diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/NodesImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/NodesImpl.java
index eb33b725f7..91cb73e5d4 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/NodesImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/NodesImpl.java
@@ -650,9 +650,7 @@ public class NodesImpl implements Nodes
         String path = parameters.getParameter(PARAM_RELATIVE_PATH);
         NodeRef nodeRef = validateOrLookupNode(nodeId, path);
 
-        QName typeQName = getNodeType(nodeRef);
-
-        return getFolderOrDocumentFullInfo(nodeRef, getParentNodeRef(nodeRef), typeQName, parameters);
+        return getFolderOrDocumentFullInfo(nodeRef, null, null, parameters);
     }
 
     private Node getFolderOrDocumentFullInfo(NodeRef nodeRef, NodeRef parentNodeRef, QName nodeTypeQName, Parameters parameters)
@@ -680,11 +678,21 @@ public class NodesImpl implements Nodes
             pathInfo = lookupPathInfo(nodeRef);
         }
 
-        Type type = getType(nodeTypeQName, nodeRef);
+        if (nodeTypeQName == null)
+        {
+            nodeTypeQName = getNodeType(nodeRef);
+        }
+
+        if (parentNodeRef == null)
+        {
+            parentNodeRef = getParentNodeRef(nodeRef);
+        }
 
         Node node;
         Map<QName, Serializable> properties = nodeService.getProperties(nodeRef);
 
+        Type type = getType(nodeTypeQName, nodeRef);
+
         if (type == null)
         {
             // not direct folder (or file) ...
@@ -916,9 +924,9 @@ public class NodesImpl implements Nodes
         final NodeRef parentNodeRef = validateOrLookupNode(parentFolderNodeId, path);
 
         // check that resolved node is a folder
-        if (! nodeMatches(parentNodeRef, Collections.singleton(ContentModel.TYPE_FOLDER), null, false))
+        if (!nodeMatches(parentNodeRef, Collections.singleton(ContentModel.TYPE_FOLDER), null, false))
         {
-            throw new InvalidArgumentException("NodeId of folder is expected: "+parentNodeRef.getId());
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException("NodeId of folder is expected: " + parentNodeRef.getId());
         }
 
         final List<String> selectParam = parameters.getSelectedProperties();
@@ -1040,7 +1048,14 @@ public class NodesImpl implements Nodes
             }
         };
 
-        return CollectionWithPagingInfo.asPaged(paging, nodes, pagingResults.hasMoreItems(), pagingResults.getTotalResultCount().getFirst());
+        Node sourceEntity = null;
+        if (parameters.includeSource())
+        {
+            sourceEntity = getFolderOrDocument(parentNodeRef, null, null, selectParam, mapUserInfo);
+        }
+
+
+        return CollectionWithPagingInfo.asPaged(paging, nodes, pagingResults.hasMoreItems(), pagingResults.getTotalResultCount().getFirst(), sourceEntity);
     }
 
     private Pair<QName,Boolean> parseNodeTypeFilter(String nodeTypeStr)
@@ -1553,10 +1568,7 @@ public class NodesImpl implements Nodes
         setWriterContentType(writer, new ContentInfoWrapper(contentInfo), nodeRef, true);
         writer.putContent(stream);
 
-        return getFolderOrDocumentFullInfo(nodeRef,
-                    getParentNodeRef(nodeRef),
-                    nodeService.getType(nodeRef),
-                    parameters);
+        return getFolderOrDocumentFullInfo(nodeRef, null, null, parameters);
     }
 
     private void setWriterContentType(ContentWriter writer, ContentInfoWrapper contentInfo, NodeRef nodeRef, boolean guessEncodingIfNull)
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 d6a7d58157..ed7811d322 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/NodeApiTest.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/api/tests/NodeApiTest.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.security.PermissionService;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.security.PersonService;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.site.SiteVisibility;
 import org.alfresco.util.TempFileProvider;
+import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ public class NodeApiTest extends AbstractBaseApiTest
         assertTrue(node.getContent().getSizeInBytes() > 0);
 
         // request without select
-        Map<String, String> params = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();
         response = getAll(myChildrenUrl, user1, paging, params, 200);
         nodes = jacksonUtil.parseEntries(response.getJsonResponse(), Document.class);
         for (Node n : nodes)
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ public class NodeApiTest extends AbstractBaseApiTest
         }
 
         // request with select - example 1
-        params = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        params = new HashMap<>();
         params.put("select", "isLink");
         response = getAll(myChildrenUrl, user1, paging, params, 200);
         nodes = jacksonUtil.parseEntries(response.getJsonResponse(), Document.class);
@@ -388,7 +389,7 @@ public class NodeApiTest extends AbstractBaseApiTest
         }
 
         // request with select - example 2
-        params = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        params = new HashMap<>();
         params.put("select", "aspectNames,properties, path,isLink");
         response = getAll(myChildrenUrl, user1, paging, params, 200);
         nodes = jacksonUtil.parseEntries(response.getJsonResponse(), Document.class);
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ public class NodeApiTest extends AbstractBaseApiTest
         }
 
         // request specific property via select
-        params = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        params = new HashMap<>();
         params.put("select", "cm:lastThumbnailModification");
         params.put("orderBy", "isFolder DESC,modifiedAt DESC");
         response = getAll(myChildrenUrl, user1, paging, params, 200);
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ public class NodeApiTest extends AbstractBaseApiTest
 
 
         // filtering, via where clause - folders only
-        params = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        params = new HashMap<>();
         params.put("where", "("+Nodes.PARAM_ISFOLDER+"=true)");
         response = getAll(myChildrenUrl, user1, paging, params, 200);
         nodes = jacksonUtil.parseEntries(response.getJsonResponse(), Document.class);
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ public class NodeApiTest extends AbstractBaseApiTest
         assertTrue(folderIds.contains(nodes.get(1).getId()));
 
         // filtering, via where clause - content only
-        params = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        params = new HashMap<>();
         params.put("where", "("+Nodes.PARAM_ISFILE+"=true)");
         response = getAll(myChildrenUrl, user1, paging, params, 200);
         nodes = jacksonUtil.parseEntries(response.getJsonResponse(), Document.class);
@@ -446,16 +447,45 @@ public class NodeApiTest extends AbstractBaseApiTest
 
         params = Collections.singletonMap(Nodes.PARAM_RELATIVE_PATH, folder1);
         response = getAll(myChildrenUrl, user1, paging, params, 200);
-        nodes = jacksonUtil.parseEntries(response.getJsonResponse(), Document.class);
+        JSONObject jsonResponse = response.getJsonResponse();
+        nodes = jacksonUtil.parseEntries(jsonResponse, Document.class);
         assertEquals(1, nodes.size());
         assertEquals(contentF1_Id, nodes.get(0).getId());
 
+        JSONObject jsonList = (JSONObject)jsonResponse.get("list");
+        assertNotNull(jsonList);
+        JSONObject jsonSrcObj = (JSONObject)jsonResponse.get("source");
+        assertNull(jsonSrcObj);
+
         params = Collections.singletonMap(Nodes.PARAM_RELATIVE_PATH, "User Homes/" + user1 + "/" + folder2);
         response = getAll(rootChildrenUrl, user1, paging, params, 200);
-        nodes = jacksonUtil.parseEntries(response.getJsonResponse(), Document.class);
+        jsonResponse = response.getJsonResponse();
+        nodes = jacksonUtil.parseEntries(jsonResponse, Document.class);
         assertEquals(1, nodes.size());
         assertEquals(contentF2_Id, nodes.get(0).getId());
 
+        jsonList = (JSONObject)jsonResponse.get("list");
+        assertNotNull(jsonList);
+        jsonSrcObj = (JSONObject)jsonResponse.get("source");
+        assertNull(jsonSrcObj);
+
+        // list children via relativePath and also return the source entity
+
+        params = new HashMap<>();
+        params.put(Nodes.PARAM_RELATIVE_PATH, "User Homes/" + user1 + "/" + folder2);
+        params.put("includeSource", "true");
+        response = getAll(rootChildrenUrl, user1, paging, params, 200);
+        jsonResponse = response.getJsonResponse();
+        nodes = jacksonUtil.parseEntries(jsonResponse, Document.class);
+        assertEquals(1, nodes.size());
+        assertEquals(contentF2_Id, nodes.get(0).getId());
+
+        jsonList = (JSONObject)jsonResponse.get("list");
+        assertNotNull(jsonList);
+
+        Folder src = RestApiUtil.parsePojo("source", jsonList, Folder.class);
+        assertEquals(folder2_Id, src.getId());
+
         // -ve test - Invalid QName (Namespace prefix cm... is not mapped to a namespace URI) for the orderBy parameter.
         params = Collections.singletonMap("orderBy", Nodes.PARAM_ISFOLDER+" DESC,cm" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ":modified DESC");
         getAll(myChildrenUrl, user1, paging, params, 400);