diff --git a/freqtrade/persistence/models.py b/freqtrade/persistence/models.py
index 1c219610d..1ff38e001 100644
--- a/freqtrade/persistence/models.py
+++ b/freqtrade/persistence/models.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from decimal import Decimal
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 from sqlalchemy import (Boolean, Column, DateTime, Enum, Float, ForeignKey, Integer, String,
-                        create_engine, desc, func, inspect)
+                        create_engine, desc, func, inspect, or_)
 from sqlalchemy.exc import NoSuchModuleError
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Query, declarative_base, relationship, scoped_session, sessionmaker
 from sqlalchemy.pool import StaticPool
@@ -1441,8 +1441,9 @@ class PairLock(_DECL_BASE):
     def __repr__(self):
         lock_time = self.lock_time.strftime(DATETIME_PRINT_FORMAT)
         lock_end_time = self.lock_end_time.strftime(DATETIME_PRINT_FORMAT)
-        return (f'PairLock(id={self.id}, pair={self.pair}, lock_time={lock_time}, '
-                f'lock_end_time={lock_end_time}, reason={self.reason}, active={self.active})')
+        return (
+            f'PairLock(id={self.id}, pair={self.pair}, side={self.side}, lock_time={lock_time}, '
+            f'lock_end_time={lock_end_time}, reason={self.reason}, active={self.active})')
 
     @staticmethod
     def query_pair_locks(pair: Optional[str], now: datetime, side: str = '*') -> Query:
@@ -1457,7 +1458,9 @@ class PairLock(_DECL_BASE):
         if pair:
             filters.append(PairLock.pair == pair)
         if side != '*':
-            filters.append(PairLock.side == side)
+            filters.append(or_(PairLock.side == side, PairLock.side == '*'))
+        else:
+            filters.append(PairLock.side == '*')
 
         return PairLock.query.filter(
             *filters
diff --git a/freqtrade/persistence/pairlock_middleware.py b/freqtrade/persistence/pairlock_middleware.py
index ade92355c..fc727acf5 100644
--- a/freqtrade/persistence/pairlock_middleware.py
+++ b/freqtrade/persistence/pairlock_middleware.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class PairLocks():
                 lock.lock_end_time >= now
                 and lock.active is True
                 and (pair is None or lock.pair == pair)
-                and (side == '*' or lock.side == side)
+                and (lock.side == '*' or lock.side == side)
             )]
             return locks
 
diff --git a/tests/plugins/test_pairlocks.py b/tests/plugins/test_pairlocks.py
index f9e5583ed..0ba9bb746 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/test_pairlocks.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/test_pairlocks.py
@@ -21,8 +21,22 @@ def test_PairLocks(use_db):
     pair = 'ETH/BTC'
     assert not PairLocks.is_pair_locked(pair)
     PairLocks.lock_pair(pair, arrow.utcnow().shift(minutes=4).datetime)
-    # ETH/BTC locked for 4 minutes
+    # ETH/BTC locked for 4 minutes (on both sides)
     assert PairLocks.is_pair_locked(pair)
+    assert PairLocks.is_pair_locked(pair, side='long')
+    assert PairLocks.is_pair_locked(pair, side='short')
+
+    pair = 'BNB/BTC'
+    PairLocks.lock_pair(pair, arrow.utcnow().shift(minutes=4).datetime, side='long')
+    assert not PairLocks.is_pair_locked(pair)
+    assert PairLocks.is_pair_locked(pair, side='long')
+    assert not PairLocks.is_pair_locked(pair, side='short')
+
+    pair = 'BNB/USDT'
+    PairLocks.lock_pair(pair, arrow.utcnow().shift(minutes=4).datetime, side='short')
+    assert not PairLocks.is_pair_locked(pair)
+    assert not PairLocks.is_pair_locked(pair, side='long')
+    assert PairLocks.is_pair_locked(pair, side='short')
 
     # XRP/BTC should not be locked now
     pair = 'XRP/BTC'