diff --git a/src/borg/archive.py b/src/borg/archive.py
index 24411f15b..68cf30bd2 100644
--- a/src/borg/archive.py
+++ b/src/borg/archive.py
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ def __init__(
         end=None,
         log_json=False,
         iec=False,
+        deleted=False,
     ):
         name_is_id = isinstance(name, bytes)
         self.cwd = os.getcwd()
@@ -499,8 +500,9 @@ def __init__(
             self.tags = set()
         else:
             if name_is_id:
-                # we also go over the manifest here to avoid quick&dirty deleted archives
-                info = self.manifest.archives.get_by_id(name)
+                # we also go over the manifest here to avoid quick&dirty deleted archives,
+                # except if we explicitly request one via deleted=True.
+                info = self.manifest.archives.get_by_id(name, deleted=deleted)
             else:
                 info = self.manifest.archives.get(name)
             if info is None:
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/_common.py b/src/borg/archiver/_common.py
index f8223eb73..068a1fba5 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/_common.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/_common.py
@@ -369,7 +369,9 @@ def define_exclusion_group(subparser, **kwargs):
     return exclude_group
 
 
-def define_archive_filters_group(subparser, *, sort_by=True, first_last=True, oldest_newest=True, older_newer=True):
+def define_archive_filters_group(
+    subparser, *, sort_by=True, first_last=True, oldest_newest=True, older_newer=True, deleted=False
+):
     filters_group = subparser.add_argument_group(
         "Archive filters", "Archive filters can be applied to repository targets."
     )
@@ -456,6 +458,11 @@ def define_archive_filters_group(subparser, *, sort_by=True, first_last=True, ol
             help="consider archives newer than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.",
         )
 
+    if deleted:
+        filters_group.add_argument(
+            "--deleted", dest="deleted", action="store_true", help="consider only deleted archives."
+        )
+
     return filters_group
 
 
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/repo_list_cmd.py b/src/borg/archiver/repo_list_cmd.py
index 752b706f2..fbdb327d3 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/repo_list_cmd.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/repo_list_cmd.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def do_repo_list(self, args, repository, manifest):
                 "BORG_RLIST_FORMAT",
                 "{id:.8}  {time}  {archive:<15}  {tags:<10}  {username:<10}  {hostname:<10}  {comment:.40}{NL}",
             )
-        formatter = ArchiveFormatter(format, repository, manifest, manifest.key, iec=args.iec)
+        formatter = ArchiveFormatter(format, repository, manifest, manifest.key, iec=args.iec, deleted=args.deleted)
 
         output_data = []
 
@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@ def build_parser_repo_list(self, subparsers, common_parser, mid_common_parser):
             "but keys used in it are added to the JSON output. "
             "Some keys are always present. Note: JSON can only represent text.",
         )
-        define_archive_filters_group(subparser)
+        define_archive_filters_group(subparser, deleted=True)
diff --git a/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py b/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py
index f995c8467..0f3f397da 100644
--- a/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py
+++ b/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ class ArchiveFormatter(BaseFormatter):
         ("size", "nfiles"),
     )
 
-    def __init__(self, format, repository, manifest, key, *, iec=False):
+    def __init__(self, format, repository, manifest, key, *, iec=False, deleted=False):
         static_data = {}  # here could be stuff on repo level, above archive level
         static_data.update(self.FIXED_KEYS)
         super().__init__(format, static_data)
@@ -728,6 +728,7 @@ def __init__(self, format, repository, manifest, key, *, iec=False):
         self.name = None
         self.id = None
         self._archive = None
+        self.deleted = deleted  # True if we want to deal with deleted archives.
         self.iec = iec
         self.format_keys = {f[1] for f in Formatter().parse(format)}
         self.call_keys = {
@@ -772,7 +773,7 @@ def archive(self):
         if self._archive is None or self._archive.id != self.id:
             from ..archive import Archive
 
-            self._archive = Archive(self.manifest, self.id, iec=self.iec)
+            self._archive = Archive(self.manifest, self.id, iec=self.iec, deleted=self.deleted)
         return self._archive
 
     def get_meta(self, key, default=None):
diff --git a/src/borg/manifest.py b/src/borg/manifest.py
index 6df834cb5..51785af78 100644
--- a/src/borg/manifest.py
+++ b/src/borg/manifest.py
@@ -101,11 +101,17 @@ def finish(self, manifest):
             manifest_archives = StableDict(self._get_raw_dict())
         return manifest_archives
 
-    def ids(self):
+    def ids(self, *, deleted=False):
         # yield the binary IDs of all archives
         if not self.legacy:
             try:
-                infos = list(self.repository.store_list("archives"))
+                infos = list(self.repository.store_list("archives", deleted=deleted))
+                if deleted:
+                    # hack: store_list(deleted=True) yields deleted AND not deleted items,
+                    # guess this should be fixed in a future borgstore release.
+                    # for now, we remove the not-deleted archives here:
+                    not_deleted_infos = set(self.repository.store_list("archives", deleted=False))
+                    infos = [info for info in infos if info not in not_deleted_infos]
             except ObjectNotFound:
                 infos = []
             for info in infos:
@@ -156,13 +162,13 @@ def _get_archive_meta(self, id: bytes) -> dict:
             )
         return metadata
 
-    def _infos(self):
+    def _infos(self, *, deleted=False):
         # yield the infos of all archives
-        for id in self.ids():
+        for id in self.ids(deleted=deleted):
             yield self._get_archive_meta(id)
 
-    def _info_tuples(self):
-        for info in self._infos():
+    def _info_tuples(self, *, deleted=False):
+        for info in self._infos(deleted=deleted):
             yield ArchiveInfo(
                 name=info["name"],
                 id=info["id"],
@@ -172,8 +178,8 @@ def _info_tuples(self):
                 host=info["hostname"],
             )
 
-    def _matching_info_tuples(self, match_patterns, match_end):
-        archive_infos = list(self._info_tuples())
+    def _matching_info_tuples(self, match_patterns, match_end, *, deleted=False):
+        archive_infos = list(self._info_tuples(deleted=deleted))
         if match_patterns:
             assert isinstance(match_patterns, list), f"match_pattern is a {type(match_patterns)}"
             for match in match_patterns:
@@ -279,13 +285,14 @@ def get(self, name, raw=False):
             else:
                 return dict(name=name, id=values["id"], time=values["time"])
 
-    def get_by_id(self, id, raw=False):
+    def get_by_id(self, id, raw=False, *, deleted=False):
         assert isinstance(id, bytes)
         if not self.legacy:
-            if id in self.ids():  # check directory
+            if id in self.ids(deleted=deleted):  # check directory
                 # looks like this archive id is in the archives directory, thus it is NOT deleted.
+                # OR we have explicitly requested a soft-deleted archive via deleted=True.
                 archive_info = self._get_archive_meta(id)
-                if archive_info["exists"]:
+                if archive_info["exists"]:  # True means we have found Archive metadata in the repo.
                     if not raw:
                         ts = parse_timestamp(archive_info["time"])
                         archive_info = ArchiveInfo(
@@ -342,6 +349,7 @@ def list(
         newer=None,
         oldest=None,
         newest=None,
+        deleted=False,
     ):
         """
         Return list of ArchiveInfo instances according to the parameters.
@@ -363,7 +371,7 @@ def list(
         if isinstance(sort_by, (str, bytes)):
             raise TypeError("sort_by must be a sequence of str")
 
-        archive_infos = self._matching_info_tuples(match, match_end)
+        archive_infos = self._matching_info_tuples(match, match_end, deleted=deleted)
 
         if any([oldest, newest, older, newer]):
             archive_infos = filter_archives_by_date(
@@ -397,6 +405,7 @@ def list_considering(self, args):
             newer=getattr(args, "newer", None),
             oldest=getattr(args, "oldest", None),
             newest=getattr(args, "newest", None),
+            deleted=getattr(args, "deleted", False),
         )
 
     def get_one(self, match, *, match_end=r"\Z"):
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/repo_list_cmd_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/repo_list_cmd_test.py
index ffce5af00..66cc9bf63 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/repo_list_cmd_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/repo_list_cmd_test.py
@@ -98,3 +98,23 @@ def test_repo_list_json(archivers, request):
     assert "keyfile" not in list_repo["encryption"]
     archive0 = list_repo["archives"][0]
     checkts(archive0["time"])
+
+
+def test_repo_list_deleted(archivers, request):
+    archiver = request.getfixturevalue(archivers)
+    cmd(archiver, "repo-create", RK_ENCRYPTION)
+    cmd(archiver, "create", "normal1", src_dir)
+    cmd(archiver, "create", "deleted1", src_dir)
+    cmd(archiver, "create", "normal2", src_dir)
+    cmd(archiver, "create", "deleted2", src_dir)
+    cmd(archiver, "delete", "-a", "sh:deleted*")
+    output = cmd(archiver, "repo-list")
+    assert "normal1" in output
+    assert "normal2" in output
+    assert "deleted1" not in output
+    assert "deleted2" not in output
+    output = cmd(archiver, "repo-list", "--deleted")
+    assert "normal1" not in output
+    assert "normal2" not in output
+    assert "deleted1" in output
+    assert "deleted2" in output