diff --git a/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md b/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
index 4326d8adb00..95f9da8d2b3 100644
--- a/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
+++ b/docs/development/plugin-triggers.md
@@ -74,6 +74,21 @@ set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 # TODO
 ```
 
+### `app-list`
+
+- Description: Lists all apps in available to the currently logged in user. Optionally disables filtering by user if the first argument is `false`.
+- Invoked by:
+- Arguments: `$FILTER`
+- Example:
+
+```shell
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
+
+# TODO
+```
+
 ### `app-json-process-deploy-parallelism`
 
 - Description: Decides the parallelism to use when deploying a given process type. The default is 1 process entry at a type.
diff --git a/plugins/20_events/app-list b/plugins/20_events/app-list
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..acd6c1afd7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/20_events/app-list
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eo pipefail
+[[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
+source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
+
+[[ ! "$DOKKU_EVENTS" ]] || dokku_log_plugn_trigger_call "$(basename "$0")" "$@"
diff --git a/plugins/checks/install b/plugins/checks/install
index 1497ca5d41a..f6321f86b67 100755
--- a/plugins/checks/install
+++ b/plugins/checks/install
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ migrate_checks_vars_0_5_0() {
   local GLOBAL_SKIP_ALL_CHECKS=$(config_get --global DOKKU_SKIP_ALL_CHECKS || true)
   local GLOBAL_SKIP_DEFAULT_CHECKS=$(config_get --global DOKKU_SKIP_DEFAULT_CHECKS || true)
 
-  for app in $(dokku_apps); do
+  for app in $(dokku_apps "false"); do
     local APP_SKIP_ALL_CHECKS=$(config_get "$app" DOKKU_SKIP_ALL_CHECKS || true)
     local APP_SKIP_DEFAULT_CHECKS=$(config_get "$app" DOKKU_SKIP_DEFAULT_CHECKS || true)
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ migrate_checks_vars_0_5_0() {
 migrate_checks_vars_0_6_0() {
   declare desc="migrates CHECKS config variables from 0.5.x to support fully-disabled zero-downtime checks"
 
-  for app in $(dokku_apps); do
+  for app in $(dokku_apps "false"); do
     local APP_DOKKU_CHECKS_ENABLED=$(config_get "$app" DOKKU_CHECKS_ENABLED || true)
     if [[ $APP_DOKKU_CHECKS_ENABLED ]]; then
       dokku_log_info1 "Migrating zero downtime env variables to 0.6.x. The following variables will be migrated"
diff --git a/plugins/common/common.go b/plugins/common/common.go
index c4c0cf50617..4039fe7d29a 100644
--- a/plugins/common/common.go
+++ b/plugins/common/common.go
@@ -245,6 +245,16 @@ func GetRunningImageTag(appName string, imageTag string) (string, error) {
 
 // DokkuApps returns a list of all local apps
 func DokkuApps() ([]string, error) {
+	apps, err := UnfilteredDokkuApps()
+	if err != nil {
+		return apps, err
+	}
+
+	return filterApps(apps)
+}
+
+// UnfilteredDokkuApps returns an unfiltered list of all local apps
+func UnfilteredDokkuApps() ([]string, error) {
 	apps := []string{}
 	dokkuRoot := MustGetEnv("DOKKU_ROOT")
 	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dokkuRoot)
@@ -267,7 +277,7 @@ func DokkuApps() ([]string, error) {
 		return apps, fmt.Errorf("You haven't deployed any applications yet")
 	}
 
-	return filterApps(apps)
+	return apps, nil
 }
 
 // GetAppImageName returns image identifier for a given app, tag tuple. validate if tag is presented
diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index 6ed22601f8d..181fccb27f0 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ has_tty() {
 
 dokku_apps() {
   declare desc="prints list of all local apps"
-  local INSTALLED_APPS="$(plugn trigger app-list)"
+  declare FILTER="$1"
+  local INSTALLED_APPS="$(plugn trigger app-list "$FILTER")"
   if [[ -z "$INSTALLED_APPS" ]]; then
     dokku_log_fail "You haven't deployed any applications yet"
   fi
diff --git a/plugins/common/src/triggers/triggers.go b/plugins/common/src/triggers/triggers.go
index 0f911f1ec28..35ec4ed26ca 100644
--- a/plugins/common/src/triggers/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/common/src/triggers/triggers.go
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ func main() {
 	var err error
 	switch trigger {
 	case "app-list":
-		err = common.TriggerAppList()
+		filtered := flag.Arg(0)
+		if filtered == "" {
+			filtered = "true"
+		}
+		filter := common.ToBool(filtered)
+		err = common.TriggerAppList(filter)
 	case "core-post-deploy":
 		appName := flag.Arg(0)
 		err = common.TriggerCorePostDeploy(appName)
diff --git a/plugins/common/triggers.go b/plugins/common/triggers.go
index eccb3b5778b..e904c525a60 100644
--- a/plugins/common/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/common/triggers.go
@@ -6,8 +6,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 // TriggerAppList outputs each app name to stdout on a newline
-func TriggerAppList() error {
-	apps, _ := DokkuApps()
+func TriggerAppList(filtered bool) error {
+	var apps []string
+	if filtered {
+		apps, _ = DokkuApps()
+	} else {
+		apps, _ = UnfilteredDokkuApps()
+	}
+
 	for _, app := range apps {
 		Log(app)
 	}
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ func TriggerInstall() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to install the common plugin: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
-	apps, err := DokkuApps()
+	apps, err := UnfilteredDokkuApps()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/cron/functions.go b/plugins/cron/functions.go
index a3733d0b7af..0a3aee19739 100644
--- a/plugins/cron/functions.go
+++ b/plugins/cron/functions.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func deleteCrontab() error {
 }
 
 func writeCronEntries() error {
-	apps, _ := common.DokkuApps()
+	apps, _ := common.UnfilteredDokkuApps()
 	commands := []templateCommand{}
 	for _, appName := range apps {
 		scheduler := common.GetAppScheduler(appName)
diff --git a/plugins/domains/install b/plugins/domains/install
index 05e19a65780..cbdc6c33212 100755
--- a/plugins/domains/install
+++ b/plugins/domains/install
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ trigger-domains-install() {
   declare trigger="install"
 
   shopt -s nullglob
-  for app in $(dokku_apps); do
+  for app in $(dokku_apps "false"); do
     domains_setup "$app"
   done
 }
diff --git a/plugins/git/install b/plugins/git/install
index 738e2f99b8b..5653012533b 100755
--- a/plugins/git/install
+++ b/plugins/git/install
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ migrate_git_vars_0_12_0() {
     DOKKU_QUIET_OUTPUT=1 config_unset --global DOKKU_DEPLOY_BRANCH || true
   fi
 
-  for app in $(dokku_apps); do
+  for app in $(dokku_apps "false"); do
     DOKKU_DEPLOY_BRANCH=$(config_get "$app" DOKKU_DEPLOY_BRANCH || true)
     if [[ -n "$DOKKU_DEPLOY_BRANCH" ]]; then
       fn-plugin-property-write "git" "$app" "deploy-branch" "$DOKKU_DEPLOY_BRANCH"
diff --git a/plugins/logs/functions.go b/plugins/logs/functions.go
index 1b696b4a068..0682aec37ed 100644
--- a/plugins/logs/functions.go
+++ b/plugins/logs/functions.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func sinkValueToConfig(appName string, sinkValue string) (vectorSink, error) {
 }
 
 func writeVectorConfig() error {
-	apps, _ := common.DokkuApps()
+	apps, _ := common.UnfilteredDokkuApps()
 	data := vectorConfig{
 		Sources: map[string]vectorSource{},
 		Sinks:   map[string]vectorSink{},
diff --git a/plugins/network/triggers.go b/plugins/network/triggers.go
index 2906c142831..fbdc8d510a4 100644
--- a/plugins/network/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/network/triggers.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TriggerInstall() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to install the network plugin: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
-	apps, err := common.DokkuApps()
+	apps, err := common.UnfilteredDokkuApps()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions
index 1abe7ae1f37..f7514161d2d 100755
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/functions
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ validate_nginx() {
     verify_app_name "$APP"
     nginx_vhosts_validate_single_func "$APP" "$FLAG"
   else
-    for app in $(dokku_apps); do
+    for app in $(dokku_apps "false"); do
       nginx_vhosts_validate_single_func "$app" "$FLAG"
     done
   fi
diff --git a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/install b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/install
index a9a1f0fd2d3..4a00206a36d 100755
--- a/plugins/nginx-vhosts/install
+++ b/plugins/nginx-vhosts/install
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ trigger-nginx-vhosts-install() {
   [[ -f /etc/logrotate.d/nginx ]] && sed -i -e 's/invoke-rc.d/service/g' /etc/logrotate.d/nginx
 
   # @TODO: Remove this after a few versions
-  for app in $(dokku_apps); do
+  for app in $(dokku_apps "false"); do
     nginx_port="$(config_get "$app" DOKKU_NGINX_PORT || true)"
     nginx_ssl_port="$(config_get "$app" DOKKU_NGINX_SSL_PORT || true)"
     if [[ -n "$nginx_port" ]] || [[ -n "$nginx_ssl_port" ]]; then
diff --git a/plugins/ps/triggers.go b/plugins/ps/triggers.go
index 88c590ef0d3..918f447ae8f 100644
--- a/plugins/ps/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/ps/triggers.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TriggerInstall() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	apps, err := common.DokkuApps()
+	apps, err := common.UnfilteredDokkuApps()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler/triggers.go b/plugins/scheduler/triggers.go
index d5ae16b1d21..234d3be1ac0 100644
--- a/plugins/scheduler/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/scheduler/triggers.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TriggerInstall() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to install the scheduler plugin: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
-	apps, err := common.DokkuApps()
+	apps, err := common.UnfilteredDokkuApps()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}