diff --git a/static/js/clipList.js b/static/js/clipList.js
index 23be749ad..84e034a5f 100644
--- a/static/js/clipList.js
+++ b/static/js/clipList.js
@@ -78,14 +78,19 @@ pandora.ui.clipList = function(videoRatio) {
                     query = {conditions: [], operator: '&'};
                     // if the item query contains a layer condition,
                     // then this condition is added to the clip query
-                    itemsQuery.conditions.forEach(function(condition) {
-                        if (
-                            condition.key == 'annotations'
-                            || Ox.getIndexById(pandora.site.layers, condition.key) > -1
-                        ) {
-                            query.conditions.push(condition);
-                        }
-                    });
+                    addConditions(query, itemsQuery.conditions);
+                    // if a list is selected, check if its a smart list and
+                    // add possible layer conditions from query
+                    if (ui._list) {
+                        pandora.api.getList({id: ui._list}, function(result) {
+                            if (result.data.type == 'smart') {
+                                addConditions(query, result.data.query.conditions);
+                            }
+                            findClips();
+                        });
+                    } else {
+                        findClips();
+                    }
                 } else {
                     itemsQuery = {
                         conditions:[{key: 'id', value: ui.item, operator: '=='}],
@@ -99,11 +104,26 @@ pandora.ui.clipList = function(videoRatio) {
                         }],
                         operator: '&'
                     };
+                    findClips();
+                }
+
+                function addConditions(query, conditions) {
+                    conditions.forEach(function(condition) {
+                        if (
+                            condition.key == 'annotations'
+                            || Ox.getIndexById(pandora.site.layers, condition.key) > -1
+                        ) {
+                            query.conditions.push(condition);
+                        }
+                    });
+                }
+
+                function findClips() {
+                    pandora.api.findClips(Ox.extend(data, {
+                        itemsQuery: itemsQuery,
+                        query: query
+                    }), callback);
                 }
-                pandora.api.findClips(Ox.extend(data, {
-                    itemsQuery: itemsQuery,
-                    query: query
-                }), callback);
             },
             keys: ['annotations', 'id', 'in', 'out'].concat(
                 !ui.item ? ['videoRatio'] : []
diff --git a/static/js/list.js b/static/js/list.js
index 6cd318aad..d807901f7 100644
--- a/static/js/list.js
+++ b/static/js/list.js
@@ -230,14 +230,16 @@ pandora.ui.list = function() {
                 };
             },
             items: function(data, callback) {
-                pandora.api.find(Ox.extend(data, {
-                    query: ui.find,
-                    clips: {
-                        query: pandora.getClipsQuery(),
-                        items: pandora.getClipsItems(),
-                        keys: []
-                    }
-                }), callback);
+                pandora.getClipsQuery(function(clipsQuery) {
+                    pandora.api.find(Ox.extend(data, {
+                        query: ui.find,
+                        clips: {
+                            query: clipsQuery,
+                            items: pandora.getClipsItems(),
+                            keys: []
+                        }
+                    }), callback);
+                });
                 return Ox.clone(data, true);
             },
             keys: ['clips', 'director', 'duration', 'id', 'modified', 'posterRatio', 'title', 'videoRatio', 'year'],
diff --git a/static/js/utils.js b/static/js/utils.js
index 1d121ac52..8c77b1213 100644
--- a/static/js/utils.js
+++ b/static/js/utils.js
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ pandora.getClipsItems = function(width) {
     return Math.floor((width - 8) / (128 + 8)) - 1;
 };
 
-pandora.getClipsQuery = function() {
+pandora.getClipsQuery = function(callback) {
     // fixme: nice, but not needed
     function addClipsConditions(conditions) {
         conditions.forEach(function(condition) {
@@ -867,7 +867,20 @@ pandora.getClipsQuery = function() {
     };
     addClipsConditions(pandora.user.ui.find.conditions);
     clipsQuery.operator = clipsQuery.conditions.length ? '|' : '&';
-    return clipsQuery;
+    if (callback) {
+        if (pandora.user.ui._list) {
+            pandora.api.getList({id: pandora.user.ui._list}, function(result) {
+                if (result.data.type == 'smart') {
+                    addClipsConditions(result.data.query.conditions);
+                }
+                callback(clipsQuery)
+            });
+        } else {
+                callback(clipsQuery)
+        }
+    } else {
+        return clipsQuery;
+    }
 };
 
 pandora.getClipVideos = function(clip, resolution) {