diff --git a/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/QueryRequest.java b/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/QueryRequest.java
index 9f25d73ba98..2033fed1f2c 100644
--- a/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/QueryRequest.java
+++ b/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/QueryRequest.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class QueryRequest extends SolrRequest
     try 
     {
       long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-      QueryResponse res = new QueryResponse( server.request( this ) );
+      QueryResponse res = new QueryResponse( server.request( this ), server );
       res.setElapsedTime( System.currentTimeMillis()-startTime );
       return res;
     } 
diff --git a/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/response/QueryResponse.java b/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/response/QueryResponse.java
index 2149c01dfc7..7fb7b61b5db 100644
--- a/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/response/QueryResponse.java
+++ b/client/java/solrj/src/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/response/QueryResponse.java
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ public class QueryResponse extends SolrResponseBase
   // Debug Info
   private Map<String,Object> _debugMap = null;
   private Map<String,String> _explainMap = null;
+
+  // utility variable used for automatic binding -- it should not be serialized
+  private transient SolrServer solrServer;
   
+  public QueryResponse( NamedList<Object> res , SolrServer solrServer){
+    this(res);
+    this.solrServer = solrServer;
+  }
 
   public QueryResponse( NamedList<Object> res )
   {
@@ -244,6 +251,12 @@ public class QueryResponse extends SolrResponseBase
   public List<FacetField> getLimitingFacets() {
     return _limitingFacets;
   }
+  
+  public <T> List<T> getBeans(Class<T> type){
+    return solrServer == null ? 
+      new DocumentObjectBinder().getBeans(type,_results):
+      solrServer.getBinder().getBeans(type, _results);
+  }
 }