diff --git a/cloudkitty/api/v2/summary/summary.py b/cloudkitty/api/v2/summary/summary.py
index 5bbc48ff..ff705037 100644
--- a/cloudkitty/api/v2/summary/summary.py
+++ b/cloudkitty/api/v2/summary/summary.py
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@ class Summary(base.BaseResource):
         if not flask.request.context.is_admin:
             filters['project_id'] = flask.request.context.project_id
 
+        metric_types = [filters.pop('type')] if 'type' in filters else None
         total = self._storage.total(
             begin=begin, end=end,
             groupby=groupby,
             filters=filters,
+            metric_types=metric_types,
             offset=offset,
             limit=limit,
             paginate=True,
diff --git a/cloudkitty/tests/api/v2/summary/__init__.py b/cloudkitty/tests/api/v2/summary/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/cloudkitty/tests/api/v2/summary/test_summary.py b/cloudkitty/tests/api/v2/summary/test_summary.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0ae3b01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudkitty/tests/api/v2/summary/test_summary.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Objectif Libre
+#
+#    Licensed 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.
+#
+import unittest
+
+import mock
+
+from cloudkitty.api.v2.summary import summary
+from cloudkitty import tzutils
+
+
+class TestSummaryEndpoint(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestSummaryEndpoint, self).setUp()
+        self.endpoint = summary.Summary()
+
+    def test_type_filter_is_passed_separately(self):
+        policy_mock = mock.patch('cloudkitty.common.policy.authorize')
+        with mock.patch.object(self.endpoint._storage, 'total') as total_mock:
+            with policy_mock, mock.patch('flask.request') as fmock:
+                total_mock.return_value = {'total': 0, 'results': []}
+                fmock.args.lists.return_value = [
+                    ('filters', 'a:b,type:awesome')]
+                self.endpoint.get()
+                total_mock.assert_called_once_with(
+                    begin=tzutils.get_month_start(),
+                    end=tzutils.get_next_month(),
+                    groupby=None,
+                    filters={'a': 'b'},
+                    metric_types=['awesome'],
+                    offset=0,
+                    limit=100,
+                    paginate=True,
+                )