sprintf("unsupported health value %q", health), http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
 	rulesRequest := RulesRequest{
 		RuleNames:      req.Form["rule_name[]"],
 		RuleGroupNames: req.Form["rule_group[]"],
 		Files:          req.Form["file[]"],
 		Type:           typ,
+		State:          state,
+		Health:         health,
 	}
 
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
diff --git a/pkg/ruler/ruler.go b/pkg/ruler/ruler.go
index 3e72fa1629..d07cd86033 100644
--- a/pkg/ruler/ruler.go
+++ b/pkg/ruler/ruler.go
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ const (
 
 	alertingRuleFilter  string = "alert"
 	recordingRuleFilter string = "record"
+
+	firingStateFilter   string = "firing"
+	pendingStateFilter  string = "pending"
+	inactiveStateFilter string = "inactive"
+
+	unknownHealthFilter string = "unknown"
+	okHealthFilter      string = "ok"
+	errHealthFilter     string = "err"
 )
 
 type DisabledRuleGroupErr struct {
@@ -874,9 +882,11 @@ func (r *Ruler) getLocalRules(userID string, rulesRequest RulesRequest, includeB
 	ruleGroupNameSet := sliceToSet(rulesRequest.RuleGroupNames)
 	fileSet := sliceToSet(rulesRequest.Files)
 	ruleType := rulesRequest.Type
+	alertState := rulesRequest.State
+	health := rulesRequest.Health
 
 	returnAlerts := ruleType == "" || ruleType == alertingRuleFilter
-	returnRecording := ruleType == "" || ruleType == recordingRuleFilter
+	returnRecording := (ruleType == "" || ruleType == recordingRuleFilter) && alertState == ""
 
 	for _, group := range groups {
 		// The mapped filename is url path escaped encoded to make handling `/` characters easier
@@ -915,6 +925,9 @@ func (r *Ruler) getLocalRules(userID string, rulesRequest RulesRequest, includeB
 					continue
 				}
 			}
+			if !returnByHealth(health, string(r.Health())) {
+				continue
+			}
 			lastError := ""
 			if r.LastError() != nil {
 				lastError = r.LastError().Error()
@@ -926,6 +939,9 @@ func (r *Ruler) getLocalRules(userID string, rulesRequest RulesRequest, includeB
 				if !returnAlerts {
 					continue
 				}
+				if !returnByState(alertState, rule.State().String()) {
+					continue
+				}
 				alerts := []*AlertStateDesc{}
 				for _, a := range rule.ActiveAlerts() {
 					alerts = append(alerts, &AlertStateDesc{
@@ -1296,3 +1312,11 @@ func (r *Ruler) ListAllRules(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	close(iter)
 	<-done
 }
+
+func returnByState(requestState string, alertState string) bool {
+	return requestState == "" || requestState == alertState
+}
+
+func returnByHealth(requestHealth string, ruleHealth string) bool {
+	return requestHealth == "" || requestHealth == ruleHealth
+}
diff --git a/pkg/ruler/ruler.pb.go b/pkg/ruler/ruler.pb.go
index 412fe757f2..192c8f3e25 100644
--- a/pkg/ruler/ruler.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/ruler/ruler.pb.go
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ type RulesRequest struct {
 	RuleGroupNames []string `protobuf:"bytes,2,rep,name=ruleGroupNames,proto3" json:"ruleGroupNames,omitempty"`
 	Files          []string `protobuf:"bytes,3,rep,name=files,proto3" json:"files,omitempty"`
 	Type           string   `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=type,proto3" json:"type,omitempty"`
+	State          string   `protobuf:"bytes,5,opt,name=state,proto3" json:"state,omitempty"`
+	Health         string   `protobuf:"bytes,6,opt,name=health,proto3" json:"health,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *RulesRequest) Reset()      { *m = RulesRequest{} }
@@ -105,6 +107,20 @@ func (m *RulesRequest) GetType() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (m *RulesRequest) GetState() string {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.State
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (m *RulesRequest) GetHealth() string {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.Health
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 type RulesResponse struct {
 	Groups []*GroupStateDesc `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=groups,proto3" json:"groups,omitempty"`
 }
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+	0x36, 0x5c, 0x50, 0xcb, 0xdd, 0x16, 0x34, 0x94, 0x2a, 0x4e, 0x61, 0x96, 0x38, 0x0a, 0xd9, 0xa2,
+	0xa1, 0x34, 0xe5, 0x0c, 0x49, 0xe0, 0xf7, 0xda, 0x71, 0x28, 0xfd, 0xc0, 0x2e, 0xce, 0x12, 0x46,
+	0x03, 0x5f, 0x2b, 0x1c, 0xda, 0x81, 0x37, 0xf7, 0x28, 0x8d, 0xda, 0x7d, 0x9f, 0xfb, 0xa1, 0xd7,
+	0x16, 0x7e, 0xd8, 0xa5, 0x36, 0x9c, 0x21, 0xd8, 0x92, 0x82, 0x6f, 0x6b, 0x74, 0x4b, 0x81, 0x1b,
+	0xeb, 0x30, 0xa7, 0xce, 0x01, 0x47, 0x6b, 0xe6, 0x21, 0xd0, 0xf2, 0xc4, 0x55, 0x4c, 0x7f, 0x5d,
+	0x2a, 0xe5, 0x69, 0xa5, 0x39, 0xe2, 0x35, 0x6b, 0x63, 0xed, 0xe8, 0x14, 0x5b, 0xc7, 0xa7, 0xd8,
+	0x3a, 0x3f, 0xc5, 0xe0, 0xc3, 0x08, 0x83, 0xcf, 0x23, 0x0c, 0x0e, 0x47, 0x18, 0x1c, 0x8d, 0x30,
+	0xf8, 0x39, 0xc2, 0xe0, 0xd7, 0x08, 0x5b, 0xe7, 0x23, 0x0c, 0x0e, 0xce, 0xb0, 0x75, 0x74, 0x86,
+	0xad, 0xe3, 0x33, 0x6c, 0x75, 0xf2, 0xba, 0xc6, 0x47, 0xbf, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x7c,
+	0x42, 0x1b, 0x9b, 0xaa, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00,
 }
 
 func (this *RulesRequest) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
@@ -516,6 +533,12 @@ func (this *RulesRequest) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
 	if this.Type != that1.Type {
 		return false
 	}
+	if this.State != that1.State {
+		return false
+	}
+	if this.Health != that1.Health {
+		return false
+	}
 	return true
 }
 func (this *RulesResponse) Equal(that interface{}) bool {
@@ -697,12 +720,14 @@ func (this *RulesRequest) GoString() string {
 	if this == nil {
 		return "nil"
 	}
-	s := make([]string, 0, 8)
+	s := make([]string, 0, 10)
 	s = append(s, "&ruler.RulesRequest{")
 	s = append(s, "RuleNames: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.RuleNames)+",\n")
 	s = append(s, "RuleGroupNames: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.RuleGroupNames)+",\n")
 	s = append(s, "Files: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.Files)+",\n")
 	s = append(s, "Type: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.Type)+",\n")
+	s = append(s, "State: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.State)+",\n")
+	s = append(s, "Health: "+fmt.Sprintf("%#v", this.Health)+",\n")
 	s = append(s, "}")
 	return strings.Join(s, "")
 }
@@ -883,6 +908,20 @@ func (m *RulesRequest) MarshalToSizedBuffer(dAtA []byte) (int, error) {
 	_ = i
 	var l int
 	_ = l
+	if len(m.Health) > 0 {
+		i -= len(m.Health)
+		copy(dAtA[i:], m.Health)
+		i = encodeVarintRuler(dAtA, i, uint64(len(m.Health)))
+		i--
+		dAtA[i] = 0x32
+	}
+	if len(m.State) > 0 {
+		i -= len(m.State)
+		copy(dAtA[i:], m.State)
+		i = encodeVarintRuler(dAtA, i, uint64(len(m.State)))
+		i--
+		dAtA[i] = 0x2a
+	}
 	if len(m.Type) > 0 {
 		i -= len(m.Type)
 		copy(dAtA[i:], m.Type)
@@ -1259,6 +1298,14 @@ func (m *RulesRequest) Size() (n int) {
 	if l > 0 {
 		n += 1 + l + sovRuler(uint64(l))
 	}
+	l = len(m.State)
+	if l > 0 {
+		n += 1 + l + sovRuler(uint64(l))
+	}
+	l = len(m.Health)
+	if l > 0 {
+		n += 1 + l + sovRuler(uint64(l))
+	}
 	return n
 }
 
@@ -1390,6 +1437,8 @@ func (this *RulesRequest) String() string {
 		`RuleGroupNames:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.RuleGroupNames) + `,`,
 		`Files:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Files) + `,`,
 		`Type:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Type) + `,`,
+		`State:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.State) + `,`,
+		`Health:` + fmt.Sprintf("%v", this.Health) + `,`,
 		`}`,
 	}, "")
 	return s
@@ -1632,6 +1681,70 @@ func (m *RulesRequest) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 			}
 			m.Type = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
 			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 5:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field State", wireType)
+			}
+			var stringLen uint64
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowRuler
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				stringLen |= uint64(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			intStringLen := int(stringLen)
+			if intStringLen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthRuler
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + intStringLen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthRuler
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			m.State = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
+			iNdEx = postIndex
+		case 6:
+			if wireType != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("proto: wrong wireType = %d for field Health", wireType)
+			}
+			var stringLen uint64
+			for shift := uint(0); ; shift += 7 {
+				if shift >= 64 {
+					return ErrIntOverflowRuler
+				}
+				if iNdEx >= l {
+					return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+				b := dAtA[iNdEx]
+				iNdEx++
+				stringLen |= uint64(b&0x7F) << shift
+				if b < 0x80 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			intStringLen := int(stringLen)
+			if intStringLen < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthRuler
+			}
+			postIndex := iNdEx + intStringLen
+			if postIndex < 0 {
+				return ErrInvalidLengthRuler
+			}
+			if postIndex > l {
+				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+			}
+			m.Health = string(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex])
+			iNdEx = postIndex
 		default:
 			iNdEx = preIndex
 			skippy, err := skipRuler(dAtA[iNdEx:])
diff --git a/pkg/ruler/ruler.proto b/pkg/ruler/ruler.proto
index da653b8651..15f3b0bccb 100644
--- a/pkg/ruler/ruler.proto
+++ b/pkg/ruler/ruler.proto
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ message RulesRequest {
   repeated string ruleGroupNames = 2;
   repeated string files = 3;
   string type = 4;
+  string state = 5;
+  string health = 6;
 }
 
 message RulesResponse {
diff --git a/pkg/ruler/ruler_test.go b/pkg/ruler/ruler_test.go
index f04d02d6d4..937e2d1b01 100644
--- a/pkg/ruler/ruler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ruler/ruler_test.go
@@ -526,6 +526,54 @@ func TestGetRules(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedClientCallCount: len(expectedRules),
 		},
+		"No Sharding with Alert state filter for firing alerts": {
+			sharding: false,
+			rulesRequest: RulesRequest{
+				State: firingStateFilter,
+			},
+			rulerStateMap: rulerStateMapAllActive,
+			expectedCount: map[string]int{
+				"user1": 0,
+				"user2": 0,
+				"user3": 0,
+			},
+		},
+		"No Sharding with Alert state filter for inactive alerts": {
+			sharding: false,
+			rulesRequest: RulesRequest{
+				State: inactiveStateFilter,
+			},
+			rulerStateMap: rulerStateMapAllActive,
+			expectedCount: map[string]int{
+				"user1": 2,
+				"user2": 4,
+				"user3": 2,
+			},
+		},
+		"No Sharding with health filter for OK alerts": {
+			sharding: false,
+			rulesRequest: RulesRequest{
+				Health: okHealthFilter,
+			},
+			rulerStateMap: rulerStateMapAllActive,
+			expectedCount: map[string]int{
+				"user1": 0,
+				"user2": 0,
+				"user3": 0,
+			},
+		},
+		"No Sharding with health filter for unknown alerts": {
+			sharding: false,
+			rulesRequest: RulesRequest{
+				Health: unknownHealthFilter,
+			},
+			rulerStateMap: rulerStateMapAllActive,
+			expectedCount: map[string]int{
+				"user1": 5,
+				"user2": 9,
+				"user3": 3,
+			},
+		},
 		"Default Sharding with No Filter": {
 			sharding:         true,
 			shardingStrategy: util.ShardingStrategyDefault,