diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/Queries.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/Queries.java
index d7459a25b3..6319bd99c1 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/Queries.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/Queries.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public interface Queries
     static int MIN_TERM_LENGTH_NODES = 3;
     
     // People query
-    static String PARAM_USERNAME  = ContentModel.PROP_USERNAME.getLocalName();
+    static String PARAM_PERSON_ID  = "id";
     static String PARAM_FIRSTNAME = ContentModel.PROP_FIRSTNAME.getLocalName();
     static String PARAM_LASTNAME  = ContentModel.PROP_LASTNAME.getLocalName();
     static int MIN_TERM_LENGTH_PEOPLE = 2;
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/QueriesImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/QueriesImpl.java
index bdb451b875..2a95def539 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/QueriesImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/QueriesImpl.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class QueriesImpl implements Queries, InitializingBean
         PARAM_MODIFIEDAT, ContentModel.PROP_MODIFIED);
 
     private final static Map<String, QName> PEOPLE_SORT_PARAMS_TO_QNAMES = sortParamsToQNames(
-        ContentModel.PROP_USERNAME,
+        PARAM_PERSON_ID, ContentModel.PROP_USERNAME,
         ContentModel.PROP_FIRSTNAME,
         ContentModel.PROP_LASTNAME);
 
@@ -447,6 +447,15 @@ public class QueriesImpl implements Queries, InitializingBean
                     T t = convert(nodeRef, includeParam);
                     collection.add(t);
                 }
+
+                if (sort == POST_QUERY_SORT)
+                {
+                    return listPage(collection, paging);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return CollectionWithPagingInfo.asPaged(paging, collection, queryResults.hasMore(), new Long(queryResults.getNumberFound()).intValue());
+                }
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -455,15 +464,6 @@ public class QueriesImpl implements Queries, InitializingBean
                     queryResults.close();
                 }
             }
-
-            if (sort == POST_QUERY_SORT)
-            {
-                return listPage(collection, paging);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                return CollectionWithPagingInfo.asPaged(paging, collection, queryResults.hasMore(), new Long(queryResults.getNumberFound()).intValue());
-            }
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/QueriesPeopleApiTest.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/QueriesPeopleApiTest.java
index 7792668fa1..6ca44ea58e 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/QueriesPeopleApiTest.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/QueriesPeopleApiTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ package org.alfresco.rest.api.tests;
 
 import static org.alfresco.rest.api.Queries.PARAM_FIRSTNAME;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.api.Queries.PARAM_LASTNAME;
+import static org.alfresco.rest.api.Queries.PARAM_PERSON_ID;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ public class QueriesPeopleApiTest extends AbstractSingleNetworkSiteTest
     //      deleting users is hard from from static methods. For the moment do it
     //      in the first and last tests, but we have to get the TEST count right!
     //      If we don't, a test fails or the users get left behind (not too bad).
-    private static int TEST_COUNT = 13;
+    private static int TEST_COUNT = 20;
     private static int testCounter = 0;
 
     // Test usernames
@@ -246,20 +249,23 @@ public class QueriesPeopleApiTest extends AbstractSingleNetworkSiteTest
 
         response = getAll(URL_QUERIES_LSP, paging, params, expectedStatus);
         
-        if (expectedPeople != null && expectedStatus == 200)
+        if (expectedStatus == 200)
         {
             people = Person.parsePeople(response.getJsonResponse()).getList();
             
-            StringJoiner actual = new StringJoiner("\n");
-            StringJoiner expected = new StringJoiner("\n");
-            for (int i=0; i<expectedPeople.length; i++)
+            if (expectedPeople != null)
             {
-                actual.add(people.get(i).toString());
-                expected.add(expectedPeople[i]);
+                StringJoiner actual = new StringJoiner("\n");
+                StringJoiner expected = new StringJoiner("\n");
+                for (int i=0; i<expectedPeople.length; i++)
+                {
+                    actual.add(people.get(i).toString());
+                    expected.add(expectedPeople[i]);
+                }
+                String exp = expected.toString().replaceAll(TEST_TERM_PREFIX, "");
+                String act = actual.toString().replaceAll(TEST_TERM_PREFIX, "");
+                assertEquals(exp, act);
             }
-            String exp = expected.toString().replaceAll(TEST_TERM_PREFIX, "");
-            String act = actual.toString().replaceAll(TEST_TERM_PREFIX, "");
-            assertEquals(exp, act);
         }
     }
     
@@ -404,6 +410,15 @@ public class QueriesPeopleApiTest extends AbstractSingleNetworkSiteTest
         checkApiCall(term, orderBy, fields, paging, expectedStatus, expectedPeople);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testOrderbyId() throws Exception
+    {
+        orderBy = PARAM_PERSON_ID;
+        expectedPeople = expectedPeople(USER1, USER2, USER3, USER4, USER5, USER6);
+        
+        checkApiCall(term, orderBy, fields, paging, expectedStatus, expectedPeople);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testBadOrderByField() throws Exception
     {
@@ -428,6 +443,74 @@ public class QueriesPeopleApiTest extends AbstractSingleNetworkSiteTest
         checkApiCall(term, orderBy, fields, paging, expectedStatus, expectedPeople);
     }
     
+    @Test
+    public void testFieldsId() throws Exception
+    {
+        fields = PARAM_PERSON_ID;
+        term = LAST_A;
+        expectedPeople = new String[]
+        {
+            "Person [id=user5@org.alfresco.rest.api.tests.queriespeopleapitest, ]", // USER5
+            "Person [id=user1@org.alfresco.rest.api.tests.queriespeopleapitest, ]", // USER1
+            "Person [id=user3@org.alfresco.rest.api.tests.queriespeopleapitest, ]", // USER3
+        };
+        
+        checkApiCall(term, orderBy, fields, paging, expectedStatus, expectedPeople);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testSearchFirstnameWithWildcard() throws Exception
+    {
+      term = FIRST_A;
+      term = term.substring(0,term.length()-3) + "*A";
+
+         expectedPeople = expectedPeople(USER1, USER2);
+         
+         checkApiCall(term, orderBy, fields, paging, expectedStatus, expectedPeople);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testSearchLastNameWithWildcard() throws Exception
+    {
+        term = LAST_A;
+        term = term.substring(0,term.length()-3) + "*A";
+        expectedPeople = expectedPeople(USER5, USER1, USER3);
+        
+        checkApiCall(term, orderBy, fields, paging, expectedStatus, expectedPeople);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testSearchUsernameWithWildcard() throws Exception
+    {
+        term = TEST_TERM_PREFIX+"us*1";
+        expectedPeople = expectedPeople(USER1);
+        
+        checkApiCall(term, orderBy, fields, paging, expectedStatus, expectedPeople);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testOrderbyDescAndAscWithWildcard() throws Exception
+    {
+        //  3 B A
+        //  1 A A
+        //  5   A
+        term = TEST_TERM_PREFIX+"la*A";
+        expectedPeople = expectedPeople(USER3, USER1, USER5);
+        
+        orderBy = "firstName desc,lastName";
+        
+        checkApiCall(term, orderBy, fields, paging, expectedStatus, expectedPeople);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testOnlyWildcard() throws Exception
+    {
+        term = "*";
+        expectedStatus = 400;
+       
+        checkApiCall(term, orderBy, fields, paging, expectedStatus, expectedPeople);
+    }
+    
 //    // TODO Rubbish is taken to be "asc" so returns 200 rather than 400 - is this a framework bug?
 //    @Test
 //    public void testBadOrderByDirection() throws Exception