diff --git a/neutron/api/api_common.py b/neutron/api/api_common.py
index b31cde75eb3..743c690eb4a 100644
--- a/neutron/api/api_common.py
+++ b/neutron/api/api_common.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import functools
 
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
-import six
 from six.moves.urllib import parse
 from webob import exc
 
@@ -30,7 +29,13 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def get_filters(request, attr_info, skips=None):
-    """Extracts the filters from the request string.
+    return get_filters_from_dict(request.GET.dict_of_lists(),
+                                 attr_info,
+                                 skips)
+
+
+def get_filters_from_dict(data, attr_info, skips=None):
+    """Extracts the filters from a dict of query parameters.
 
     Returns a dict of lists for the filters:
     check=a&check=b&name=Bob&
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ def get_filters(request, attr_info, skips=None):
     """
     skips = skips or []
     res = {}
-    for key, values in six.iteritems(request.GET.dict_of_lists()):
+    for key, values in data.items():
         if key in skips:
             continue
         values = [v for v in values if v]
diff --git a/neutron/pecan_wsgi/controllers/resource.py b/neutron/pecan_wsgi/controllers/resource.py
index 725bafc79e8..388934582eb 100644
--- a/neutron/pecan_wsgi/controllers/resource.py
+++ b/neutron/pecan_wsgi/controllers/resource.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import pecan
 from pecan import request
 
+from neutron.api import api_common
 from neutron.pecan_wsgi.controllers import utils
 
 
@@ -79,8 +80,11 @@ class CollectionsController(utils.NeutronPecanController):
         # after making sure policy enforced fields remain
         kwargs.pop('fields', None)
         _listify = lambda x: x if isinstance(x, list) else [x]
-        filters = {k: _listify(v) for k, v in kwargs.items()}
-        # TODO(kevinbenton): convert these using api_common.get_filters
+        filters = api_common.get_filters_from_dict(
+            {k: _listify(v) for k, v in kwargs.items()},
+            self._resource_info,
+            skips=['fields', 'sort_key', 'sort_dir',
+                   'limit', 'marker', 'page_reverse'])
         lister = getattr(self.plugin, 'get_%s' % self.collection)
         neutron_context = request.context['neutron_context']
         return {self.collection: lister(neutron_context, filters=filters)}
diff --git a/neutron/pecan_wsgi/controllers/utils.py b/neutron/pecan_wsgi/controllers/utils.py
index 9a902db376e..ae01fff4ef0 100644
--- a/neutron/pecan_wsgi/controllers/utils.py
+++ b/neutron/pecan_wsgi/controllers/utils.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import pecan
 
+from neutron.api.v2 import attributes as api_attributes
 from neutron import manager
 
 # Utility functions for Pecan controllers.
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ class NeutronPecanController(object):
         # Ensure dashes are always replaced with underscores
         self.collection = collection and collection.replace('-', '_')
         self.resource = resource and resource.replace('-', '_')
+        self._resource_info = api_attributes.get_collection_info(collection)
         self._plugin = None
 
     @property