diff --git a/config/alfresco/public-rest-context.xml b/config/alfresco/public-rest-context.xml
index 8f88ff7558..c220b852b6 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/public-rest-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/public-rest-context.xml
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@
         <property name="nonAttachContentTypes" ref="nodes.nonAttachContentTypes"/>
         <property name="poster" ref="activitiesPoster" />
         <property name="nodeAssocService" ref="NodeAssocService"/>
+        <property name="smartStore" ref="smartStore"/>
     </bean>
 
     <bean id="Nodes" class="org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean">
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/NodesImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/NodesImpl.java
index 3fd5124863..a286a5efdd 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/NodesImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/NodesImpl.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import org.alfresco.repo.thumbnail.ThumbnailRegistry;
 import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.AlfrescoTransactionSupport;
 import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper;
 import org.alfresco.repo.version.VersionModel;
+import org.alfresco.repo.virtual.store.VirtualStore;
 import org.alfresco.rest.antlr.WhereClauseParser;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.Activities;
 import org.alfresco.rest.api.Nodes;
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ public class NodesImpl implements Nodes
     private RetryingTransactionHelper retryingTransactionHelper;
     private NodeAssocService nodeAssocService;
     private LockService lockService;
+    private VirtualStore smartStore; // note: remove as part of REPO-1173
 
     private enum Activity_Type
     {
@@ -305,6 +307,11 @@ public class NodesImpl implements Nodes
         this.nodeAssocService = nodeAssocService;
     }
 
+    public void setSmartStore(VirtualStore smartStore)
+    {
+        this.smartStore = smartStore;
+    }
+
 
     // excluded namespaces (aspects, properties, assoc types)
     private static final List<String> EXCLUDED_NS = Arrays.asList(NamespaceService.SYSTEM_MODEL_1_0_URI);
@@ -1327,7 +1334,8 @@ public class NodesImpl implements Nodes
 
         // call GetChildrenCannedQuery (via FileFolderService)
         if (((filterProps == null) || (filterProps.size() == 0)) && 
-            ((assocTypeQNames == null) || (assocTypeQNames.size() == 0)))
+            ((assocTypeQNames == null) || (assocTypeQNames.size() == 0)) &&
+            (smartStore.isVirtual(parentNodeRef)|| (smartStore.canVirtualize(parentNodeRef))))
         {
             pagingResults = fileFolderService.list(parentNodeRef, searchTypeQNames, ignoreAspectQNames, sortProps, pagingRequest);
         }
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/NodeApiTest.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/NodeApiTest.java
index 2aeae22b0c..8b976d2e49 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/NodeApiTest.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/NodeApiTest.java
@@ -2124,6 +2124,10 @@ public class NodeApiTest extends AbstractSingleNetworkSiteTest
             String c1Id = nodeResp.getId();
             assertEquals(fId, nodeResp.getParentId());
 
+            response = getAll(getNodeChildrenUrl(fId), null, null, 200);
+            nodes = RestApiUtil.parseRestApiEntries(response.getJsonResponse(), Node.class);
+            assertEquals(1, nodes.size());
+
             obj = new Node();
             obj.setName("c2");
             obj.setNodeType(TYPE_CM_CONTENT);