diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 70fcc2d..9249ac6 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ GEM
       sawyer (~> 0.8.0, >= 0.5.3)
     paint (2.1.0)
     public_suffix (3.0.3)
-    rake (10.5.0)
+    rake (13.0.3)
     rest-client (2.0.2)
       http-cookie (>= 1.0.2, < 2.0)
       mime-types (>= 1.16, < 4.0)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   byebug
   github_changelog_entry!
   minitest (~> 5.0)
-  rake (~> 10.0)
+  rake (~> 13.0)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
    2.0.1
diff --git a/github_changelog_entry.gemspec b/github_changelog_entry.gemspec
index 20448ec..ca0d6fe 100644
--- a/github_changelog_entry.gemspec
+++ b/github_changelog_entry.gemspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 2.0"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 13.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "minitest", "~> 5.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "byebug"
   spec.add_dependency "octokit", "~> 4.0"
diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_entry/cli.rb b/lib/github_changelog_entry/cli.rb
index da0ac28..cd459de 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_entry/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_entry/cli.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def filters
     option :since, aliases: "-s", desc: %q{Date after which we want to search for issues}
     option :milestone, aliases: "-m", desc: %q{Select issues linked to these milestones (ids)}
     option :issue_state, default: "all", enum: ["open", "closed", "all"], desc: %q{Show only closed or open issues}
+    option :assignee, desc: %q{Filter github issues by assignee}
     option :zenhub_opts, type: :hash, desc: %q{Defines zenhub options}, default: {}
     option :output, aliases: "-o", desc: %q{Output type: changelog or csv}, default: "changelog"
     def generate
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ def generate
       github_handler = Github.new(options[:repo])
       zenhub_fetcher = ZenhubIssueFetcher.new(@zenhub_token) if @zenhub_token
 
-      issues_options = options.select { |key, value| %w[since milestone issue_state].include?(key) }
+      issues_options = options.select { |key, value| %w[since milestone issue_state assignee].include?(key) }
       issues = github_handler.issues(issues_options, zenhub_fetcher, filters)
 
       if options[:output] == "changelog"
diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_entry/github.rb b/lib/github_changelog_entry/github.rb
index d817b63..48c8b9f 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_entry/github.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_entry/github.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ def issues(options = {}, zenhub_fetcher, ext_filters)
         filters.merge!(state: options["issue_state"])
       end
 
+      if options["assignee"]
+        filters.merge!(assignee: options["assignee"])
+      end
+
       issues = client.list_issues(@repo, filters).reject { |issue| issue.key?(:pull_request) }
       github_issues_size = issues.size
       Logger.instance.info("-> Retrieved #{github_issues_size} issues from github", [:blue])