diff --git a/apps/couch/src/couch_httpd_db.erl b/apps/couch/src/couch_httpd_db.erl
index 6458fe70..2f030b3c 100644
--- a/apps/couch/src/couch_httpd_db.erl
+++ b/apps/couch/src/couch_httpd_db.erl
@@ -1216,6 +1216,9 @@ parse_doc_query(Req) ->
         {"open_revs", RevsJsonStr} ->
             JsonArray = ?JSON_DECODE(RevsJsonStr),
             Args#doc_query_args{open_revs=couch_doc:parse_revs(JsonArray)};
+        {"latest", "true"} ->
+            Options = [latest | Args#doc_query_args.options],
+            Args#doc_query_args{options=Options};
         {"atts_since", RevsJsonStr} ->
             JsonArray = ?JSON_DECODE(RevsJsonStr),
             Args#doc_query_args{atts_since = couch_doc:parse_revs(JsonArray)};