diff --git a/lib/tasks/reminder.rake b/lib/tasks/reminder.rake
index 56122ca..aef9fd6 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/reminder.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/reminder.rake
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Send reminders about issues due in the next days.
 Available options:
   * days     => number of days to remind about (defaults to 7)
   * tracker  => id of tracker (defaults to all trackers)
+  * statuses => comma separated list of issue_statuses ids (defaults to all issue_statuses)
   * project  => id or identifier of project (defaults to all projects)
   * users    => comma separated list of user/group ids who should be reminded
   * version  => name of target version for filtering issues (defaults to none)
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ namespace :redmine do
     options[:days] = ENV['days'].to_i if ENV['days']
     options[:project] = ENV['project'] if ENV['project']
     options[:tracker] = ENV['tracker'].to_i if ENV['tracker']
+    options[:statuses] = (ENV['statuses'] || '').split(',').each(&:strip!)
     options[:users] = (ENV['users'] || '').split(',').each(&:strip!)
     options[:version] = ENV['version'] if ENV['version']