diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/resource/parameters/Parameters.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/resource/parameters/Parameters.java
index cee29b16b5..f6f1662fc2 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/resource/parameters/Parameters.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/resource/parameters/Parameters.java
@@ -98,7 +98,15 @@ public interface Parameters
      * @return String the propertyName
      */
     public String getBinaryProperty();
-    
+
+    /**
+     * Indicates if the source entity should be includes in the request.
+     * This will normally be done by the framework but implentations may prefer
+     * to do it themselves.
+     * @return true if the source should be included.
+     */
+    boolean includeSource();
+
     /**
      * Represents a Query specified by the client.
      * Specified by the "WHERE" request parameter.
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/resource/parameters/Params.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/resource/parameters/Params.java
index 420db78b7b..3ddea7484a 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/resource/parameters/Params.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/resource/parameters/Params.java
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ public class Params implements Parameters
         return this.recognizedParams.filter;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public boolean includeSource()
     {
         return this.recognizedParams.includeSource;
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResourceWebScriptHelper.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResourceWebScriptHelper.java
index 5578e759ee..61ef255204 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResourceWebScriptHelper.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResourceWebScriptHelper.java
@@ -483,10 +483,10 @@ public class ResourceWebScriptHelper
     {
         PropertyCheck.mandatory(this, null, params);
         if (objectToWrap == null ) return null;
-        if (objectToWrap instanceof SerializablePagedCollection<?>)
+        if (objectToWrap instanceof CollectionWithPagingInfo<?>)
         {
-            SerializablePagedCollection<?> collectionToWrap = (SerializablePagedCollection<?>) objectToWrap;
-            Object sourceEntity = executeIncludedSource(res, api, params, entityCollectionName);
+            CollectionWithPagingInfo<?> collectionToWrap = (CollectionWithPagingInfo<?>) objectToWrap;
+            Object sourceEntity = executeIncludedSource(res, api, params, entityCollectionName, collectionToWrap);
             Collection<Object> resultCollection = new ArrayList(collectionToWrap.getCollection().size());
             if (!collectionToWrap.getCollection().isEmpty())
             {
@@ -527,10 +527,16 @@ public class ResourceWebScriptHelper
         }
     }
 
-    private Object executeIncludedSource(WebScriptResponse response, Api api, Params params, String entityCollectionName)
+    private Object executeIncludedSource(WebScriptResponse response, Api api, Params params, String entityCollectionName, CollectionWithPagingInfo<?> collectionToWrap)
     {
         if (params.includeSource())
         {
+            if (collectionToWrap.getSourceEntity() != null)
+            {
+                //The implementation has already set it so return it;
+                return collectionToWrap.getSourceEntity();
+            }
+
             ResourceWithMetadata res = locator.locateEntityResource(api, entityCollectionName, HttpMethod.GET);
             if (res != null)
             {
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/tests/core/SerializeTests.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/tests/core/SerializeTests.java
index 1a8ff9ef08..b1c26dae37 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/tests/core/SerializeTests.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/tests/core/SerializeTests.java
@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@ public class SerializeTests extends AbstractContextTest
         assertNotNull(resultCollection);
         out = writeResponse(resultCollection);
         assertFalse("There must not 'source' json output", StringUtils.contains(out, "\"source\":{\"name\":\"Dolly\",\"age\":3,\"sheepGuid\":\"1\"}"));
+
+        coll = CollectionWithPagingInfo.asPaged(null, Arrays.asList(exec1, exec2), false, 2, new Sheep("barbie"));
+        resultCollection =  helper.processAdditionsToTheResponse(mock(WebScriptResponse.class), api,"sheep",ParamsExtender.valueOf(true,"1"),coll);
+        assertNotNull(resultCollection);
+        out = writeResponse(resultCollection);
+        assertTrue("There must 'source' json output", StringUtils.contains(out, "\"source\":{\"name\":\"Dolly\",\"age\":3,\"sheepGuid\":\"barbie\""));
     }
 
     @Test