diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryEngine.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryEngine.java
index 425e488f8..0818ca8ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/query/CQueryEngine.java
@@ -300,9 +300,10 @@ public class CQueryEngine {
 
 
     SpiQuery<T> query = request.getQuery();
-    if (query.getMaxRows() > 1 || query.getFirstRow() > 0) {
+    if (!query.isDistinct() && (query.getMaxRows() > 1 || query.getFirstRow() > 0)) {
       // deemed to be a be a paging query - check that the order by contains
       // the id property to ensure unique row ordering for predicable paging
+      // but only in case, this is not a distinct query
       request.getBeanDescriptor().appendOrderById(query);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/query/other/TestQueryDistinct.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/query/other/TestQueryDistinct.java
index 7a7e6040f..a442c3677 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/query/other/TestQueryDistinct.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/query/other/TestQueryDistinct.java
@@ -80,5 +80,32 @@ public class TestQueryDistinct extends BaseTestCase {
       Assert.assertNull(customer.getAnniversary());
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPagingQuery() {
+
+    ResetBasicData.reset();
+
+    Query<Customer> query = Ebean.find(Customer.class)
+      .setMaxRows(10)
+      .setDistinct(true)
+      .select("name");
+
+    List<Customer> customers = query.findList();
+
+    String generatedSql = query.getGeneratedSql();
+    Assert.assertTrue(generatedSql.contains("select distinct t0.name c0 from o_customer t0 limit 10"));
+
+    for (Customer customer : customers) {
+
+      EntityBeanIntercept ebi = ((EntityBean)customer)._ebean_getIntercept();
+      Assert.assertTrue(ebi.isDisableLazyLoad());
+      Assert.assertNull(ebi.getPersistenceContext());
+
+      // lazy loading disabled
+      Assert.assertNull(customer.getId());
+      Assert.assertNull(customer.getAnniversary());
+    }
+  }
   
 }