diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 816a1bb38..3b566bd72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Added
 
 ### Fixed
+- Do not apply limit to parent items - @ruslantalpa
 
 ## [0.3.2.0] - 2016-06-10
 
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/App.hs b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
index 3b9f2f7b7..0a3c4722a 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/App.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ app dbStructure conf apiRequest =
   topLevelRange = fromMaybe allRange $ M.lookup "limit" $ iRange apiRequest
   readDbRequest = DbRead <$> buildReadRequest (configMaxRows conf) (dbRelations dbStructure) apiRequest
   mutateDbRequest = DbMutate <$> buildMutateRequest apiRequest
-  selectQuery = requestToQuery schema <$> readDbRequest
+  selectQuery = requestToQuery schema False <$> readDbRequest
   countQuery = requestToCountQuery schema <$> readDbRequest
-  mutateQuery = requestToQuery schema <$> mutateDbRequest
+  mutateQuery = requestToQuery schema False <$> mutateDbRequest
   readSqlParts = (,) <$> selectQuery <*> countQuery
   mutateSqlParts = (,) <$> selectQuery <*> mutateQuery
   respondToRange response = if topLevelRange == emptyRange
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/QueryBuilder.hs b/src/PostgREST/QueryBuilder.hs
index 246f993bc..621b5476f 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/QueryBuilder.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/QueryBuilder.hs
@@ -271,10 +271,10 @@ requestToCountQuery schema (DbRead (Node (Select _ _ conditions _ _, (mainTbl, _
    fn Filter{value=VForeignKey _ _} = False
    localConditions = filter fn conditions
 
-requestToQuery :: Schema -> DbRequest -> SqlQuery
-requestToQuery _ (DbMutate (Insert _ (PayloadParseError _))) = undefined
-requestToQuery _ (DbMutate (Update _ (PayloadParseError _) _)) = undefined
-requestToQuery schema (DbRead (Node (Select colSelects tbls conditions ord range, (nodeName, maybeRelation, _)) forest)) =
+requestToQuery :: Schema -> Bool -> DbRequest -> SqlQuery
+requestToQuery _ _ (DbMutate (Insert _ (PayloadParseError _))) = undefined
+requestToQuery _ _ (DbMutate (Update _ (PayloadParseError _) _)) = undefined
+requestToQuery schema isParent (DbRead (Node (Select colSelects tbls conditions ord range, (nodeName, maybeRelation, _)) forest)) =
   query
   where
     -- TODO! the folloing helper functions are just to remove the "schema" part when the table is "source" which is the name
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ requestToQuery schema (DbRead (Node (Select colSelects tbls conditions ord range
       unwords joins,
       ("WHERE " <> intercalate " AND " ( map (pgFmtCondition qi ) conditions )) `emptyOnNull` conditions,
       orderF (fromMaybe [] ord),
-      limitF range
+      if isParent then "" else limitF range
       ]
     orderF ts =
         if null ts
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ requestToQuery schema (DbRead (Node (Select colSelects tbls conditions ord range
            <> "SELECT array_to_json(array_agg(row_to_json("<>pgFmtIdent table<>"))) "
            <> "FROM (" <> subquery <> ") " <> pgFmtIdent table
            <> "), '[]') AS " <> pgFmtIdent (fromMaybe name alias)
-           where subquery = requestToQuery schema (DbRead (Node n forst))
+           where subquery = requestToQuery schema False (DbRead (Node n forst))
     getQueryParts (Node n@(_, (name, Just r@Relation{relType=Parent,relTable=Table{tableName=table}}, alias)) forst) (j,s) = (joi:j,sel:s)
       where
         node_name = fromMaybe name alias
@@ -321,19 +321,19 @@ requestToQuery schema (DbRead (Node (Select colSelects tbls conditions ord range
         sel = "row_to_json(" <> pgFmtIdent local_table_name <> ".*) AS " <> pgFmtIdent node_name
         joi = " LEFT OUTER JOIN ( " <> subquery <> " ) AS " <> pgFmtIdent local_table_name  <>
               " ON " <> intercalate " AND " ( map (pgFmtCondition qi . replaceTableName local_table_name) (getJoinConditions r) )
-          where subquery = requestToQuery schema (DbRead (Node n forst))
+          where subquery = requestToQuery schema True (DbRead (Node n forst))
     getQueryParts (Node n@(_, (name, Just Relation{relType=Many,relTable=Table{tableName=table}}, alias)) forst) (j,s) = (j,sel:s)
       where
         sel = "COALESCE (("
            <> "SELECT array_to_json(array_agg(row_to_json("<>pgFmtIdent table<>"))) "
            <> "FROM (" <> subquery <> ") " <> pgFmtIdent table
            <> "), '[]') AS " <> pgFmtIdent (fromMaybe name alias)
-           where subquery = requestToQuery schema (DbRead (Node n forst))
+           where subquery = requestToQuery schema False (DbRead (Node n forst))
     --the following is just to remove the warning
     --getQueryParts is not total but requestToQuery is called only after addJoinConditions which ensures the only
     --posible relations are Child Parent Many
     getQueryParts (Node (_,(_,Nothing,_)) _) _ = undefined
-requestToQuery schema (DbMutate (Insert mainTbl (PayloadJSON (UniformObjects rows)))) =
+requestToQuery schema _ (DbMutate (Insert mainTbl (PayloadJSON (UniformObjects rows)))) =
   let qi = QualifiedIdentifier schema mainTbl
       cols = map pgFmtIdent $ fromMaybe [] (HM.keys <$> (rows V.!? 0))
       colsString = intercalate ", " cols
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ requestToQuery schema (DbMutate (Insert mainTbl (PayloadJSON (UniformObjects row
                 else ["SELECT", colsString, "FROM json_populate_recordset(null::" , fromQi qi, ", $1)"] in
   insInto <> vals
 
-requestToQuery schema (DbMutate (Update mainTbl (PayloadJSON (UniformObjects rows)) conditions)) =
+requestToQuery schema _ (DbMutate (Update mainTbl (PayloadJSON (UniformObjects rows)) conditions)) =
   case rows V.!? 0 of
     Just obj ->
       let assignments = map
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ requestToQuery schema (DbMutate (Update mainTbl (PayloadJSON (UniformObjects row
     Nothing -> undefined
   where
     qi = QualifiedIdentifier schema mainTbl
-requestToQuery schema (DbMutate (Delete mainTbl conditions)) =
+requestToQuery schema _ (DbMutate (Delete mainTbl conditions)) =
   query
   where
     qi = QualifiedIdentifier schema mainTbl
diff --git a/test/Feature/QueryLimitedSpec.hs b/test/Feature/QueryLimitedSpec.hs
index 80d78006d..311fb83c0 100644
--- a/test/Feature/QueryLimitedSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Feature/QueryLimitedSpec.hs
@@ -35,3 +35,12 @@ spec =
         , matchStatus  = 206
         , matchHeaders = ["Content-Range" <:> "0-1/3"]
         }
+
+    it "limit is not applied to parent embeds" $
+      get "/tasks?select=id,project{id}&id=gt.5"
+        `shouldRespondWith` ResponseMatcher {
+          matchBody    = Just [str|[{"id":6,"project":{"id":3}},{"id":7,"project":{"id":4}}]|]
+        , matchStatus  = 206
+        , matchHeaders = ["Content-Range" <:> "0-1/3"]
+        }
+