diff --git a/crates/pile/src/command/list.rs b/crates/pile/src/command/list.rs
index 8087eac..44dcd5e 100644
--- a/crates/pile/src/command/list.rs
+++ b/crates/pile/src/command/list.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use clap::Args;
+use pile_config::Label;
 use pile_config::objectpath::ObjectPath;
 use pile_dataset::Datasets;
 use pile_toolbox::cancelabletask::{CancelFlag, CancelableTaskError};
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::{CliCmd, GlobalContext};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Args)]
 pub struct ListCommand {
-	/// Path to query, e.g. $.flac.artist
+	/// Path to query, e.g. $.flac.artist (or schema field name when --schema is set)
 	#[clap(default_value = "$")]
 	path: String,
 
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ pub struct ListCommand {
 	#[arg(long)]
 	invert: bool,
 
+	/// Treat path as a schema field name and resolve via schema paths
+	#[arg(long)]
+	schema: bool,
+
 	/// Path to dataset config
 	#[arg(long, short = 'c', default_value = "./pile.toml")]
 	config: PathBuf,
@@ -44,14 +49,24 @@ impl CliCmd for ListCommand {
 		_ctx: GlobalContext,
 		flag: CancelFlag,
 	) -> Result<i32, CancelableTaskError<anyhow::Error>> {
-		let path = ObjectPath::from_str(&self.path)
-			.with_context(|| format!("invalid path {:?}", self.path))?;
-		let path = Arc::new(path);
-
 		let ds = Datasets::open(&self.config, &self.workdir)
 			.await
 			.with_context(|| format!("while opening dataset for {}", self.config.display()))?;
 
+		// Resolve path arg: either schema field paths or a single ObjectPath
+		let schema_paths: Arc<Vec<ObjectPath>> = if self.schema {
+			let label = Label::new(&self.path)
+				.ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("invalid schema field name {:?}", self.path))?;
+			let spec = ds.config.schema.get(&label).ok_or_else(|| {
+				anyhow::anyhow!("schema field {:?} not found in config", self.path)
+			})?;
+			Arc::new(spec.path.clone())
+		} else {
+			let path = ObjectPath::from_str(&self.path)
+				.with_context(|| format!("invalid path {:?}", self.path))?;
+			Arc::new(vec![path])
+		};
+
 		let jobs = self.jobs.max(1);
 		let state = ExtractState { ignore_mime: false };
 
@@ -81,16 +96,20 @@ impl CliCmd for ListCommand {
 						let item = item.clone();
 						let source_name = name.to_string();
 						let key = item.key().to_string();
-						let path = path.clone();
+						let schema_paths = schema_paths.clone();
 						let invert = self.invert;
 						let state = state.clone();
 
 						join_set.spawn(async move {
-							let item = PileValue::Item(item);
-							let value = item.query(&state, &path).await?;
-
-							let is_present =
-								matches!(value, Some(v) if !matches!(v, PileValue::Null));
+							let pv = PileValue::Item(item);
+							let mut is_present = false;
+							for path in schema_paths.as_ref() {
+								let value = pv.query(&state, path).await?;
+								if matches!(value, Some(v) if !matches!(v, PileValue::Null)) {
+									is_present = true;
+									break;
+								}
+							}
 
 							let should_print = if invert { !is_present } else { is_present };