diff --git a/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/MultiRowResource.java b/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/MultiRowResource.java
index 8ff3ef66601..9cafe274ec0 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/MultiRowResource.java
+++ b/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/MultiRowResource.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class MultiRowResource extends ResourceBase implements Constants {
 
   TableResource tableResource;
   Integer versions = null;
+  String[] columns = null;
 
   /**
    * Constructor
@@ -50,10 +51,15 @@ public class MultiRowResource extends ResourceBase implements Constants {
    * @param versions
    * @throws java.io.IOException
    */
-  public MultiRowResource(TableResource tableResource, String versions) throws IOException {
+  public MultiRowResource(TableResource tableResource, String versions, String columnsStr)
+      throws IOException {
     super();
     this.tableResource = tableResource;
 
+    if (columnsStr != null && !columnsStr.equals("")) {
+      this.columns = columnsStr.split(",");
+    }
+
     if (versions != null) {
       this.versions = Integer.valueOf(versions);
 
@@ -74,6 +80,13 @@ public class MultiRowResource extends ResourceBase implements Constants {
         if (this.versions != null) {
           rowSpec.setMaxVersions(this.versions);
         }
+
+        if (this.columns != null) {
+          for (int i = 0; i < this.columns.length; i++) {
+            rowSpec.addColumn(this.columns[i].getBytes());
+          }
+        }
+
         ResultGenerator generator =
           ResultGenerator.fromRowSpec(this.tableResource.getName(), rowSpec, null,
             !params.containsKey(NOCACHE_PARAM_NAME));
diff --git a/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TableResource.java b/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TableResource.java
index 2487a3545cd..ebf2d017ba2 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TableResource.java
+++ b/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TableResource.java
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ public class TableResource extends ResourceBase {
     return new SchemaResource(this);
   }
 
-  @Path("multiget")
-  public MultiRowResource getMultipleRowResource(
-          final @QueryParam("v") String versions) throws IOException {
-    return new MultiRowResource(this, versions);
+  @Path("{multiget: multiget.*}")
+  public MultiRowResource getMultipleRowResource(final @QueryParam("v") String versions,
+      @PathParam("multiget") String path) throws IOException {
+    return new MultiRowResource(this, versions, path.replace("multiget", "").replace("/", ""));
   }
 
   @Path("{rowspec: [^*]+}")
diff --git a/hbase-rest/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TestMultiRowResource.java b/hbase-rest/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TestMultiRowResource.java
index 76c2f6192da..35fb7fd6492 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TestMultiRowResource.java
+++ b/hbase-rest/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/TestMultiRowResource.java
@@ -183,6 +183,40 @@ public class TestMultiRowResource {
 
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testMultiCellGetWithColsJSON() throws IOException, JAXBException {
+    String row_5_url = "/" + TABLE + "/" + ROW_1 + "/" + COLUMN_1;
+    String row_6_url = "/" + TABLE + "/" + ROW_2 + "/" + COLUMN_2;
+
+    StringBuilder path = new StringBuilder();
+    path.append("/");
+    path.append(TABLE);
+    path.append("/multiget");
+    path.append("/" + COLUMN_1 + "," + CFB);
+    path.append("?row=");
+    path.append(ROW_1);
+    path.append("&row=");
+    path.append(ROW_2);
+
+    client.post(row_5_url, Constants.MIMETYPE_BINARY, Bytes.toBytes(VALUE_1), extraHdr);
+    client.post(row_6_url, Constants.MIMETYPE_BINARY, Bytes.toBytes(VALUE_2), extraHdr);
+
+    Response response = client.get(path.toString(), Constants.MIMETYPE_JSON);
+    assertEquals(response.getCode(), 200);
+    ObjectMapper mapper =
+        new JacksonProvider().locateMapper(CellSetModel.class, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE);
+    CellSetModel cellSet = (CellSetModel) mapper.readValue(response.getBody(), CellSetModel.class);
+    assertEquals(2, cellSet.getRows().size());
+    assertEquals(ROW_1, Bytes.toString(cellSet.getRows().get(0).getKey()));
+    assertEquals(VALUE_1, Bytes.toString(cellSet.getRows().get(0).getCells().get(0).getValue()));
+    assertEquals(ROW_2, Bytes.toString(cellSet.getRows().get(1).getKey()));
+    assertEquals(VALUE_2, Bytes.toString(cellSet.getRows().get(1).getCells().get(0).getValue()));
+
+    client.delete(row_5_url, extraHdr);
+    client.delete(row_6_url, extraHdr);
+
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testMultiCellGetJSONNotFound() throws IOException, JAXBException {
     String row_5_url = "/" + TABLE + "/" + ROW_1 + "/" + COLUMN_1;