diff --git a/addons/api/addon/services/resource-filter-store.js b/addons/api/addon/services/resource-filter-store.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94d934359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/api/addon/services/resource-filter-store.js
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import Service from '@ember/service';
+import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
+
+/**
+ * Takes a POJO representing a query and converts it to a boolean expression
+ * string which is understood by the API.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   const filter = new ResourceFilter({
+ *     type: 'oidc',
+ *     status: ['active', 'pending']
+ *   });
+ *   console.log(filter.queryExpression);
+ *   // ("/item/type" == "oidc") and ("/item/status" == "active" or "/item/status" == "pending")
+ */
+export class ResourceFilter {
+  // =attributes
+
+  /**
+   * @type {?object}
+   */
+  #filterObject;
+
+  /**
+   * @type {string}
+   */
+  get queryExpression() {
+    const clauses = Object.keys(this.#filterObject)
+      .map((key) => {
+        const value = this.#filterObject[key];
+        const valuesArray = Array.isArray(value) ? value : [value];
+        return this.parenthetical(
+          this.or(valuesArray.map((value) => this.equals(key, value)))
+        );
+      })
+      .flat();
+    return this.and(clauses);
+  }
+
+  // =methods
+
+  /**
+   * @param {object} filterObject
+   */
+  constructor(filterObject = {}) {
+    this.#filterObject = Object.assign({}, filterObject);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {string} key
+   * @param value
+   * @return {string}
+   */
+  equals(key, value) {
+    return `"/item/${key}" == "${value}"`;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {string[]} clauses
+   * @return {string}
+   */
+  and(clauses) {
+    return clauses.join(' and ');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {string[]} clauses
+   * @return {string}
+   */
+  or(clauses) {
+    return clauses.join(' or ');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param {string} expression
+   * @return {string}
+   */
+  parenthetical(expression) {
+    return `(${expression})`;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+export default class ResourceFilterStoreService extends Service {
+  // =services
+
+  @service store;
+
+  // =methods
+
+  /**
+   * Similar to Ember's built-in `store.query`, except this method accepts
+   * an additional argument `filterObject` representing a query filter
+   * (see ResourceFilter class above).
+   * @param {string} modelName
+   * @param {object} filterObject
+   * @param {?object} storeQuery
+   * @return {Promise}
+   */
+  queryBy(modelName, filterObject = {}, storeQuery = {}) {
+    const filter = new ResourceFilter(filterObject);
+    const query = Object.assign({}, storeQuery);
+    // Apply filters to store query when available
+    if (filter.queryExpression) query.filter = filter.queryExpression;
+    return this.store.query(modelName, query);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/addons/api/app/services/resource-filter-store.js b/addons/api/app/services/resource-filter-store.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..984741e20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/api/app/services/resource-filter-store.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from 'api/services/resource-filter-store';
diff --git a/addons/api/tests/unit/services/resource-filter-store-test.js b/addons/api/tests/unit/services/resource-filter-store-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4902d8c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/api/tests/unit/services/resource-filter-store-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+import { ResourceFilter } from 'api/services/resource-filter-store';
+
+module('Unit | Service | resource-filter-store', function (hooks) {
+  setupTest(hooks);
+
+  test('it exports a ResourceFilter class that converts filterObjects to query expressions', function (assert) {
+    assert.ok(ResourceFilter);
+    const filter = new ResourceFilter({
+      type: 'oidc',
+      status: ['active', 'pending'],
+    });
+    const expected =
+      '("/item/type" == "oidc") and ("/item/status" == "active" or "/item/status" == "pending")';
+    assert.equal(filter.queryExpression, expected);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/sessions.js b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/sessions.js
index cd11b0569..799785f5b 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/sessions.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/app/routes/scopes/scope/projects/sessions.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsSessionsRoute extends Route {
 
   @service ipc;
   @service session;
+  @service resourceFilterStore;
 
   // =attributes
 
@@ -52,8 +53,7 @@ export default class ScopesScopeProjectsSessionsRoute extends Route {
     const { id: scope_id } = this.modelFor('scopes.scope');
     const { user_id } = this.session.data.authenticated;
     await this.store.query('target', { recursive: true, scope_id });
-    return await this.store.query('session', {
-      filter: `"/item/user_id" == "${user_id}"`,
+    return await this.resourceFilterStore.queryBy('session', { user_id }, {
       recursive: true,
       scope_id
     });