diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResourceWebScriptHelper.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResourceWebScriptHelper.java
index 9c4f593ec1..855e785960 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResourceWebScriptHelper.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/webscripts/ResourceWebScriptHelper.java
@@ -116,6 +116,44 @@ public class ResourceWebScriptHelper
      *         ReturnAllBeanProperties class
      */
     public static BeanPropertiesFilter getFilter(String filterParams)
+    {
+    	return getFilter(filterParams, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Takes the web request and looks for a "filter" parameter Parses the
+     * parameter and produces a list of bean properties to use as a filter A
+     * SimpleBeanPropertyFilter it returned that uses the properties If no
+     * filter param is set then a default BeanFilter is returned that will never
+     * filter properties (ie. Returns all bean properties).
+     *
+     * If selectList is provided then it will take precedence (ie. be included) over the properties filter
+     * for top-level entries (bean properties).
+     *
+     * For example, this will return entries from both select & properties, eg.
+     *
+     *    select=abc,def&properties=id,name,ghi
+     *
+     * Note: it should be noted that API-generic "properties" clause does not currently work for sub-entries.
+     *
+     * Hence, even if the API-specific "select" clause allows selection of a sub-entries this cannot be used
+     * with "properties" filtering. For example, an API-specific method may implement and return "abc/blah", eg.
+     *
+     *    select=abc/blah
+     *
+     * However the following will not return "abc/blah" if used with properties filtering, eg.
+     *
+     *    select=abc/blah&properties=id,name,ghi
+     *
+     * If properties filtering is desired then it would require "abc" to be selected and returned as a whole, eg.
+     *
+     *    select=abc&properties=id,name,ghi
+     *
+     * @param filterParams
+     * @param selectList
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static BeanPropertiesFilter getFilter(String filterParams, List<String> selectList)
     {
         if (filterParams != null)
         {
@@ -125,6 +163,17 @@ public class ResourceWebScriptHelper
             {
                 filteredProperties.add(st.nextToken());
             }
+
+            // if supplied, the select takes precedence over properties (filter) for top-level bean properties
+            if (selectList != null)
+            {
+            	for (String select : selectList)
+            	{
+            		String[] split = select.split("/");
+            		filteredProperties.add(split[0]);
+            	}
+            }
+            
             logger.debug("Filtering using the following properties: " + filteredProperties);
             BeanPropertiesFilter filter = new BeanPropertiesFilter(filteredProperties);
             return filter;
@@ -456,6 +505,7 @@ public class ResourceWebScriptHelper
                 //Simple property or Collection that can't be embedded so just return it.
                 return objectToWrap;
             }
+
             final ExecutionResult execRes = new ExecutionResult(objectToWrap, params.getFilter());
             
             Map<String,Pair<String,Method>> embeddded = ResourceInspector.findEmbeddedResources(objectToWrap.getClass());
@@ -640,13 +690,15 @@ public class ResourceWebScriptHelper
      */
     public static RecognizedParams getRecognizedParams(WebScriptRequest req)
     {
-        Paging paging = findPaging(req);
+    	Paging paging = findPaging(req);
         List<SortColumn> sorting = getSort(req.getParameter(ResourceWebScriptHelper.PARAM_ORDERBY));
         Map<String, BeanPropertiesFilter> relationFilter = getRelationFilter(req.getParameter(ResourceWebScriptHelper.PARAM_RELATIONS));
-        BeanPropertiesFilter filter = getFilter(req.getParameter(ResourceWebScriptHelper.PARAM_FILTER_PROPS));
         Query whereQuery = getWhereClause(req.getParameter(ResourceWebScriptHelper.PARAM_WHERE));
         Map<String, String[]> requestParams = getRequestParameters(req);
+
         List<String> theSelect = getSelectClause(req.getParameter(ResourceWebScriptHelper.PARAM_SELECT));
+        BeanPropertiesFilter filter = getFilter(req.getParameter(ResourceWebScriptHelper.PARAM_FILTER_PROPS), theSelect);
+    	
         return new RecognizedParams(requestParams, paging, filter, relationFilter, theSelect, whereQuery, sorting);
     }
     
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 87b1b2e623..747044484c 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
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -459,7 +460,8 @@ public class SerializeTests
             //this is correct
         }
     }
-    
+
+    // note: exposed as "properties" query param
     @Test
     public void testFilter() throws IOException, JSONException
     {
@@ -473,7 +475,21 @@ public class SerializeTests
         res = new ExecutionResult(new Sheep("bob"),theFilter);  
         out = writeResponse(res);
         JSONObject jsonRsp = new JSONObject(new JSONTokener(out));
+        assertEquals(1, jsonRsp.length());
         JSONObject entry = jsonRsp.getJSONObject("entry");
+        assertEquals(2, entry.length());
+        assertEquals("The name should be 'Dolly'", "Dolly", entry.getString("name"));
+        assertTrue("The age should be 3", entry.getInt("age") == 3);
+
+        // unit test filter with select taking precendence
+        List<String> theSelect = ResourceWebScriptHelper.getSelectClause("name");
+        theFilter  = ResourceWebScriptHelper.getFilter("age", theSelect);
+        res = new ExecutionResult(new Sheep("bob"),theFilter);
+        out = writeResponse(res);
+        jsonRsp = new JSONObject(new JSONTokener(out));
+        assertEquals(1, jsonRsp.length());
+        entry = jsonRsp.getJSONObject("entry");
+        assertEquals(2, entry.length());
         assertEquals("The name should be 'Dolly'", "Dolly", entry.getString("name"));
         assertTrue("The age should be 3", entry.getInt("age") == 3);
         
@@ -494,7 +510,6 @@ public class SerializeTests
         res = helper.postProcessResponse(v3,"goat",ParamsExtender.valueOf(relFiler, "notUsed"),new SlimGoat()); 
         out = writeResponse(res);
         assertTrue("Must return only the herd name.", StringUtils.contains(out, "{\"name\":\"bigun\"}"));
-        
     }
     
     @Test