diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Admin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Admin.java
index f5da0aa0bde7..7500dd145f0e 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Admin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Admin.java
@@ -158,6 +158,13 @@ default List<TableDescriptor> listTableDescriptors(Pattern pattern) throws IOExc
   List<TableDescriptor> listTableDescriptors(Pattern pattern, boolean includeSysTables)
     throws IOException;
 
+  /**
+   * List all enabled or disabled tables
+   * @param isEnabled is true means return enabled tables, false means return disabled tables
+   * @return a list of enabled or disabled tables
+   */
+  List<TableDescriptor> listTableDescriptorsByState(boolean isEnabled) throws IOException;
+
   /**
    * List all of the names of userspace tables.
    * @return TableName[] table names
@@ -184,6 +191,14 @@ default TableName[] listTableNames(Pattern pattern) throws IOException {
    */
   TableName[] listTableNames(Pattern pattern, boolean includeSysTables) throws IOException;
 
+  /**
+   * List all enabled or disabled table names
+   * @param isEnabled is true means return enabled table names, false means return disabled table
+   *                  names
+   * @return a list of enabled or disabled table names
+   */
+  List<TableName> listTableNamesByState(boolean isEnabled) throws IOException;
+
   /**
    * Get a table descriptor.
    * @param tableName as a {@link TableName}
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AdminOverAsyncAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AdminOverAsyncAdmin.java
index 9e2b990d91c1..67b0a9f06827 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AdminOverAsyncAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AdminOverAsyncAdmin.java
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ public List<TableDescriptor> listTableDescriptors(Pattern pattern, boolean inclu
     return get(admin.listTableDescriptors(pattern, includeSysTables));
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public List<TableDescriptor> listTableDescriptorsByState(boolean isEnabled) throws IOException {
+    return get(admin.listTableDescriptorsByState(isEnabled));
+  }
+
   @Override
   public TableName[] listTableNames() throws IOException {
     return get(admin.listTableNames()).toArray(new TableName[0]);
@@ -156,6 +161,11 @@ public TableName[] listTableNames(Pattern pattern, boolean includeSysTables) thr
     return get(admin.listTableNames(pattern, includeSysTables)).toArray(new TableName[0]);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public List<TableName> listTableNamesByState(boolean isEnabled) throws IOException {
+    return get(admin.listTableNamesByState(isEnabled));
+  }
+
   @Override
   public TableDescriptor getDescriptor(TableName tableName)
     throws TableNotFoundException, IOException {
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java
index 6070c553f5e1..3d0f9c083ebd 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ CompletableFuture<List<TableDescriptor>> listTableDescriptors(Pattern pattern,
    */
   CompletableFuture<List<TableDescriptor>> listTableDescriptorsByNamespace(String name);
 
+  /**
+   * List all enabled or disabled table descriptors
+   * @param isEnabled is true means return enabled table descriptors, false means return disabled
+   *                  table descriptors
+   * @return a list of table names wrapped by a {@link CompletableFuture}.
+   */
+  CompletableFuture<List<TableDescriptor>> listTableDescriptorsByState(boolean isEnabled);
+
   /**
    * List all of the names of userspace tables.
    * @return a list of table names wrapped by a {@link CompletableFuture}.
@@ -135,6 +143,14 @@ default CompletableFuture<List<TableName>> listTableNames() {
    */
   CompletableFuture<List<TableName>> listTableNames(Pattern pattern, boolean includeSysTables);
 
+  /**
+   * List all enabled or disabled table names
+   * @param isEnabled is true means return enabled table names, false means return disabled table
+   *                  names
+   * @return a list of table names wrapped by a {@link CompletableFuture}.
+   */
+  CompletableFuture<List<TableName>> listTableNamesByState(boolean isEnabled);
+
   /**
    * Get list of table names by namespace.
    * @param name namespace name
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncHBaseAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncHBaseAdmin.java
index a8f93dd506d4..6e914240ba26 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncHBaseAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncHBaseAdmin.java
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ public CompletableFuture<List<TableDescriptor>> listTableDescriptorsByNamespace(
     return wrap(rawAdmin.listTableDescriptorsByNamespace(name));
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public CompletableFuture<List<TableDescriptor>> listTableDescriptorsByState(boolean isEnabled) {
+    return wrap(rawAdmin.listTableDescriptorsByState(isEnabled));
+  }
+
   @Override
   public CompletableFuture<List<TableName>> listTableNames(boolean includeSysTables) {
     return wrap(rawAdmin.listTableNames(includeSysTables));
@@ -115,6 +120,11 @@ public CompletableFuture<List<TableName>> listTableNames(Pattern pattern,
     return wrap(rawAdmin.listTableNames(pattern, includeSysTables));
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public CompletableFuture<List<TableName>> listTableNamesByState(boolean isEnabled) {
+    return wrap(rawAdmin.listTableNamesByState(isEnabled));
+  }
+
   @Override
   public CompletableFuture<List<TableName>> listTableNamesByNamespace(String name) {
     return wrap(rawAdmin.listTableNamesByNamespace(name));
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
index 4d614907326e..369f93b0d7bc 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
@@ -223,8 +223,12 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListNamespacesResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableDescriptorsByNamespaceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableDescriptorsByNamespaceResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableDescriptorsByStateRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableDescriptorsByStateResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableNamesByNamespaceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableNamesByNamespaceResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableNamesByStateRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableNamesByStateResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.MajorCompactionTimestampForRegionRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.MajorCompactionTimestampRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.MajorCompactionTimestampResponse;
@@ -561,6 +565,17 @@ public CompletableFuture<List<TableName>> listTableNames(Pattern pattern,
     return getTableNames(RequestConverter.buildGetTableNamesRequest(pattern, includeSysTables));
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public CompletableFuture<List<TableName>> listTableNamesByState(boolean isEnabled) {
+    return this.<List<TableName>> newMasterCaller()
+      .action((controller, stub) -> this.<ListTableNamesByStateRequest,
+        ListTableNamesByStateResponse, List<TableName>> call(controller, stub,
+          ListTableNamesByStateRequest.newBuilder().setIsEnabled(isEnabled).build(),
+          (s, c, req, done) -> s.listTableNamesByState(c, req, done),
+          (resp) -> ProtobufUtil.toTableNameList(resp.getTableNamesList())))
+      .call();
+  }
+
   private CompletableFuture<List<TableName>> getTableNames(GetTableNamesRequest request) {
     return this.<List<TableName>> newMasterCaller()
       .action((controller, stub) -> this.<GetTableNamesRequest, GetTableNamesResponse,
@@ -581,6 +596,17 @@ ListTableDescriptorsByNamespaceResponse, List<TableDescriptor>> call(controller,
       .call();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public CompletableFuture<List<TableDescriptor>> listTableDescriptorsByState(boolean isEnabled) {
+    return this.<List<TableDescriptor>> newMasterCaller()
+      .action((controller, stub) -> this.<ListTableDescriptorsByStateRequest,
+        ListTableDescriptorsByStateResponse, List<TableDescriptor>> call(controller, stub,
+          ListTableDescriptorsByStateRequest.newBuilder().setIsEnabled(isEnabled).build(),
+          (s, c, req, done) -> s.listTableDescriptorsByState(c, req, done),
+          (resp) -> ProtobufUtil.toTableDescriptorList(resp)))
+      .call();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public CompletableFuture<List<TableName>> listTableNamesByNamespace(String name) {
     return this.<List<TableName>> newMasterCaller()
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/shaded/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/shaded/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
index 079ddbb4218e..86e15fe3be16 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/shaded/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/shaded/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.GetTableDescriptorsResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListNamespaceDescriptorsResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableDescriptorsByNamespaceResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableDescriptorsByStateResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.MajorCompactionTimestampResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.ProcedureProtos;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.QuotaProtos;
@@ -506,6 +507,18 @@ public static List<TableDescriptor> toTableDescriptorList(GetTableDescriptorsRes
       .collect(Collectors.toList());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get a list of TableDescriptor from ListTableDescriptorsByNamespaceResponse protobuf
+   * @param proto the ListTableDescriptorsByNamespaceResponse
+   * @return a list of TableDescriptor
+   */
+  public static List<TableDescriptor>
+    toTableDescriptorList(ListTableDescriptorsByStateResponse proto) {
+    if (proto == null) return new ArrayList<>();
+    return proto.getTableSchemaList().stream().map(ProtobufUtil::toTableDescriptor)
+      .collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
   /**
    * get the split keys in form "byte [][]" from a CreateTableRequest proto
    * @param proto the CreateTableRequest
diff --git a/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf/server/master/Master.proto b/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf/server/master/Master.proto
index 257abe8f11ca..1d802712959e 100644
--- a/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf/server/master/Master.proto
+++ b/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf/server/master/Master.proto
@@ -512,6 +512,14 @@ message GetTableDescriptorsResponse {
   repeated TableSchema table_schema = 1;
 }
 
+message ListTableDescriptorsByStateRequest {
+  required bool is_enabled = 1;
+}
+
+message ListTableDescriptorsByStateResponse {
+  repeated TableSchema table_schema = 1;
+}
+
 message GetTableNamesRequest {
   optional string regex = 1;
   optional bool include_sys_tables = 2 [default=false];
@@ -522,6 +530,14 @@ message GetTableNamesResponse {
   repeated TableName table_names = 1;
 }
 
+message ListTableNamesByStateRequest {
+  required bool is_enabled = 1;
+}
+
+message ListTableNamesByStateResponse {
+  repeated TableName table_names = 1;
+}
+
 message GetTableStateRequest {
   required TableName table_name = 1;
 }
@@ -770,10 +786,18 @@ service MasterService {
   rpc GetTableDescriptors(GetTableDescriptorsRequest)
     returns(GetTableDescriptorsResponse);
 
+  /** List all enabled or disabled table descriptors. */
+  rpc ListTableDescriptorsByState(ListTableDescriptorsByStateRequest)
+    returns(ListTableDescriptorsByStateResponse);
+
   /** Get the list of table names. */
   rpc GetTableNames(GetTableNamesRequest)
     returns(GetTableNamesResponse);
 
+  /** List all enabled or disabled table names. */
+  rpc ListTableNamesByState(ListTableNamesByStateRequest)
+    returns(ListTableNamesByStateResponse);
+
   /** Return cluster status. */
   rpc GetClusterStatus(GetClusterStatusRequest)
     returns(GetClusterStatusResponse);
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterRpcServices.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterRpcServices.java
index 4a490b1e127c..797238062d14 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterRpcServices.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterRpcServices.java
@@ -283,8 +283,12 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListNamespacesResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableDescriptorsByNamespaceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableDescriptorsByNamespaceResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableDescriptorsByStateRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableDescriptorsByStateResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableNamesByNamespaceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableNamesByNamespaceResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableNamesByStateRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.ListTableNamesByStateResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.MajorCompactionTimestampForRegionRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.MajorCompactionTimestampRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.MasterProtos.MajorCompactionTimestampResponse;
@@ -1171,6 +1175,31 @@ public GetTableDescriptorsResponse getTableDescriptors(RpcController c,
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public ListTableDescriptorsByStateResponse listTableDescriptorsByState(RpcController controller,
+    ListTableDescriptorsByStateRequest request) throws ServiceException {
+    try {
+      server.checkInitialized();
+      List<TableDescriptor> descriptors = server.listTableDescriptors(null, null, null, false);
+
+      ListTableDescriptorsByStateResponse.Builder builder =
+        ListTableDescriptorsByStateResponse.newBuilder();
+      if (descriptors != null && descriptors.size() > 0) {
+        // Add the table descriptors to the response
+        TableState.State state =
+          request.getIsEnabled() ? TableState.State.ENABLED : TableState.State.DISABLED;
+        for (TableDescriptor htd : descriptors) {
+          if (server.getTableStateManager().isTableState(htd.getTableName(), state)) {
+            builder.addTableSchema(ProtobufUtil.toTableSchema(htd));
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return builder.build();
+    } catch (IOException ioe) {
+      throw new ServiceException(ioe);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get list of userspace table names
    * @param controller Unused (set to null).
@@ -1200,6 +1229,29 @@ public GetTableNamesResponse getTableNames(RpcController controller, GetTableNam
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public ListTableNamesByStateResponse listTableNamesByState(RpcController controller,
+    ListTableNamesByStateRequest request) throws ServiceException {
+    try {
+      server.checkServiceStarted();
+      List<TableName> tableNames = server.listTableNames(null, null, false);
+      ListTableNamesByStateResponse.Builder builder = ListTableNamesByStateResponse.newBuilder();
+      if (tableNames != null && tableNames.size() > 0) {
+        // Add the disabled table names to the response
+        TableState.State state =
+          request.getIsEnabled() ? TableState.State.ENABLED : TableState.State.DISABLED;
+        for (TableName table : tableNames) {
+          if (server.getTableStateManager().isTableState(table, state)) {
+            builder.addTableNames(ProtobufUtil.toProtoTableName(table));
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return builder.build();
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new ServiceException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public GetTableStateResponse getTableState(RpcController controller, GetTableStateRequest request)
     throws ServiceException {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestListTablesByState.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestListTablesByState.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91524ddd6b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestListTablesByState.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Admin;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptorBuilder;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MasterTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
+
+@Category({ MasterTests.class, MediumTests.class })
+public class TestListTablesByState {
+  @ClassRule
+  public static final HBaseClassTestRule CLASS_RULE =
+    HBaseClassTestRule.forClass(TestListTablesByState.class);
+
+  private static HBaseTestingUtil UTIL;
+  private static Admin ADMIN;
+  private final static int SLAVES = 1;
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
+    UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtil();
+    UTIL.startMiniCluster(SLAVES);
+    ADMIN = UTIL.getAdmin();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testListTableNamesByState() throws Exception {
+    TableName testTableName = TableName.valueOf("test");
+    TableDescriptor testTableDesc = TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(testTableName).build();
+    ADMIN.createTable(testTableDesc);
+    ADMIN.disableTable(testTableName);
+    Assert.assertEquals(ADMIN.listTableNamesByState(false).get(0), testTableName);
+    ADMIN.enableTable(testTableName);
+    Assert.assertEquals(ADMIN.listTableNamesByState(true).get(0), testTableName);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testListTableDescriptorByState() throws Exception {
+    TableName testTableName = TableName.valueOf("test");
+    TableDescriptor testTableDesc = TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(testTableName).build();
+    ADMIN.createTable(testTableDesc);
+    ADMIN.disableTable(testTableName);
+    Assert.assertEquals(ADMIN.listTableDescriptorsByState(false).get(0), testTableDesc);
+    ADMIN.enableTable(testTableName);
+    Assert.assertEquals(ADMIN.listTableDescriptorsByState(true).get(0), testTableDesc);
+  }
+
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void tearDownAfterClass() throws Exception {
+    if (ADMIN != null) {
+      ADMIN.close();
+    }
+    if (UTIL != null) {
+      UTIL.shutdownMiniCluster();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/VerifyingRSGroupAdmin.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/VerifyingRSGroupAdmin.java
index 3c0658455f3a..edf5143bdeb6 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/VerifyingRSGroupAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/VerifyingRSGroupAdmin.java
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ public List<TableDescriptor> listTableDescriptors(Pattern pattern, boolean inclu
     return admin.listTableDescriptors(pattern, includeSysTables);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public List<TableDescriptor> listTableDescriptorsByState(boolean isEnabled) throws IOException {
+    return admin.listTableDescriptorsByState(isEnabled);
+  }
+
   public TableName[] listTableNames() throws IOException {
     return admin.listTableNames();
   }
@@ -152,6 +157,11 @@ public TableName[] listTableNames(Pattern pattern, boolean includeSysTables) thr
     return admin.listTableNames(pattern, includeSysTables);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public List<TableName> listTableNamesByState(boolean isEnabled) throws IOException {
+    return admin.listTableNamesByState(isEnabled);
+  }
+
   public TableDescriptor getDescriptor(TableName tableName)
     throws TableNotFoundException, IOException {
     return admin.getDescriptor(tableName);
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
index 7d6906b71dcf..7477b8ec164f 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
@@ -1885,6 +1885,12 @@ def modify_table_family_sft(tableName, family_bytes, sft)
     def flush_master_store()
       @admin.flushMasterStore()
     end
+
+    #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Returns a list of enable or disabled tables in hbase
+    def list_tables_by_state(isEnabled)
+      @admin.listTableNamesByState(isEnabled).map(&:getNameAsString)
+    end
   end
   # rubocop:enable Metrics/ClassLength
 end
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell.rb
index 5bd6b451ec2b..eeac0ba95f7e 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell.rb
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@ def self.exception_handler(hide_traceback)
     locate_region
     list_regions
     clone_table_schema
+    list_enabled_tables
+    list_disabled_tables
   ],
   aliases: {
     'describe' => ['desc']
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/list_disabled_tables.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/list_disabled_tables.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..81176861550f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/list_disabled_tables.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+module Shell
+  module Commands
+    class ListDisabledTables < Command
+      def help
+        <<~EOF
+           List all disabled tables
+           Examples:
+           hbase> list_disabled_tables
+        EOF
+      end
+
+      def command()
+        formatter.header(['TABLE'])
+
+        list = admin.list_tables_by_state(false)
+        list.each do |table|
+          formatter.row([table])
+        end
+
+        formatter.footer(list.size)
+        list
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/list_enabled_tables.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/list_enabled_tables.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dbb659c3f7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/list_enabled_tables.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+module Shell
+  module Commands
+    class ListEnabledTables < Command
+      def help
+        <<~EOF
+           List all enabled tables
+           Examples:
+           hbase> list_enabled_tables
+        EOF
+      end
+
+      def command()
+        formatter.header(['TABLE'])
+
+        list = admin.list_tables_by_state(true)
+        list.each do |table|
+          formatter.row([table])
+        end
+
+        formatter.footer(list.size)
+        list
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestListTablesShell.java b/hbase-shell/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestListTablesShell.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b823b6fc3aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestListTablesShell.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.ClientTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.LargeTests;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
+
+@Category({ ClientTests.class, LargeTests.class })
+public class TestListTablesShell extends AbstractTestShell {
+  @ClassRule
+  public static final HBaseClassTestRule CLASS_RULE =
+    HBaseClassTestRule.forClass(TestListTablesShell.class);
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
+    setUpConfig();
+
+    TEST_UTIL.startMiniCluster(3);
+
+    setUpJRubyRuntime();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getIncludeList() {
+    return "list_tables_test.rb";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestShell.java b/hbase-shell/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestShell.java
index b97f7b516b57..47918f68019f 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestShell.java
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestShell.java
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ public class TestShell extends AbstractTestShell {
   @Override
   protected String getExcludeList() {
     return "replication_admin_test.rb,rsgroup_shell_test.rb,admin_test.rb,table_test.rb,"
-      + "quotas_test.rb,admin2_test.rb";
+      + "quotas_test.rb,admin2_test.rb,list_tables_test.rb";
   }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/shell/list_tables_test.rb b/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/shell/list_tables_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d3599bf8155f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/test/ruby/shell/list_tables_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+require 'hbase_constants'
+require 'hbase_shell'
+
+class ListTablesTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def setup
+    @hbase = ::Hbase::Hbase.new($TEST_CLUSTER.getConfiguration)
+    @shell = Shell::Shell.new(@hbase)
+    connection = $TEST_CLUSTER.getConnection
+    @admin = connection.getAdmin
+  end
+
+  define_test "List enabled tables" do
+    table = 'test_table1'
+    family = 'f1'
+    @shell.command('create', table, family)
+    assert_equal [table],  @shell.command('list_enabled_tables')
+    @shell.command(:disable, table)
+    @shell.command(:drop, table)
+  end
+
+  define_test "List disabled tables" do
+    table = 'test_table2'
+    family = 'f1'
+    @shell.command('create', table, family)
+    @shell.command(:disable, table)
+    assert_equal [table],  @shell.command('list_disabled_tables')
+    @shell.command(:drop, table)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/client/ThriftAdmin.java b/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/client/ThriftAdmin.java
index 13a1b9920ecf..398d77dd9005 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/client/ThriftAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/client/ThriftAdmin.java
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ public List<TableDescriptor> listTableDescriptors(Pattern pattern, boolean inclu
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public List<TableDescriptor> listTableDescriptorsByState(boolean isEnabled) throws IOException {
+    throw new NotImplementedException("listTableDescriptorsByState not supported in ThriftAdmin");
+  }
+
   @Override
   public TableName[] listTableNames() throws IOException {
     return listTableNames(null);
@@ -195,6 +200,11 @@ public TableName[] listTableNames(Pattern pattern, boolean includeSysTables) thr
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public List<TableName> listTableNamesByState(boolean isEnabled) throws IOException {
+    throw new NotImplementedException("listTableNamesByState not supported in ThriftAdmin");
+  }
+
   @Override
   public TableDescriptor getDescriptor(TableName tableName)
     throws TableNotFoundException, IOException {