diff --git a/org.ektorp/src/main/java/org/ektorp/PageRequest.java b/org.ektorp/src/main/java/org/ektorp/PageRequest.java
index 43d2f016..c4f7a766 100644
--- a/org.ektorp/src/main/java/org/ektorp/PageRequest.java
+++ b/org.ektorp/src/main/java/org/ektorp/PageRequest.java
@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ public class PageRequest {
 	public static ViewQuery applyPagingParameters(ViewQuery q, PageRequest pr) {
 		ViewQuery pagedQuery = q.clone();
 		if (pr.page > 0) {
-			if (pr.getStartKey() != null) {
-				pagedQuery.startKey(pr.getStartKey());
+			if(q.getKeys() != null && q.getKeysValues().size() > 0) {
+				pagedQuery.keys(q.getKeysValues());
+			}
+			else {
+				if (pr.getStartKey() != null) {
+					pagedQuery.startKey(pr.getStartKey());
+				}
 			}
 			if (pr.getStartKeyDocId() != null) {
 				pagedQuery.startDocId(pr.getStartKeyDocId());