diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/search/SearchQueryQueryToolChest.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/search/SearchQueryQueryToolChest.java
index f58f31ebad7..d9c4d9ce0e6 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/search/SearchQueryQueryToolChest.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/search/SearchQueryQueryToolChest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
 import com.metamx.common.IAE;
 import com.metamx.common.ISE;
 import com.metamx.common.guava.MergeSequence;
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ public class SearchQueryQueryToolChest extends QueryToolChest<Result<SearchResul
         final ByteBuffer queryCacheKey = ByteBuffer
             .allocate(1 + granularityBytes.length + filterBytes.length + querySpecBytes.length + dimensionsBytesSize)
             .put(SEARCH_QUERY)
+            .put(Ints.toByteArray(query.getLimit()))
             .put(granularityBytes)
             .put(filterBytes)
             .put(querySpecBytes);