diff --git a/lib/API/JSON/v1/Subscribers.php b/lib/API/JSON/v1/Subscribers.php
index 88dad9282f..3522fea9c0 100644
--- a/lib/API/JSON/v1/Subscribers.php
+++ b/lib/API/JSON/v1/Subscribers.php
@@ -95,24 +95,46 @@ class Subscribers extends APIEndpoint {
       $listing_data = $this->subscribers_listings->getListingsInSegment($data);
     }
 
-    $data = array();
+    $result = array();
     foreach ($listing_data['items'] as $subscriber) {
-      $data[] = $subscriber
+      $subscriber_result = $subscriber
         ->withSubscriptions()
         ->asArray();
+      if (isset($data['filter']['segment'])) {
+        $subscriber_result = $this->preferUnsubscribedStatusFromSegment($subscriber_result, $data['filter']['segment']);
+      }
+      $result[] = $subscriber_result;
     }
 
     $listing_data['filters']['segment'] = $this->wp->applyFilters(
       'mailpoet_subscribers_listings_filters_segments',
       $listing_data['filters']['segment']
     );
-    return $this->successResponse($data, array(
+
+    return $this->successResponse($result, array(
       'count' => $listing_data['count'],
       'filters' => $listing_data['filters'],
       'groups' => $listing_data['groups']
     ));
   }
 
+  private function preferUnsubscribedStatusFromSegment(array $subscriber, $segment_id) {
+    $segment_status = $this->findSegmentStatus($subscriber, $segment_id);
+
+    if ($segment_status === Subscriber::STATUS_UNSUBSCRIBED) {
+      $subscriber['status'] = $segment_status;
+    }
+    return $subscriber;
+  }
+
+  private function findSegmentStatus(array $subscriber, $segment_id) {
+    foreach ($subscriber['subscriptions'] as $segment) {
+      if ($segment['segment_id'] === $segment_id) {
+        return $segment['status'];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   function subscribe($data = array()) {
     $form_id = (isset($data['form_id']) ? (int)$data['form_id'] : false);
     $form = Form::findOne($form_id);
diff --git a/lib/Models/Segment.php b/lib/Models/Segment.php
index 679d9708c7..b05214b436 100644
--- a/lib/Models/Segment.php
+++ b/lib/Models/Segment.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Segment extends Model {
       __NAMESPACE__.'\SubscriberSegment',
       'segment_id',
       'subscriber_id'
-    )->where(MP_SUBSCRIBER_SEGMENT_TABLE.'.status', Subscriber::STATUS_SUBSCRIBED);
+    );
   }
 
   function duplicate($data = array()) {
diff --git a/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/SubscribersTest.php b/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/SubscribersTest.php
index 10f60a168d..574c7f10b3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/SubscribersTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/SubscribersTest.php
@@ -322,6 +322,30 @@ class SubscribersTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     );
   }
 
+  function testItCorrectSubscriptionStatus() {
+    $segment = Segment::createOrUpdate(array('name' => 'Segment185245'));
+    $subscriber = Subscriber::createOrUpdate([
+      'email' => 'third@example.com',
+      'status' => Subscriber::STATUS_SUBSCRIBED,
+      'segments' => array(
+        $segment->id,
+      ),
+      'source' => Source::API,
+    ]);
+    SubscriberSegment::createOrUpdate([
+      'subscriber_id' => $subscriber->id,
+      'segment_id' => $segment->id,
+      'status' => Subscriber::STATUS_UNSUBSCRIBED,
+    ]);
+    $response = $this->endpoint->listing([
+      'filter' => [
+        'segment' => $segment->id,
+      ],
+    ]);
+
+    expect($response->data[0]['status'])->equals(Subscriber::STATUS_UNSUBSCRIBED);
+  }
+
   function testItCanSortAndLimitListing() {
     // get 1st page (limit items per page to 1)
     $response = $this->endpoint->listing(array(
diff --git a/tests/integration/Models/SubscriberTest.php b/tests/integration/Models/SubscriberTest.php
index c49e829d20..ee338d85f8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/Models/SubscriberTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/Models/SubscriberTest.php
@@ -241,9 +241,6 @@ class SubscriberTest extends \MailPoetTest {
     $subscribers = Subscriber::filter('filterBy', array('segment' => 'none'))
       ->findMany();
     expect($subscribers)->count(1);
-    $subscribers = Subscriber::filter('filterBy', array('segment' => $segment->id))
-      ->findMany();
-    expect($subscribers)->count(0);
 
     // subscribed to trashed segments
     SubscriberSegment::subscribeToSegments(