diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticlesModel.php b/administrator/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticlesModel.php
index aa5ba437569ee..d36ead37cd475 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticlesModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/src/Model/ArticlesModel.php
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ protected function populateState($ordering = 'a.id', $direction = 'desc')
// Required content filters for the administrator menu
$this->getUserStateFromRequest($this->context . '.filter.category_id', 'filter_category_id');
$this->getUserStateFromRequest($this->context . '.filter.level', 'filter_level');
+ $this->getUserStateFromRequest($this->context . '.filter.featured', 'filter_featured');
$this->getUserStateFromRequest($this->context . '.filter.author_id', 'filter_author_id');
$this->getUserStateFromRequest($this->context . '.filter.tag', 'filter_tag', '');
$this->getUserStateFromRequest($this->context . '.filter.access', 'filter_access');
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/tmpl/articles/default.xml b/administrator/components/com_content/tmpl/articles/default.xml
index 424d988d71cde..b042f2497994f 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/tmpl/articles/default.xml
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/tmpl/articles/default.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@
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+
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+
+