diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Informix10Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Informix10Dialect.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbf841bc56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Informix10Dialect.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.hibernate.dialect;
+
+import org.hibernate.dialect.pagination.InformixLimitHandler;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.pagination.LimitHandler;
+
+/**
+ * Since version 10.00.xC3 Informix has limit/offset support which was introduced in July 2005. 
+ */
+public class Informix10Dialect extends InformixDialect {
+
+	@Override
+	public LimitHandler getLimitHandler() {
+		return new InformixLimitHandler();
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/InformixDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/InformixDialect.java
index 5829b5c0e1..7ef27c98d9 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/InformixDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/InformixDialect.java
@@ -16,15 +16,11 @@ import org.hibernate.dialect.function.SQLFunctionTemplate;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.function.VarArgsSQLFunction;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.identity.IdentityColumnSupport;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.identity.InformixIdentityColumnSupport;
-import org.hibernate.dialect.pagination.AbstractLimitHandler;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.pagination.FirstLimitHandler;
-import org.hibernate.dialect.pagination.InformixLimitHandler;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.pagination.LegacyFirstLimitHandler;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.pagination.LimitHandler;
-import org.hibernate.dialect.pagination.LimitHelper;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.unique.InformixUniqueDelegate;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.unique.UniqueDelegate;
-import org.hibernate.engine.spi.RowSelection;
 import org.hibernate.exception.spi.TemplatedViolatedConstraintNameExtracter;
 import org.hibernate.exception.spi.ViolatedConstraintNameExtracter;
 import org.hibernate.hql.spi.id.IdTableSupportStandardImpl;
@@ -183,9 +179,12 @@ public class InformixDialect extends Dialect {
 
 	@Override
 	public LimitHandler getLimitHandler() {
-		return new InformixLimitHandler();
+		if ( isLegacyLimitHandlerBehaviorEnabled() ) {
+			return LegacyFirstLimitHandler.INSTANCE;
+		}
+		return FirstLimitHandler.INSTANCE;
 	}
-	
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean supportsLimit() {
 		return true;
@@ -201,6 +200,17 @@ public class InformixDialect extends Dialect {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String getLimitString(String querySelect, int offset, int limit) {
+		if ( offset > 0 ) {
+			throw new UnsupportedOperationException( "query result offset is not supported" );
+		}
+		return new StringBuilder( querySelect.length() + 8 )
+				.append( querySelect )
+				.insert( querySelect.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).indexOf( "select" ) + 6, " first " + limit )
+				.toString();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean supportsVariableLimit() {
 		return false;