diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 144110768..6003a237b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - macOS: Fix a regression in the previous release that caused kitty to fail to run after an unclean shutdown/crash when using --single-instance (:iss:`7846`)
 
+- kitten @ ls: Fix the ``--self`` flag not working (:iss:`7864`)
+
 0.36.2 [2024-09-06]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/kitty/rc/ls.py b/kitty/rc/ls.py
index 94beb5131..e2bb6e36c 100644
--- a/kitty/rc/ls.py
+++ b/kitty/rc/ls.py
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ Only list the window this command is run in.
         tab_filter: Optional[Callable[[Tab], bool]] = None
         window_filter: Optional[Callable[[Window], bool]] = None
 
-        if payload_get('match') is not None or payload_get('match_tab') is not None:
+        if payload_get('self'):
+            def wf(w: Window) -> bool:
+                return w is window
+            window_filter = wf
+        elif payload_get('match') is not None or payload_get('match_tab') is not None:
             window_ids = frozenset(w.id for w in self.windows_for_payload(boss, window, payload_get, window_match_name='match'))
             def wf(w: Window) -> bool:
                 return w.id in window_ids