diff --git a/doc/progress.rst b/doc/progress.rst
index ba6225986..b65df1926 100644
--- a/doc/progress.rst
+++ b/doc/progress.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Changelog
 
 0.10.2
 ~~~~~~
+* ADD #857: Adds task type ID to list_runs
 * DOC #862: Added license BSD 3-Clause to each of the source files.
 
 0.10.1
diff --git a/openml/runs/functions.py b/openml/runs/functions.py
index aefc2162a..9e7321d45 100644
--- a/openml/runs/functions.py
+++ b/openml/runs/functions.py
@@ -969,6 +969,7 @@ def __list_runs(api_call, output_format='dict'):
                'setup_id': int(run_['oml:setup_id']),
                'flow_id': int(run_['oml:flow_id']),
                'uploader': int(run_['oml:uploader']),
+               'task_type': int(run_['oml:task_type_id']),
                'upload_time': str(run_['oml:upload_time']),
                'error_message': str((run_['oml:error_message']) or '')}
 
diff --git a/tests/test_runs/test_run_functions.py b/tests/test_runs/test_run_functions.py
index d44a000d6..2773bc8d9 100644
--- a/tests/test_runs/test_run_functions.py
+++ b/tests/test_runs/test_run_functions.py
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ def _check_run(self, run):
         # error_message and run_details exist, too, but are not used so far. We need to update
         # this check once they are used!
         self.assertIsInstance(run, dict)
-        assert len(run) == 7, str(run)
+        assert len(run) == 8, str(run)
 
     def test_get_runs_list(self):
         # TODO: comes from live, no such lists on test