diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/trackedentity/hibernate/HibernateTrackedEntityInstanceStore.java b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/trackedentity/hibernate/HibernateTrackedEntityInstanceStore.java
index e27a071e7e8d..ab1a59ad5dea 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/trackedentity/hibernate/HibernateTrackedEntityInstanceStore.java
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/trackedentity/hibernate/HibernateTrackedEntityInstanceStore.java
@@ -615,6 +615,13 @@ else if ( !CollectionUtils.isEmpty( params.getTrackedEntityTypes() ) )
             }
         }
 
+        if ( params.isSynchronizationQuery() )
+        {
+            trackedEntity
+                .append( whereAnd.whereAnd() )
+                .append( " TEI.lastupdated >= TEI.lastSynchronized " );
+        }
+
         if ( !params.isIncludeDeleted() )
         {
             trackedEntity